RE: youtube M13 and looperlative demos

["William Walker" <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

Yes Scoots pointed it out to me that you once were barefoot, you nature 
boy,
Tai Chi shoes, perfect.....of course having webbed feet would also be an
advantage in this situation.
Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: andy butler [mailto:akbutler@tiscali.co.uk] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 11:24 AM
To: LD
Subject: Re: youtube M13 and looperlative demos

William Walker wrote:
>  Thanks for the kind words Buzap,  you may be right about the definition
of
> the term "beat boxing", I use that description for lack of a better one,
to
> describe what I've been doing for a while to create percussive grooves
with
> my hands on the strings. You are correct that the switches on the M-13 
>can
> be rather loud, but part of that is the somewhat caveman intensity with
> which I'm hitting the buttons. Any plunger style switch like this can be
> finessed to sound quieter. The Gordius is quieter than the M-13, and has
> such sensitive switches that if one where to very lightly touch the
> switches, they can be engaged with very little mechanical noise at all.
That
> being said, If someone where to be very force full hitting the switches,
> there would be some clicking noise. Even Roland and behringer switches
will
> exhibit mechanical noise if you hit them hard enough. What you where
hearing
> was me rather over zealously stomping on the switches. I guess the
slippers
> didn't help, better move to stocking feet ala' Andy Butler. ;-)
>  Bill
> 

..and I was just admiring those slippers too :-)

Actually, the bare foot approach doesn't really work for the Gordius
buttons,
which slip between the toes just when you're after that crucial looping
manoeuvre.

I've started to wear Tai Chi slippers for looping.

andy