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I've met someone who use Tivo's for that purpose -- but its a fixed
loop and a device with a consumer interface that is hard to make into
an instrument.
At 10:06 PM -0700 8/18/03, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>That's a really good idea, and I've had this idea for video for a
>long time. A small portable camera that's recording all the time.
>Filling a buffer that continuously gets dumped. When you give it a
>command, it then saves what was last in the buffer and stores it to
>a non volatile memory, and starts the process again. You could
>preset the buffer size. I imagine the same thing could happen with
>audio except you could have it loop. Great idea Emile.
>
>Mark Sottilaro
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>On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 08:42 PM, Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)
>wrote:
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>>Joining the thread late, as lately I spend much more time doing
>>video than music.
>>
>>One thing I have long wanted in a delay/looper is for the unit to
>>always be recording, so I can hit a button after the phrase I want
>>has ended. I'm not sure myself how this should be implemented,
>>
That's not what I want, because if feedback is up, you get a lot of
stuff, not just the last phrase. I envision buttons that one could
hit to grab the last n beats (or whatever time units you prefer), and
either loop them, loop them with a fade, or loop them and continue
recording. The latter is basically like turning the input on
retroactively.
Come to think of it, a lot of effects are designed on the assumption
that you want to control the mix -- where I usually want to control
the input volume. A unit with buffered input could let me program a
pre-delay on midi controlled input volume, so that I could fade in a
phrase after it has been played.
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At 10:04 PM -0700 8/18/03, <stanitarium@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>hey my <EH 16secDDL> does this. even if you dont want it to-yer signal
>goes
>thru-ya just bring up the MIX(blend) slider and there is somethin ya just
>did, ready to whipped, stir-fried or puree'd.
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