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Monster groove on Pocket Steel Dan. Digging it. Andre http://www.youtube.com/user/AndreDonawa On Fri, May 13, 2011 11:41 am, Daniel Thomas wrote: > Beautiful track, Bill! This has been a regular in my iTunes playlist >for > long now. > > I love this sound--- its the reason Repeater is still in my rack today. > > I found this trick really with drum-voiced arpeggios modulating the pitch > of the recorded loop. When first experimenting with the technique-- I > recorded single note drones and then manipulated this loop with rhythmic > pitch data from an arpeggiator. Then I found that if I created midi > arpeggios (mapped to drum voices) and allowed only perfect 5ths and 4ths > in the arpeggio pattern I could manipulate pitch of more complex (non - > droning loops) in a groove with the drum part. This allows me to safely > apply harmonic elements to rather active loops (non Droning) to produce > unexpected composite melodies and rhythms. > > A couple of examples linked below. In these pieces, the same midi > arpeggio that is triggering the drum grooves are driving the pitch > manipulations of the loops. > > Pocket Steel > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAJH4McLvWI > > Crossing the Rubicon > >http://www.youtube.com/user/ChordCluster?feature=mhee#p/c/23F3B3F701A8066A/3/7LGGUgbpjYY > > > Loop On Bretheren > > Daniel > On May 13, 2011, at 2:30 AM, Rick Walker wrote: > >> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, andy butler wrote: >>> http://www.andybutler.com/mp3/guest/BillWalker-MusicBox.mp3 >>> >>> >>> This is a brief track called Music Box, chosen by Bill as >>> being illustrative. >>> It comes from a (much played) CD which Bill brought along to >>> trade at the 2005 Zurich loopfest. >>> At the risk of creating unrequited audio lust I can reveal >>> that it's a great sounding cd of guitar looping >> God, this is a beautiful track Bill! >> >> I know you aren't currently using this technique but it's so beautiful >> and idiosyncratic that >> I hope you might consider putting out at least an EP of this type of >> material from your vaults. >> I too listened to the promo CD you brought to Zurich and think it's a >> releasable >> product. Beautiful stuff! >> >> rick walker >> > >