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Well, I've finally done it. All this talk about
scripts and chaining commands in loopers, and my own experience using them with
Mobius, compelled me to add some new objects to my Max/MSP Kaiser Looper to
chain commands. It was relatively simple. Basically, I already had
some objects inside the looper that convert computer keypad presses into looping
commands, like record, reverse, random speed change or shuffle, etc, in case I
don't want to use my MIDI controller pedal. The object essentially converts a
keypress into a number, like 50 for the "1" key, and then I route different
numerical output values of the object to different objects in the looper
that trigger commands. Taking advantage of this, I created a new object
that chains numerals in a sequence, like 50 - - - - 51, where 50 is Record, - is
one second, and 51 is Play. I create one simple text box/button with numbers and
dashes inside it, run that into the key press object, and each command is
executed in sequence and time delays. I only had time to create one
sequence, which recorded about 10 seconds of material on all four loop tracks,
then reverses one, half speeds the second, double-speeds the third, and applies
random speed change to the fourth. Basically, I loop for 10 seconds and I get an
explosion of sound as a result of the chaining.
Any other cool ideas for chaining looping commands?
I'd like to build 10 or so of these.
Kris
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