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Hi Rob, Rob Wright wrote: > would somebody kindly give me a short list of the top loopers i should > listen to. even just a few to start, if possible. Here are a few people that come to my mind right off the bat, to give you some scope of the diversity of styles and approaches available. All my humble opinion, of course... This is by no means a comphrehensive list, and I have no idea how many of them actually have loop-centric sound files on their web sites, either... David Torn (guitar/computer/kitchen sink): http://www.splattercell.com Matthias Grob (self-invented guitar/electronics, and original inventor of the Echoplex): http://matthias.grob.org Steve Lawson (fretless bass): http://www.steve-lawson.co.uk Todd Reynolds (violin): http://www.toddreynolds.com Amy Neuberg (voice and electronics): http://www.isproductions.com/amy John Whooley (voice, voice and more voice): http://www.estradasphere.com (search for "Whoolilicious" under "Side Projects") Paul Dresher ("performance art" guitar and composition): http://www.dresherensemble.org Ted Killian (avant-guitar): http://www.mp3.com/tedkillian Armatronix (live hardware-based electronica): http://armatronix.iuma.com Michael Peters (progressive/ambient guitar): http://listen.to/michaelpeters Dreamchild (goth/darkwave): http://www.dreamchildmusic.com Tom Heasley (ambient tuba!!!): http://www.tomheasley.com Max Valentino (acoustic bass guitar): http://www.mp3.com/Max_Valentino Stuart Wyatt (violin): http://www.solostring.com I'm sure I'm leaving out some important folks, but I'm still getting over a cold... have pity on me, people. This isn't counting serious cats like Rick Walker, Claude Voit, or Bill Walker who don't really have proper web pages up yet (jeez, guys...) > i have listened to andre > lafosse, and love what he is doing. That's very kind of you! Thanks for listening. > second, what are the main hardware devices for doing looping -- other >than > JamMan and Echoplex Electrix Repeater, Line6 DL4, and Boomerang are the usual suspects, I think... all very fine and all very, very different in features and "feel." > -- and are there any decent software equivalents? "Equivalents" isn't quite the word I'd use, as they all have their own particular design angles, which don't necessarily cross over with one another in the hardware OR software realm. But Ableton Live has been blowing a lot of people's brains lately, and is both Mac and PC-compatible, which is not always the case with other software loopers. Cough, sneeze and hack, --Andre LaFosse http://www.altruistmusic.com