RE: Echoplex w/drum machine question

[Terry Blankenship <electricgypsys@yahoo.com>]

Thanks Kim,

I'm working with someone currently that is asking me
to give him loops a certain length, at a certain BPM,
and in a certain timings, sometimes in polyrhythms.
Usually odd timings. I'm experimenting with the odd
timings currently. 

I figured I needed to use quantized functions but I
wasn't sure. Thanks again for your help. It's nice to
know there is someone out there who can and will help
you out when you run up against a brick wall trying to
figure something out on the echoplex.

The echoplex will definitely open up many new
possibilites for me than trying to use two revoxes and
an old 4 track Dokorder like I started on, or my old
Electro Harmonix 16 sec digital delays.

I actually bought the Echoplex because of its sound
quality compared to other units. I had no idea som
many things were possible with it.

Thanks again. 

All the very best!
Terry


-- Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> wrote:
> At 12:21 AM 6/25/2003, Terry Blankenship wrote:
> >I am starting to see some light through the trees
> here
> >thanks to you.
> 
> great, I'm glad it's starting to work for you!
> 
> >There are still a couple of things I need to work
> out.
> >
> >I am correct in assuming that you really need to be
> >working with all quantized functions and with the
> >switch quant turned on, to keep loops synced up
> with a
> >drum machine no matter how you are manipulating the
> >echoplex?
> 
> It depends on the application, but I think for what
> you are trying to do 
> the answer is yes. Your need seems to be keeping the
> startpoints of the 
> loops lined up at all times. For that you want to
> quantize everything.
> 
> Personally I find it much more interesting to
> intentionally dealign loops 
> from each other, to set up different rhythmic
> relationships between them 
> and change them on the fly. I love the new functions
> of the Echoplex that 
> let it keep track of all this while you do it, and
> then give you the power 
> to ReAlign them back together. For this type of use
> you wouldn't use 
> Quantize at all, or use Quantize = 8th to keep
> things lined up on sub 
> divisions of the cycles.
> 
> >I didn't have the switch quant on before.
> 
> that only affects loop switching when using multiple
> loops. I don't think 
> you mentioned that you were switching loops before,
> in which case it 
> wouldn't matter how you set the SwitchQuant
> parameter.
> 
> kim
> 
> 
>
______________________________________________________________________
> Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
> kflint@loopers-delight.com    |
> http://www.loopers-delight.com
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