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Hi, Jesse posted the reply regarding Sonar. I use Cubase and SX. Or, are you asking about various uses of looping via computer software? Thanks, Michael At 03:37 PM 5/18/03 -0700, you wrote: >Hi there Michael, >I also use Sonar but havent really seen the advantages >of the loop construction.Do you do a lot of loop work >with it? >L.a > > >--- Jesse Ray Lucas <jlucas@neoprimitive.net> wrote: >> Michael- >> >> Man, I wish Sonar worked like that. I'm using a >> sequencer called "MIDI >> Maestro" (www.midimaestro.com) to do what you're >> talking about live (having >> certain sections in the song that loop until I send >> the sequence a message >> to continue). I guess I would rather use dedicated >> hardware for this job >> though, if I could find something that would do it. >> It would be nice if the >> medium I compose in -- Sonar -- was capable of this, >> as I will be taking my >> PC out anyway to use as a standalone Kontakt >> sampler. It's kind of >> ridiculous that it's not. Oh well. Maybe in a >> future release. Anyway, I >> have a great deal of interest in this thread, >> because I'm looking for the >> same thing. Not the MPC style of breaking the song >> into sections and >> triggering them from pads. Just one long MIDI file >> that has pointers in it >> for looped parts. >> >> I have thought about using a sampler like Bill >> suggested on LD. An Akai >> S6000 can have 256MB of memory, which means about 25 >> minutes worth of stereo >> audio. BUT, if you want to have one instrument that >> you can dynamically >> mute and/or effect, then you would have to have it >> as a seperate sample, so >> your time would go down to 12.5 minutes. If you >> want several instruments >> (samples) to be able to control independently, then >> your sample time >> continues to be reduced. I don't think this is the >> answer for what it is we >> both seem to want. >> >> -Jesse >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Michael Clark" <mcl451@airmail.net> >> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2003 11:54 AM >> Subject: Re: Live Performance Hardware Looping >> Equipment Question - Need >> Help >> >> >> > Hi Bill, >> > >> > Thanks. I am hoping to find a unit that works >> sort of like cubase in a >> > hardware form: the song is completely composed >> and recorded with loop >> > points positioned in parts of the song. To loop a >> part, i simply tell the >> > unit to loop that part. When i tell the unit to >> stop looping, the song >> > then continues - as it would in cubase or another >> software program. >> > >> > I'm very accustomed to working with a variety of >> software programs. Maybe >> > the hardware world - for this type of application >> - hasn't really caught >> > up, or functions very differently. >> > >> > A sampler may work, but some of the songs are 20 >> minutes long. May be a >> > RAM issue with the sampler. >> > >> > I do know that Cirque du Soliel works this way, >> but the samples are mainly >> > sort intros, rather than long songs. >> > >> > Michael >> > > >===== >www.labalou.com > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. >http://search.yahoo.com > >