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Re: stereo looper with midi?



On 22 jan 2007, at 16.21, Tony Moore wrote:

> I'm looking to get back into looping a little more deeply and would  
> ideally like a stereo looper that can midi synch (to my laptop with  
> ableton live). I think my available candidates are:
>
> 1) Looperlative - icredible feature set but I just can't afford it
>
> 2) Boss RC50
>
> 3) ElectroHarmonix 2880 - I've had good luck with many of their  
> products and the bass micro synth is a favorite, so I'm leaning  
> towards this with the foot controller.
>
> Did I miss anything?


If I was to get a hardware based solution I would also look into two  
second hand EDP's. For my personal style that would give me the most  
musical and creative bang for the buck. But this is a difficult  
choice because the Looperlative is constantly being upgraded software  
wise while the EDP's functionality is freezed. You never know when  
the Looperlative may "catch up". And for some musician's application  
the Looperlative is already today the most accurate looper, it all  
depends on what you want to do.

If I would not have to go with a hardware based solution I would use  
the software looper Mobius (partly EDP-like). As a VST plug-in if the  
Ableton Live latpop runs Windows or on a second Window laptop if the  
Ableton box runs OS X.

Leaving out the the hypothetical conditions of this thread, Mobius is  
my chosen looping tool IRL, at least for doing live concerts. On some  
rare occasions I use an EDP for some special effect looping in the  
studio (odd stuttering stuff that Mobius can't do). On studio  
recordings I also perform live looping with generic tape delay  
simulation plug-ins like the Lexicon PSP42, Expert Sleepers Augustus  
Loop and the very good tape sim "Tape Delay" that comes as a part of  
Logic.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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