Re: performance looping ?

[scott@dreamstate.to]

> I keep running into this magic number: 198 seconds.  Is it true that the
> EDP
> only allows for 198 seconds of recorded information?  That's the main
> reason
> I keep going back to the jamman.
>
> Tony

That's true - 198 seconds total and your undoable loops
have to be part of that total - so maybe the EDP won't
do what you need. Best of luck with the Jammen.

Cheers,
Scott M2

http://www.dreamSTATE.to
ambientelectronicsoundscapes
http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com


> On 12/11/05, scott@dreamstate.to <scott@dreamstate.to> wrote:
>>
>> With two Jammen :) aren't you approaching the cost of an EDP.
>> You wouldn't need all the transfering back and forth -
>> just build it up then keep hitting the Undo button.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Scott M2
>>
>> http://www.dreamSTATE.to
>> ambientelectronicsoundscapes
>> http://www.THEAMBiENTPiNG.com
>>
>>
>> > Thanks for the replies.  I think I may be able to do what I want with
>> two
>> > jammans.  Record sample A onto jamman 1, record same sample onto
>> jamman
>> > two
>> > (from jamman one).  While sample A is playing on jamman 2, stop jamman
>> > one,
>> > save sample A then save sample A to another loop track.  Record sample
>> B
>> > onto jamman 1 (second loop track) having stopped jamman 2.  Dump new
>> > sample
>> > A+B onto jamman 2 and repeat.  This way, when I want to back down the
>> > loops
>> > until I reach sample A only, I can use jamman 1 and simply step down
>> the
>> > different loop tracks.  This should allow me to keep a continous sound
>> > while
>> > stopping and recording so that I can undo until the beginning.  Can I
>> do
>> > this while performing?  We shall see.
>> >
>> > Another question, is there any reason why a sufficiently adept
>> electrical
>> > engineer could rig up a handheld switch to start and stop the
>> > record/overdub
>> > feature on the jamman (or any footpedal looper)?  Seems simple enough,
>> but
>> > then I don't know what I'm talking about.
>> >
>> > Oh, another question, does anyone have any ideas about timing
>> looptracks
>> > while using the boss/digitech pedal loopers.  Stopwatch?  Computer.
>> It
>> > seems essential in some cases to know where I am in the loop to
>> overdub
>> > correctly.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Tony
>> >
>> > On 12/9/05, loop.pool <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> only the Gibson Echoplex EDP with loop IV software will do what you
>> wish
>> >> to accomplish.
>> >> they are between $800 and $1000
>> >> the brand new LOOPERLATIVE (released at the next NAMM show in Anaheim
>> in
>> >> January) may do that.
>> >> Let me check with the owner on that for you.
>> >>
>> >> best of luck!
>> >>
>> >> yours,  Rick
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>> >> *From:* Tony Hughes <hughes.tony@gmail.com>
>> >> *To:* Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:00 PM
>> >> *Subject:* performance looping ?
>> >>
>> >> I am a performance artist and have recently become interested in
>> using
>> >> loops as ambient backgrounds for my performances.  I have looked at
>> the
>> >> hardware (mainly boss rc-20xl and digitech jamman = based on price
>> >> range,
>> >> under 500$ and performance capability).  I bought the jamman and have
>> >> been
>> >> playing with it obsessively.  There is one important thing that I
>> want
>> >> to do
>> >> that I seem to be unable to complete.   I want to be able to build a
>> >> loop
>> >> with multiple samples and then unbuild it back to the original
>> sample.
>> >> I
>> >> can layer samples into the loop, but cannot undo past the one undo
>> that
>> >> you
>> >> are given.  I can do this in a studio setting by creating loop one,
>> >> copying
>> >> it onto loop two and then adding a sample overdub and copying to loop
>> >> three
>> >> etc...but I would like to be able to do this in realtime - in the
>> studio
>> >> setting I have to stop the loop playing in order to save and resave
>> to
>> >> another loop.  Are there better ways to do what I am talking about,
>> or
>> >> do I
>> >> need to figure out how to work with what I have.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for any help.
>> >>
>> >> Tony