SV: EDP and Repeater in Rig

["Per Boysen" <per@boysen.se>]

> Från: Chris Olden [mailto:chrisolden@hotmail.com]

>   Hello,
>   I was wondering what tasks those of you, that have both the
>   EDP and the Repeater in your looping rigs, assign to the
>   each unit? Does each have a strength(or strengths) that
>   make it more suitable for certain looping jobs than the
>   other?
>   Thanks!
>   Chris Olden

Hi Chris,

I like to sync them by midi clock and have EDP as master and Repeater as
slave. This way Repeater follows if I have different tempi in the EDP 
loops.
I can also do a "solo break" by pressing the EDP rec pedal to play a new
line into the loop, and have the Repeater stop during the break and to 
start
when I close that EDP loop. I tend to look at the EDP as the "soloist" in
this set up and Repeater as "the band". I also like to keep the EDP insert
pedal for reversed recording.

Another thing I'm experimenting with is using a sequencer slaved to the
Repeater and feeding it with controller data for rhythmic panning of track 
3
and 4 (usually use 16ths and triads). The seq also feeds track 2 with a
controller for pitching down on octave (for bass). Initially I tried 
feeding
volume data as well (for gating the sound), but this got too stiff for
improvising. I only need to use a one bar midi loop in the sequencer for
this, and the good thing with this is that if you change the pitch of
repeater (by cc14) you get the bass track back into the basement 
afterwards.
You also get the bass track right when creating a new, or changing loop on
repeater.

I don't have an expression pedal yet but when I'm getting one I will try 
out
the cc14 havoc thing with Repeater. I have experimented with putting that
controller in Logic (synced to repeater) and it seems that Repeater is
coming back fine in sync again (to EDP) after some heavy cc14 berserking.
Someone already tested this?

I have not had time yet to go deeply into putting the EDP in the Repeater 
FX
loop. (reports on this appreciated ;-)

Best

Per Boysen
Sweden