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UNUSUAL TECHNIQUES - LOOPING SOUNDS
Hello everyone,
I have been lurking on this list for a while and enjoying all subject
matter (the OT stuff as well).
I was actually wondering if I am actually a looper or not, because my set
up is quite different from most of the people on this list.
I have been using a Laptop and Reaktor to create improvised music. My
laptop is not quite a high enough spec to use live inputs to get loops
from my guitar or bass. so I record these bits up front as well as other
sounds (sometime using a 30 sec memo recorder on my wrist watch).
I then use one of the reaktor samplers to chop up these loops in realtime
and sequence the loops using two step sequencers - one controlling
individual sample hits and the other controlling loops of hits. both the
step sequencers have a probability factor on each step so that the
probability of the hit (or loop fragment) firing can be controlled. I use
a pseudo random number to control the probability, but hopefully in my
next version I'll resample the resulting loops and use those to control
the probability.
One of the effects I can create with this is to create a drum track that
has random fills, so I can leave the drums free to do their stuff while I
manipulate other samplers (sorry drummers).
I'm looking forward to the new 3.0 ghz processors to come out so I can
record the input live - then i'll be straight down to toy store!
Cheers
OJ
www.TheJupiter8.com