Re: Steppophonic - could this work?

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

Hi,

I'm a bit busy now but I may find time to get back this later tonight.
It's fun to discuss, but what I'm really looking for is a solution
that brings all the listed functions - not just a bunch of them that
"can be done". I really kept the list minimal for what the Steppo
setup needs to be playable IMHO.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com



On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Buzap Buzap <buzap@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi Per
>
> as Jeff suggested, single shot loops are no problem for Mobius (and 
>should be a piece of cake for any other looper imo).
>
>>My idea needs scaling to the simplest musical timing values (fourth 
>note, dotted, triplet etc)
> Yes, you can achieve that. The trick is to prepare ryhthmic MIDI Ableton 
>clips for triggering the samples. So, i.e. in Clip1 you trigger the loop 
>every beat (4 midi triggers in one Ableton loop), in Clip2 you trigger 
>the beat twice a beat (8 midi triggers in one Ableton loop), in Clip3 you 
>trigger the beat in triplets (3 midi triggers in one Ableton loop) and so 
>on...
> Obviously, you'd still have the same loop length. However, you could 
>i.e. also send a "half-speed" command via MIDI witihin Clip2 etc.
>
> Now, for overlapping notes:
> First of all, you define in your Ableton Clip containing the MIDI 
>harmonies what you will hear simulatneously (via Vocal Harmonizer).
> If you'd like to have a distinct attack while the other loop fades out, 
>you would need a workaround: When you record your sample, you duplicate 
>your loop (Mobius script?) and trigger the two (identical) loops 
>alternatively via midi from Ableton.
>
> I know this is not the out-of-box MAX/MSP tool you'd like to have - but 
>I think you can get pretty far with such an approach (you could i.e. 
>create rhythmic/harmonic patterns on the fly by recording MIDI clips into 
>Ableton via keys/midi-guitar...).
>
> What you want is not really that unrealstic- so, stay on it! :-)
>
> best regards
> Buzap
>
> --
> Sensationsangebot verlängert: GMX FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL
> für nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.gmx.de/?ac=OM.AD.PD003K1308T4569a
>
>