Re: The Eye is as Quick as The Hand

[Mech <mech@m3ch.net>]

At 7:21 AM -0500 4/22/08, Jeff Duke wrote:
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Moser" 
><sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>
>>
>>Watch the video VERY closely and follow the sequences that he lays
>>down. At no time is there an evident "controller" or "trigger" to
>>switch when he goes from the "layers" to singing the verses of the
>>song ... what gives?
>
>Maybe someone off camera is  pushing the buttons or else its only a 
>"fake" representation of what he is doing for the video?

I did a quick scan across the forum on his site and picked up two 
possibly useful bits of info.  First, FWIW it appears that David Ford 
may have traded in his RC-20 for an Electro-Harmonix 2880 (or two). 
Second, there were a couple of sideways references to another looper 
named Hannah, who it appears handles the mix for David.

In many of the other YouTube videos, you can definitely see him 
hitting some or other floor pedal while performing -- even if you 
can't see what kind of pedal it is.  Also, you can hear that it 
sounds much more like the standard hardware footswitch clicks, as 
opposed to the sort of muffled "klonk" you get from a Boss 
footswitch.  That fits well with the 2880 speculation.

And, obviously, there's at least one more individual involved in the 
video (who's operating the camera?). I'd say that there's just 
another person working the buttons back at the board.

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