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Re: looping with other musicians
Hi,
I've seen this interesting thread passing by my inbox for a couple of
days now and finally though I should throw something into the
discussion. From my experience the number one trick to loop good with
other musicians is to listen and make sure that you can hear and
consciously follow every instrument line that is playing in the
orchestra. My own capacity to simultaneously listen and react stops
somewhere at three or four different orchestration components. These
may be living musicians or looping machines. So if I'm playing with two
other musicians I will not bring a rack with four looping machines,
because I will simply not be capable of any meaningful musical
interaction with that much stuff going on in the monitors (four
loopers, my own instrument at hand plus two other musicians).
Then my rule number two is to keep my equipment smooth to handle. The
EDP is the most "playable" looper I've come across so far. One EDP,
foot controller and instrument is my dream set-up for ensemble looping.
I make sure to always have the feedback function at hand by an
expression pedal (you don't say "have by foot", do you? lol) and I also
make sure that I'm using EDP presets that will let me cut the loop
length immediately, if needed. This is for changing tempo in one cut
(like ending a multiply with the rec button). It's perfectly possible
to not being synced to the others. If your loop is drifting, then just
create a new loop and cut it exactly to the new tempo. Then you can cut
them further to make counter rhythms.
All the best
Per Boysen
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http://www.looproom.com (international)
http://www.boysen.se (Swedish site)