Re: Things are quiet 'round here

["Dennis W. Leas" <dennis@mdbs.com>]

That's basically the set-up I use when simulating Alan Lucier's "I Am
Sitting in a Room".

I put the EDP into delay mode and feed the output back to the input (set 
the
EDP feedback at zero).  Various FX and filters can be inserted into the
feedback path.  Takes me awhile to get the gain structure right so that the
looped signal doesn't die out or grow without bound.  If I had a
compressor/limiter I'd try that to control the feedback gain.

Due to the interative effect, small changes in the signal get amplified.  
So
simple things like an EQ change can have a profound effect over time.  This
property reminds me of some Chaos Theory principles.

I think the technique has ALOT of potential.  Unfortunately, the
configuration is so different than what I typically use that it's hard to
fit it in with my normal performance stuff.  One of these days...

Dennis Leas
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dennis@mdbs.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael P. Hughes, PhD <M.Hughes@surrey.ac.uk>
To: Loopers-Delight <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:21 AM
Subject: Things are quiet 'round here


>Things seem to have gotten awful quiet on this list... are Jon, Matthias,
>the LoOpDoCtOrS et al still about, or is it summer vacation season?
>
>Of those of us who are left, has anybody tried inserting FX into their
>feedback loops? I've been thinking about this - it strikes me as a great
way
>to "thicken up" a loop, but on the other hand once the signal's been 
>around
>the FB loop a few times it'd be so effected it'd sound like an exposion at
>Digitech's Preset factory.  Comments?
>
>Mike
>
>PS On an unrelated note, two posts in yesterday's digest should NOT have
>neen next to each other:
>
>>>> 3) Will it UNDO my circumcision?
>>>Only if you attach alligator clips to the rack mount
>>>bracket of the EDP, and hang the EDP onto what remains
>>>of your forskin for a week, or until you achieve the
>>>desired effect.
>
>the next (actually unrelated) EMail was:
>>And then, how about placing video-clips on the Gibson site so that people
>>can see how easy it all is...
>
>Eww!!!
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