Re: recording methods - what's your approach?

["Christo Jota" <chris@christojota.de>]

"For recordings that are going to be edited, it can make things
much easier if you record the unlooped audio separately to the 
loops. Then it's possible to edit the original performance and 
re-loop it if need be."

Good tip , Andy.



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From: "andy butler" <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 3:58 PM
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Subject: Re: recording methods - what's your approach?

> Gareth Whittock wrote:
>> Hey guys,
>> I'm about to make a start on an album of expanded looping guitar 
> 
>> So I've decided to informally record a lot of my "jams" and treat the 
>> editing of them together as another part of the compositional process.
>> Does anyone else work this way here? I'm curious...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> My method is to get a piece more or less composed,
> then start making direct to stereo recordings.
> Hoping to get that special take just as the piece finally
> takes shape for the first time.
> That's how I made the "Livelooping" cd.
> 
> There is of course the "pressure to get it right" doing it that way,
> with some pieces being easy to get done in a few takes, but some
> not. ...but as I aimed to play the stuff live it was worth it.
> With the composition still being somewhat open during recording
> it seems to keep the spontaneity.
> Have to admit though, not done any recording in a long while,
> it's not the most user friendly of methods.
> 
> 
> I do have a collection of recorded improvs, so might one day
> edit them into usefulness. 
> 
> 
> andy
> ps
> 
> For recordings that are going to be edited, it can make things
> much easier if you record the unlooped audio separately to the 
> loops. Then it's possible to edit the original performance and 
> re-loop it if need be.
> 
> 
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