On May 4, 2006, at 7:11 AM, Ben wrote: > Software ways? Except Koan which seems quite Creative labs oriented > (soundfonts), are there other alternatives? > Should we ask manufacturers for a "loop" player: a kind of LP-1 > with random functions and sync between tracks so everytime you hear > a track it's slightly different? We just have to "prepare" some > alternative layers and the player will remix/re-arrange on the fly. There are several small loop/clip based programs with interesting user controls at: http://www.ixi-software.net/content/software.html Both windows and mac legacy in some cases, I recently came across this for mac: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/audio/gleetch[lab].html Looks like it leans towards noise design but might be flexible and seems to have a couple of randomizing elements. regards BobCo http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier2 http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier http://tinyurl.com/cr25j