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Re: CHEAP SOLUTION to Breakbeat creation for Live Looping


>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:18:28 -0800
>From: Mark Hamburg <mark_hamburg@baymoon.com>
>To: "Looper's Delight" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Subject: Re: CHEAP SOLUTION  to Breakbeat creation for Live Looping   was:
>         BREAKBEATS..................
>
>But can you save patterns while playing?
>My ideal machine would let me do the following:
>1. Switch/load patterns while playing (most let you do that). By load, I
>mean that if there is an active edit buffer, then you can load into that. 
>I
>don't care about loading from external media.
>2. Save while playing.
>3. Have good controls for editing while playing. Including controller
>recording, erase, etc.
>4. Ideally, I'd like a TR-style grid mode, but I can probably live without
>it.
>5. Muting "parts" is also pretty useful.

Get a MAM SQ16 (pattern based midi sequencer) and use it to control an 
external sound device.
You'll get everything you mentioned and much more...

</daviD>

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