Re: Loopers do it repeatedly (was Re: Fw: THIS IS FOR REAL. (THISIS A LOOP BASED MUSIC LIST!)

[just john <just-john@just-john.com>]

>The funniest thing about this thread (besides Mr. Sottilaro)
>is that it triggered the following serious thought:
>do loopers know how to quit?
>
>This has been a frustration for me lately.  There are the
>obvious two choices:  repeat and fade, and abrupt stop
>(usually during a rest).  Also, there's the obvious variation
>of de-evolution -- I.E., if you've built up a loop with layers,
>deconstruct it back down by removing layers, but when you're
>down to the last loop, be it the one you started with, or a
>different one, you still have to make one of the two above
>choices.  I've been thinking of trying to "morph" from a loop
>to live playing, but have not been successful in an accurate
>resemblance of the loop, so I usually go for a completely
>different sound, but maybe playing the same riff.  Any other
>ideas?

(There's the ever-popular train wreck, ie: something breaks.  Every reel of
tape I have has stuff of mine stopping accidently at the end of the tape,
as well as batteries dying, desktops freezing and cables getting tripped
over.  I've sometimes fantasized about basing a concert on this --- "That
was the sound of my laptop crashing.  For the next few minutes while it
reboots, allow me to treat you to variations on a Kaoss Pad ...")

But yes, your talk of morphing "from a loop to live playing" strikes a
chord cuz I've often thought of trying just the opposite direction.  IE:
Doing something and sampling it, and then crossfading from the performance
to the looped sample.
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