Re: "Double" Looper Functions?

[Stan Card <stanitarium@earthlink.net> (by way of Kim Flint)]

RE:HEAR HERE!!!Being a lover of both units:PCM42+ECHOPLEX I concur
completely...Those who have not enjoyed the beauty of these 2 musical
boxes-I feel sad...I am an 8 bar guy myself,using the click track out of 
the
42...anyone else in this euphoric situation?...sadly...stannerthemanner...

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>From: Kim Flint <kflint@ati.com>
>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>Subject: Re: "Double" Looper Functions?
>Date: Mon, Nov 1, 1999, 9:50 PM
>

> This is exactly what the multiply function in the echoplex does. Great 
>idea,
> but Matthias thought of it sometime around 1985! It was implemented 
>first in
> something he hacked together out of a Lexicon PCM42, then was 
>implemented in
> his Paradis LoopDelay in '92, then of course in the Echoplex '94.
>
> Check out his story on the echoplex page:
> http://www.annihilist.com/loop/tools/echoplex/OBechoplexhistory.html
>
> It also lets you add material while you multiply, so it is very quick to 
>get
> something like a 1 bar loop repeated 4 times with a 4 bar melody loop 
>over
> the top. Check it out, the function has many more aspects that allow for 
>all
> kinds of creative use.
>
> kim
>
>
> At 09:40 PM 11/1/99 -0500, Brian Thomson, London UK wrote:
>>Hi there: I've been thinking about an idea I had, which would be useful 
>if
> I were ever designing a looper (hardware or software).
>>
>>Imagine the following scenario: I have a short loop set up, filled with
> suitable sounds. It would be great if it were possible to multiply the 
>loop
> in real-time, without glitching of any sort.
>>
>>So, if the original loop was 4 seconds, hitting the "double" footswitch
> would immediately, seamlessly, duplicate the loop, to 8 seconds. The 
>effect
> would initially be inaudible, since I'd simply have the original loop
> playing twice, but I could then add more sounds, and duplicate again if
> necessary. It might even be possible to "triplicate", "octoclate" (?), 
>etc.
> by sending different controller messages.
>>
>>An alternative version might involve duplicating the audio, but within 
>the
> _same_ time, but offset by 50%. So, a note that sounded at 1 second into 
>a 4
> second loop, would be duplicated at the 3 second point.
>>
>>Comments, anyone? Or have I just restated the obvious?
>>
>>Brian Thomson
>>bnt@email.com
>>Looping: Gtr / Bass into Korg DL-8000R and IBM ThinkPad (offline looping)
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