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I've gone both ways with the single note/chordal approach. I just recently finished a song that involved about six tracks of single note playing that when organised properly turned out a pretty wierd arpeggiated chordal sequence. I used Ambiloop, along with Acid to add the beats. I would start with track one and play a note on the click of the metronome. the second track was done the same way, but with a few diferent notes, then, I reversed that part, and the notes would fall in between those of the first track. It sounded like an arpeggio, but at the same time, it sounded like a reverse delay, because the attack was backwards. I then made a drone tone on the open E string(did I mention this was done on the guitar?), and slowed it down to replicate the bass. Next, I performed a melody in the similar fashion as the chords, and it had about the same effect, but was played in the higher registers. Then, I did a solo at half speed, so when I turned it on normal, it didn't sound much like a guitar. I then took all those parts and put them into ACID and panned them and all kinds of stuff, so even though you heard the signle lines as chords, they were moving all over the place. I need to upload this somewhere so you all can hear what I'm talking about. Anyway, that's what I did for that song, but I've also played full chord prograssions and added embellishments on top of it as well, I used didferent sounds and keep the guitars pretty clean so they don't turn into mush. So I can work either way on this one. Bri --- "David J. Grossman" <dave@unpronounceable.com> wrote: > > loop-clarity, we might approach the instrument as > if > > it were indeed monophonic, with the understanding > that > > the looping device(s) will provide the polyphony. > I > > know I do that quite a bit with guitar, layering > > single notes, particularly as I start to build a > loop. > > I do this all the time. I often layer 7 or more > voices with my bass (well, > 7-string bass, so more in the treble range) in > addition to a bass line > (which often has several voices of its own). The > trick I use is to add the > voices polyrhythmically and/or syncopated. It's a > really cool effect. Also, > I sometimes use my eBow to add keyboard-like swells > where different voices > enter and leave at various times. > > I'll try to post some audio clips of some of this > looping stuff. There is > some looping in these clips: > http://www.unpronounceable.com/bargooma/audio/ > it may be a little out there for you guys. It's > mostly improvised. The > musicians include Gene Jun from Idiot Flesh, John > Axtell from Psychefunkapus > and Jan Jackson from Motherbug. There is also > another bassist on a couple > tracks. > > - Dave > > http://www.unpronounceable.com/dave/ > > _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com