Re: looping tips and tricks 2001

["Earthspike" <Earthspike@Earthspike.Com>]

suggestion

put a 1/4 sec fade on the start of your sample and a 1/4 fade out at the
end - no more
nasty clicks when u loop!

concept7@earthspike.com


----- Original Message -----
From: dan mcmullen <dog@well.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 11:09 PM
Subject: looping tips and tricks 2001


> anyone care to share their latest looping technique discoveries?  i'm
> imagining quick little tips or tricks that make your looping easier or
more
> fun.  even "obvious" things that may have been mentioned before would be
> good.  to get things rolling:
>
> - when overdubbing, i recently put a volume pedal of some sort in front 
>of
> the looper to avoid the sharp little blips in background noise from
turning
> overdubbing on & off by fading in before & after the overdub.  this is
> particularly useful when looping acoustic instruments using a microphone
> while hearing the current loop on monitors.  (this probably falls into 
>the
> obvious category, but when i finally set this up, it made overdubbing 
>much
> more "relaxed".)  [general interest]
>
> - i'm using the Peavy PC1600 fader box to control feedback on an EDP 
>using
> MIDI.  by making one fader the "master" of the feedback footpedal, i can
> set the minimum feedback level that the footpedal can generate by 
>lowering
> the master fader.  this lets me use the entire range of the footpedal's
> travel to smoothly make a transition from full feedback to the exact
amount
> i'm aiming for.  much easier than trying to judge what fraction of the
> footpedal's travel will get me the right amount of feedback.  [edp/peavy
> pc1600]
>
> i may think of more later, but for now, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-...
> dan
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