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Re: new loop strategy



Wow really nice..
I diddn't understand all the explanation but I really liked the music ;-)
 After all that's why we are here, no?

Thanks for sharing.

Ben


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 4:30 AM
Subject: Re: new loop strategy


> Hey Andy B et all,
>  The way I built that track now that i analyze it,  actually didn't  
> use the first set  of long scripts for creating forms out of  
> individual tracks,  but it did use the group select scripts,  though I  
> built my tracks in the following flow.
> I first created a master track on track 1 but with out any content, in  
> essence a blank loop that i recorded just prior to beginning the  
> improv. Then  after a bit of introductory melodic playing I started to  
> record using a quantize replace preset set to a factor of 16, until I  
> built up a percolating sus 2 chord sequence  as my I chord, and  
> proceeded to play thematically over that, as I armed track 2 by  
> pressing a play/stop preset ( arming sets the track to the same  
> length  as the master track), at which point I started to recorded  
> another sus 2 chord a perfect fourth above the original I chord on my  
> new track,  Using the same kind of quantize technique.  As soon as I  
> had enough of a percolating quantized IV chord going i stopped that  
> track again allowing the original I chord to play unaccompanied. I  
> moved on to track 3 created a V chord, and then  track 4 was my IV  
> chord track repeating the same procedure as above, and finally on  
> track 5 i recorded a rhythm part that would play no matter which of  
> the other tracks I chose,  because as I stated before, tracks 5-8 are  
> included on each of my 4 groups. Then I started playing with the form  
> using the group buttons to switch chord was my tonal center. In the  
> building of each track i obeyed the rules of not making the chord too  
> complex leaving more room for my melody playing to fill in the  
> extensions.  I tend to avoid stating the 3rd of a given chord when  
> developing these kinds of loops to give myself some leeway to  
> modulate  hence the G sus 2 tuning i was using. When I try to explain  
> a strategy like this i always feel like I'm leaving some detail out  
> that will leave people scratching their heads,  which is why I get  
> frustrated sometimes trying to explain this stuff:-)
>   Thanks for the feedback and kind words
>  Bill
>