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looper idea [message #680]

Tue, 17 February 2004 02:13

vees fretlessboy
Messages: 1
Registered: February 2004
Location: downtown San Diego

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hey, just discovered the site-- dig it. cant wait to make a Phasuer. i use various delays and the RC-20 to loop synthed out fretless bass, violin, and beats. any of you weirdos working on a looper? im looking for one with a good 5 or so minutes, 5 saveable loops, and 5 one shots. my music calls for not only looping, but playing samples/loops with my feet a la: organ bass pedals. this sites dope. good work.

Are-Jay Hoffmann

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Re: looper idea [message #685]

Sun, 22 February 2004 02:20

conical johnson
Messages: 15
Registered: January 2004
Location: New Orleans

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I'm another bassist who's using a looper. I use a Gibson Echoplex Digital Pro. It's considered by many to be the Cadilac of loopers, though there are other loopers that work better for different situations. It has the highest sampling rate of any looper at 41.4khz (actually, the Eventide Orville is higher, at 96khz, but it costs in the area of $4000). It also is capable of really complex stuff, but is relatively easy to use right out of the box. It has a little over 3 minutes of looping time.

For your purposes, it may not be so great. It doesn't store loops when you turn it off. But, it has 16 available loops at a time, and any of those can be triggered as a one-shot or repeating loop on the fly.

The greatest collection of information on looping can be found at www.loopers-delight.com.

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Re: looper idea [message #690]

Fri, 27 February 2004 22:47

dann
Messages: 772
Registered: December 2002
Location: Austin TX

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dont hold your breath, but ive been working on something for the past year or so.. its getting closer but still nothing to show. minutes of sample time, multiple simultaneous loops/"one-shots", variable windows and of course insane cross-modulation networks...
ahem.. like i said, don't hold your breath

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Re: looper idea [message #722]

Fri, 14 May 2004 00:58

Gov Silver
Messages: 3
Registered: May 2004

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dann wrote on Fri, 27 February 2004 22:47

Sound interesting!

A lot of looper pedals are in the "Frippertronic" type of mode. It would be cool to see something unique, or at least a looper that lends itself to innovative musical uses. The most innovative uses of a looper that I have heard have been by Andre La Fosse. He does the opposite of most looping guitarists I've heard - instead of build up soundscapes from long delay lines/loops, he uses a combination of very short loops to get an IDM-type sound. This page gives an idea:

http://www.altruistmusic.com/normedp.html

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Re: looper idea [message #723]

Sun, 16 May 2004 13:38

conical johnson
Messages: 15
Registered: January 2004
Location: New Orleans

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Gov Silver wrote on Thu, 13 May 2004 23:58

dann wrote on Fri, 27 February 2004 22:47

Sound interesting! It would be cool to see something unique, or at least a looper that lends itself to innovative musical uses. The most innovative uses of a looper that I have heard have been by Andre

A lot of looper pedals are in the "Frippertronic" type of mode. La Fosse. He does the opposite of most looping guitarists I've heard - instead of build up soundscapes from long delay lines/loops, he uses a combination of very short loops to get an IDM-type sound. This page gives an idea:

http://www.altruistmusic.com/normedp.html

Yeah, I really like Andre's stuff. But he had his soundscape period, too. I also like his glitchy work. Big inspiration.

I would definitely like a looper that was more designed for live manipulation insanity than live overdubbing. The Echoplex can do some cool things beyond the typical loop stuff, as evidenced by Andre's glitchy stuff, but I'd like something more akin to a granular looper like Granulab to add to my setup.

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Re: looper idea [message #774]

Tue, 20 July 2004 20:24

Hugh
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2004

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dann wrote on Sat, 28 February 2004 03:47

sounds cool. is it analog or digital? im guessing digital if your talking about minutes of loop time.

you might want to check out the Z Vex Lo Fi Loop Junky, all analog looper with vibrato, sounds really cool. http://www.zvex.com/junky.html

I use a Line 6 echo pro for looping. it doesnt have any of the 'advanced' features like an echoplex but its a quarter the cost and it has loads of nice delays on as well.

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