Re: in praise of EDP

[".David.Auker." <DaVAuk@Hevanet.com>]

William Walker wrote:

> Dear List,
> Those of you who have seen me play know that I have been a Repeater user
>and advocate for some time. If it hadn't been for my brother Rick's
>generosity, I might never have started using one, (...)I'm having a 
>second renaissance with looping, after having gone
>through a period of boredom, where I felt like I had exhausted every loop
>strategy I could think of, and had run out of ideas. 
>
Fun, fun, fun!  Both Repeater and EDP have their uniquenesses, but 
here's something I've been doing with EDP recently with it's 
re-definable loop length: take a rather bland/open 4/4 beat loop, all in 
the I chord (but pleasantly ambiguous!), and go to next loop, copying on 
the fly with Multiply, doing an immediate overdubbing, forcing 3/4 time, 
with other chords (like I, IV, V, whatever).  Presto! quite a change, 
with some potentially interesting serendipity...and the original is 
waiting for you to return to the 4/4.  (Obviously, you can get fancier 
with the beats/measure!)

(I know this pales in comparison to what some of our loop-masters are 
doing, but hope this fits in as meaningful info!)

David