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Hi, Nice answers to this thread. > Why do you 'loop'? What got you started on this path? I started to loop without knowing this term with a boss dd (6?, I think) that I borrowed from the guitarist in my band (I was playing bass at the time in a pop/rock band). Then I discovered loopers-delight, toyed with ambiloop then mobius and bought the mono digitech Jamman I still use. > Was it a mechanism for solo performance? to record a vamp? A bit of everything. I've always been interested in sound, more than "music" in fact. I own a lot of synth, FX, other instruments but (almost) never saved a patch. I'm just enjoying the "moment" then power off the machine and ... that's all, folks > > A compositional device, a new avenue of expression? (repetition as > compositional device?) A bit for composition but mainly for testing layering of textures, not in the AABAB sense. I tried several midi sequencers (MC-303, RM1x, softs...) but never manager to get a good live seamless loop, the midi note on the border beeing cut when the pattern starts again and I tend to use long notes or notes with long long release time (the fake reverb trick). The solution was to loop in the audio domain. > An 'artistic statement' in itself? as if to say "I DONT NEED NO STINKIN > BAND!" I like jamming with a band, I hate rehearsing and playing the same songs over and over. > A fallback for artistic roadblocks? (as in--an easy way out) ?? > > A way of exploring new rhythms? Yes and some textures too. > A textural apparatus? sound design? Yes, both. > A means of 'warping sound'? Yes and as a tool to adjust the signal level and/or create patches on the FX boxes behind the looper. > With me, it's been all of the above, and I've jumped among 7 or 8 devices > along the way. > > How about you? I don't have a very good musical backgroung, I can't read a staff, I took some piano lessons ( bored to play some "classical" pieces) , played the bass by hear (fun), took some guitar lessons (not enough time with the childs) but I'm more on the experimental side of music: contrapunt, overtones, clusters, freeze, glitch, serendipity, ... you name it. I like to read user manuals of things I don't own (synth, FX, ...) and imagine the sound it could make (now with youtube it's easier than before :-) but It's less fun). I like to learn in a lot of domain, to experiment but I'm more in the category "a lot of things on surface" than "deep on one thing" ;-) I'm almost 40 now, time for a crisis :-) and thinking about a new orientation or carreer. I'm thinking of using my musical interest and knowledge (looping as discussed earlier, generative music, ... ) in new directions in the field of personal development ( emotion and stress management ,sophrology, fullmindness, meditation, healing , ...). Has anyone used looping in these directions or conducted meditations sessions, improvisation groups, drum circles, ... with loopers (or other stuff)? I would be interested in any links, books or personnal experiences. Privately if OT. I will alway be thankfull to this community. It's a great resource and I have learned a lot reading it. Ben.