Re: replacing parts of loops

[improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel)]

>This method seems really interesting (i.e. replacing parts with silence 
>and
>making ad hoc rhythms).  I have a Jamman and haven't used replace much.  I
>sometimes add really random things in or play over the loop and hit 
>replace
>at random, but that only goes so far.  I should steal [cough], I mean try,
>your method.
>
>-Jesse
>
I do this a lot. Often I will lay down a longish droney texture in punch-in
loop mode, and then use replace to "drop in" silence and other parts. I
find that there's a minimum time that I can hit and release the pedal
twice, about a second, which defines the finest granularity of the rhythms.
I gather that with the Echoplex, you can assign the pedal to only record
while the pedal is depressed, which could decrease the minimum punching
time quite a bit.


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