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Re: Please lets all sit together now and define what we do!
Mark, since I too, just mentioned this in my last post, personally, I use
the MC-505 which can go in and out of record on the fly while a pattern is
playing, so I simply turn off the metronome completely, and play with the
music. I also use this feature to pitch loops in the Repeater.
Smiles,
CQ
At 11:44 PM 10/14/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Interesting point... but I'm not sure if it's all that valid to the
>audience, though certainly for the musician. My guitar signal quickly
>becomes a stream of data that describes (more or less) the sound I
>played. You're data does the same thing, but more symbolic nature. To
>the end user (audience) it's the same, I think... However, I am very
>interested in using MIDI loops, though I've not done it in a live
>manner. This evening I experimented with my MC-307 sequencer with the
>click turned down... but it was hard to get time info from the blinking
>light. I reverted to recording a simple bass drum with a click
>first, then went back in and recorded new parts. How do you do you're
>MIDI loops?
>
>Mark Sottilaro
>
>On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 10:46 PM, Tim Thompson wrote:
>
>>> How about this?
>>>
>>> "Loop based music essentially involves the repetition of audio
>>> samples,
>>> or loops. From that basic premise looping moves off in numerous
>>> directions, ...
>>>
>>> This is from Kim's intro on the front page of Looper's Delight, and
>>> it's
>>> about as inclusive and applicable of a description as I can imagine.
>>
>> I think the phrase "audio samples" in the definition isn't inclusive
>> enough.
>> I loop using MIDI data only. It triggers a synth to generate audio,
>> but the thing being repeated (and manipulated) is MIDI data only.
>>
>> ...Tim...
>>
>>
>
>
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