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Dear Loopers, I'm finally in the very lucky and blessed position to be playing with a drummer who's interested in looping! An old friend, and we're very comfortable with each other and our approach to music. Anyway, I set him up with my Repeater, a rack mixer, and an FCB1010. We're running his dry and looped sounds through EON10G2's (decent sound). In a single 3 hour jam session, we managed to amaze ourselves, and we're excited about where it could go. Some facts, and my issues and questions: - he's going to keep the percussion fairly minimal, and may use some found objects. Hi Rick Walker! I'm hoping I hear from you on this thread ;) - there's still always the chance of a full drum kit being involved, so any comments about that are welcome - for our first jam, we just used a dynamic mic (SM57) and got some good, loud loops... but we definitely have a sound isolation problem - I play through a small rack, into a 2x12 tube guitar amp. My loopers are 2 EDPs. - we enjoyed and used the "bleed thru" of my amp into his loops a bit, but generally, we didn't have much control over that and it can be limiting when you want to turn the music a new direction quickly, because my old loop is still ambiently present in his loop Mic/Isolation Questions: - I suspect we need 1 or 2 hyper cardoid condenser mics to achieve maximum isolation? - Any recommendations on good but not-too-expensive condenser mics? - Any other thoughts on isolation? Repeater Questions: - we think we're going to use "beat detect" mode, and "tempo lock". Any experience with this, relative to locking down a tempo so that the Repeater isn't constantly re-calculating tempo, and instead locks down on a tempo so that the EDP's aren't drifitng vs. the Repeater? - any other suggestions on a smarter way for him to be able to play the tempo he feels, lock it so that the EDP's get a steady clock, without it being too cumbersome? Controller Questions: - he's using an FCB1010 on the floor to control Repeater functions. Works great. We discussed the possibility of getting a drum trigger type controller, but I've yet to see one that's reasonably priced which also sends CC commands (as well as notes and PCs). Any ideas? I appreciate any and all feedback, and a big thanks in advance. If I've left out any critical info, just let me know. We'll be watching this thread closely because we're hoping to move fast, and get into some live shows in the next few months. Signed, Totally psyched to be looping with a friend in Texas!! Doug