RE: MIDI live looping

["Kevin Mulvihill" <kmulvihill@mediaone.net>]

Jonathan, I didn't know you were a ztarist!

Actually, the new OS for the ztar (www.starrlabs.com) is currently under
development and scheduled to be released in the next month or so. It will
feature a basic to intermediate level onboard sequencer that is being
designed to support looping. It's kind of exciting actually.

This, obviously, isn't a floor controller, but it would also replace your
guitar synth, and along with that all of those associated latency issues.
You can contact Harvey Starr (harvey@cts.com) for more information if you
wish.

Best of luck,
Kevin



> The latest OS of the Ztar has a looping sequencer in it too, I believe.



> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Are there any people of experience with a simple MIDI "looping
> device" - I
> > know, I know, it's called a sequencer - but most sequencers I've seen
> don't
> > lend themselves well to a live loop-playing style I'd like to
> perpetuate:
> > hands on the instrument (guitar, in my case) and feet on the pedals,
> traps,
> > buttons & twiddly knobs.
> >
> > I'm using a (Line6) loop delay for "analog" (i.e. audio)
> looping but would
> > like to have a second independent "digital" looping option in a MIDI
> device
> > connected to my guitar synth. Only thing is, ideally it would be as or
> > nearly as simple as my Line6: record/overdub button, tap tempo button,
> maybe
> > reverse / half speed (oo, getting really fancy there). Not
> being entirely
> > serious here but the main point is during a live performance, the basic
> > buttons plus the natural inclination to repeat phrases are your best
> friends
> > in terms of response / availability / predictability. Also I'd prefer 
>it
> to
> > be a box sitting on the floor - call it guitaristic-compulsive stompbox
> > disorder.
> >
> > Any recommendations? Thank you very much!
> >
> > Nic