RE: HuMaNiZiNg cold DRUM MACHINES

["L. Angulo" <labalou2000@yahoo.com>]

Hi Glenn,
this is in fact exactly how i use it i just bought the
filter queen and the eq killer to start experimenting
changing the sound of the normal drum machine...maybe
that will calm me down;-)




--- Glenn Poorman <glenn.poorman@autodesk.com> wrote:
> I use a Boss DR-770 but it only gets used on a
> fraction
> of my tunes. My setup allows me to use the machine
> in one
> of two ways. The stereo output of my Stick runs into
> a
> stereo line mixer as does my synth output
> (controlled by
> the Roland pickup on the melody side of my Stick)
> and my
> drum machine. Each channel on the line mixer has a
> send
> for the effects loop. The effects loop of the mixer
> is
> running to two EDPs (right to one, left to the other
> for
> stereo). So at any given time, I use the sends to
> control
> what gets looped and what doesn't.
> 
> With the drum machine, mostly I don't loop it but
> instead
> use the EDP to start/stop and sync with it. Mostly,
> I have
> entire songs pre-programmed but do occasionally just
> let
> a pattern go until I shut it off. Another thing I'll
> do
> once in a while if I'm improvising is to NOT sync
> the EDP
> to the drum machine but, instead, turn up the send
> on the
> drum machines channel and manually feed some
> percussion
> into the loop.
> 
> Creative use of drum machine in a performance is an
> area
> that I admittedly need lots of work in. One thing I
> try to
> do though is avoid programming lines that are
> supposed to
> sound like a drummer. Fills and cymbal crashes are
> just a
> couple of examples of things you'll probably never
> hear.
> 
> Glenn
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Louie Angulo [mailto:laab2000us@yahoo.com] 
> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 3:29 AM
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: HuMaNiZiNg cold DRUM MACHINES
> > 
> > I would like to know how many of us loopers are
> > utilizing drum machines live.Some people shy away
> from
> > them because they tend to sound sterile and
> > repetitive, others sequence the patterns so they
> donīt
> > sound so repetitive but i find a lot of people
> still
> > find this live "not very authentic"...
> > I had a lot of fun playing with Rick and watching
> him
> > syncronize his voice drum loops to mine, he is
> > brilliant at building organic drum loops with his
> > voice, utensils etc. but at the same time i enjoy
> > hearing Claude Voits drum machine syncronized
> pattern
> > changes triggered by the EDP.
> > I tend to just let a drum loop run from my Boss dr
> 660
> > and constantly record new loops into the EDP,
> using it
> > simply more like a backing track but i would like
> to
> > use it more intuitively and make it more
> spontaneous
> > to my  live loop improvisations.
> > so i would like your
> > opinions,techniques,recomendations is a sampler
> better
> > than a groove box ? or a drum machine? Which ones 
> > work well with the EDP and how do you employ them
> > live?
> > Louie
> 


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www.luis-angulo.com

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