Re: tuba loopage example/samples

[Doug Cox <dougcox@pdq.net>]

Very cool, Steve!!

Who is the tuba player?  Can you say?



burnett@pobox.com wrote:

> Raw work in progress on an as-yet-unnamed project that I thought I'd 
> share: I'm working with a tuba player, live looping and effects 
> processing the loops I'm capturing from a mic inside the bell of his 
> tuba. This is not finished, we're still exploring the range of sounds 
> we can get from a tuba with and without processing.
>
> http://www.subscapeannex.com/tuba/tuba_1_26mar2006-mp3.mp3
>
> http://www.subscapeannex.com/tuba/tuba_2_26mar2006-mp3.mp3
>
> http://www.subscapeannex.com/tuba/tuba_3_26mar2006-mp3.mp3
>
> Ok, gear babble:
>
> In summary, I have one looper device at the top of the signal chain, 
> then lots of effects, then three loopers at the end of the signal 
> chain. Sometimes capturing at the top then processing and passing it 
> to an end-of-chain looper, sometimes tweaking the processing and 
> capturing in an end looper.
>
> * mic'd tuba >
>     (instrument)
> * Akai Headrush E1 >
>     (upstream looper)
> * Z-Vex Seek Wah > Z-Vex Ooh Wah > Z-Vex Seek Trem > Moogerfooger 
> lowpass filter > MF ring mod > MF phaser > MF MuRF > MF Bass MuRF > MF 
> analog delay (104) > MF analog delay (104SD) > H&K Replex >
>     (effects block)
> * E-H 16 sec digital delay reissue > Digitech Jamman > Boss RC-20 
> (non-XL) >
>     (three downstream loopers)
> amp
>     (duh :) )
>
> What's not captured in the above samples is his live playing and 
> soloing over the looped and processed samples.
>
> later,
> Steve B
> http://www.subscapeannex.com/about_steve.html
>
>