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Re: R: Sushi ...what about italian food?
<< tell me something more about using samplers as loopers. >>
Live, house lights dim, stage lights up and...I create a loop in the
Headrush
(single layer, multi-layer, whatever). When I like it, I sample it. It's
pretty crucial to hit it "right-on" time-wise. Otherwise, I sample it
again,
the next time around. All the while the loop is continuing to play to the
audience. With my single headphone I check the sample to make certain
it's
acceptable. Then I kill the llayers in the Headrush returning back to the
solo first loop, usually a rhythmic of some sort. Add different layers to
it. And when I like that, I sample it too. At some point I improvise a
sort
of "bridge as I kill or silence the loop in the Akai completely. Then hit
sample 1. I can now make new loops and continue this process on ad
infinitum
et nauseum. Bringing in the samples (of my live loops) as I need to.
The sequences are merely templates for the time when several samples
have
been recorded. I then let it (the sequencer) take over. I lay down the
guitar, walk out to a table and join the people sitting there and order a
glass of beer (usually). The sequencer (set at somewhere between 10 and
20
bpm) also has track 16 recorded strictly for control of the mixer. This
means that when sample 1 is beginning a slow fade, sample 2 (et al.) are
slowly coming in. Since the sequence is a template there's a great
randomness of patterns (loops). Hope that makes some sense. Easier to
show
than describe.
hawkeye