Re: Loop software with varispeed

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:14 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> 
wrote:

> If you were suddenly granted the wish of having varispeed (pitch change 
>with
> associated tempo change) in your
> looping device of choice, how would you want it to work?
> (One way would be  to control it by midi note and pitchbend, for 
>instance.)


I'd like it to work with MIDI note on events (pitch going half-steps)
and also with a MIDI CC# of choice.

As for the MIDI CC# alternative I'd like to chime in with Mark on
"quantized settings". But I would rather call it "user customizable
tables for micro tonal tuning". Now THAT would be a killer feature!

The "slew" thing is nice too. I already do that with Augustus Loop in
Logic, by graphically drawing automization for long and slow varispeed
pitch changes over time. That can create sort or "THX sound jingle"
things, morphing one unison note into a chord. The looper Logeloop has
that function built-in and it is awesome! You set a time value for how
long time one patch will need to change into the next patch and if
different varispeed values are part of those patches you will get the
slew thing behavior. Modular MIDI sequencer Numerology also has a slew
function in a rectangular X/Y parameter vector grid controller. I'm
amazed that not more software use the "slew" (or "inertia" as it's
called in AGusustus Loop) dimension.


> Would you want extreme range of control even if it caused digital 
>artefacts
> in the sound?

Sure! Some of the coolest sounds I've come across were regarded
"artefacts" by some (Elecrixpro Repeater to mention one). But I would
find just a two octave span useful as well.

> If there were just a few selectable pitches, which would you use most?
> e.g. down an Octave, up a fifth

Octave, fifth, fourth as my highest priorities. Next priority would be
some interval that would lend itself handy for whole tone scale music,
like a sharp third or, a second or a flat seventh, or why not a sharp
fifth (that's cool for "bellish" stuff if layering).

But generally, if not having access to every half note by varispeed I
think I would look at the option of using another looper (since I like
very much to play loop's pitch freely from MIDI pedals - organ bass
pedal style)

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