Re: Any dj's using loops live (The Rest Of You Can...)

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 12:59 AM -0700 7/11/01, glenn wrote:
>On this whole DJ versus musician thing, FWIW i think most DJ's are 
>guys who have a good feel for music, but just don't understand how 
>easy it is to actually originate the beats/songs themselves, or 
>think they couldn't or that there's enough cultural support for what 
>they do that why move on?

Personally I don't draw a line between being a "musician" or a "sound 
artist" or a "DJ," nor do I think any of them is necessarily 
"loftier" or more valid than another (my violist partner would 
disagree). As in most things there are good ones and crappy ones, 
smart ones and stupid ones. I've heard some really excellent mixing 
and have even played on bills with some. I'm personally more into 
"whacked-out" music, and I'm not especially into dance music (I did 
enough of that in my teens and twenties). I'm also a fan of 
Plunderphonics, and I don't think an artist necessarily has to create 
all his/her sounds from scratch (pun intended).


>Okay so nobody responded to my request for info on if there's a 
>looping VST plug-in with a midi-sustain pedal triggered 
>sampling/recording.

I agree with Sean that the lack of an answer to your question is 
probably due to simple ignorance of such a VST plug-in. Don't give up 
hope, though.

Max/MSP is a programming language that would allow the creation of 
just such a "soft" processor.  One of the features of MSP is that you 
can create VST plug-ins. There is even a collection of these called 
Pluggo.

Max/MSP is probably outside your budget, and you probably don't want 
to become a programmer anyway. Someone else might do it though. There 
is a loop sequencer called radiaL due for release later this year.

For more info on Max/MSP, visit <http://www.cycling74.com>
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