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Re: jamman trick - c'est trés cool



As soon as my wife let's me do something besides lear PhotoShop, I'm gonna
try this one. Sounds very cool rob. thanks for adding to the arsenal.

Patrick

>je stumbled on an interesting jamman trick for those of vous with a midi
>sequencer or controller capable of sending program changes.
>
>je slaved my jamman to an mpc2000 and set the jamman to SAMPLE mode.
>in this mode it doesn't "loop" continuously but plays whatever was
>recorded into it (a single sample) using "triggers". le chose très cool
>is that the sample can be switched rapid-fire between forward and
>reverse.
>
>je joue la batterie (suis pas socialiste) so i played a groove in sync
>with the sequence and had the jamman record a single bar (bar 5), parts
>of which can play forward / reverse (anywhere after bar 5).
>
>comme ca (ASCII-ish):
>
>                   record sample here
>                            V
>la sequence: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
>
>note: a TAP prog-chg (=1) is necessary to open AND close the sample in
>this mode, e.g. at begin of bars 5 and 6 to make a one bar sample.
>
>the sample can then be triggered by setting prog-chg=1 at various points
>in the sequence. to reverse the sample before triggering, set
>prog-chg=4.
>
>the whole thing gets a RECYCLE twist by syncopating the triggers - this
>sounds pretty coll in a d'n'b way using drums or percussion as a sample.
>
>á la prochaine,
>rob

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