RandomRetrigger in the LP-2

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

Andy Butler asked:

"trouble with that, I expect, is that is *doesn't* create another musician.
Once you stop hitting RandRetig the loop goes vanilla again.
(or does it?, not seen a demo...a demo would be nice!) "


What I've discovered is that if one puts in several long tones with slow 
attacks (NO transients), representing a scale
that a cool effect to do is to play a solo and hit Random ReTrigger 
every time you hit a note in your solo.

What happens is that everything is modally harmonic but some strange 
intervals can pop out.

It can create a sort of intelligent,  "Someone is jamming with me and 
they are really good and very sophisticated
harmonically speaking."

Unfortunately,  I have not used this on a piece that I've video taped 
yet and we just had some problems getting
the effect reinstituted into the new re-working of the LP-2. The effect 
is fixed and working but I have to get
to San Jose before Bob can redo our trial LP-2s with the final software.

Another thing is that because a square tremelo effect is created, you 
can use slow transient long notes
in a loop and then once RandomRetriggered,  you create a random ostinato 
in what ever rhythm you want
to tap out.........this can be useful for relooping with a second looper 
(hopefully NOT midi synced to the original loop,
whose length will be quite long.

It's a way of starting out Avant Garde and creating a 'groove' out of it 
or staring out with a groove and then de-constructing
it to end up Avant Garde.

That's the theory at least.

Rick Walker