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Re: The Tech 21 MIDI Moose, and my simple-minded approach to looping
I'm keeping my FCB too...it's still a great unit, even though I can't find
a
decent sized bag to put it in....I wish Behringer would make a version
without the two expression pedels. It would be a lot more manageable for
traveling and packing.
That being said, I have altered my approach to MIDI control and looping.
Although I think it is really interesting that people are doing all sorts
of
technical and fascinating things with MIDI controllers and Mobius,
Looperlative, and other hardware loopers, like all the scripts, different
ways of overdubbing, coping, etc.....I am still manage to the basics when
it
comes to looping...I still use only the Record, Overdub, Multiply
(rarely),
reverse, and half-speed....and of course I really take advantage of the 8
tracks in Mobius, for generating multiple loops and mixing/playing with
them
during a performance.
I don't find it necessary to have a lot of looping features to play my
style
of avant-garde music. In fact, I could still pull it off with onlly
Record
and Overdub...my debut solo CD was with the Boomerang, and that still
represents the style of looping that I prefer. For me, the possibilities
just with these basic features are limitless when it comes to avant-garde,
free improv, and experimental guitar. Adding all the other features and
ways of manipulating the loops just clutters my mind and distract me from
the creative processs. It is a simple joy for me to sit down at a
performance with nothing but the Record and Overdub buttons, and my laptop
effects...and just see what I can do with that....it's just my
simple-minded
approach.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>
> On 15 sep 2006, at 00.09, Krispen Hartung wrote:
>
>> I mapped Record, Overdub, Multiply, Next Loop, and Mute to program
>> changes 1-5, and then Reverse, Half Speed, Insert on 6-8. Haven't
>> decide on 9-10 yet, probably some cool Mobius scripts.
>
> Thanks. It's always interesting to hear how other players set up their
> controllers. That TEch 21 looks nice and portable. Myself I have turned
> into a true FCB Junkie ;-)) When my old FCB died after five years I
> just bought a new one and set it up exactly the same way. They have
> become rather cheap now because "no one buys them" (according to music
> store staff - I had to look around quite a bit to find one).
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast)
> http://www.myspace.com/looproom
>
>
>
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