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On 22 jan 2007, at 18.11, monk wrote: > i already have an edp and a repeater, i'm curious as to what > features YOU wish the looperlative had that the edp already has. I too have an EDP and I used to have a Repeater, a great combo! What I appreciate most with the EDP is that it is very quick when it comes to arranging on-the-fly, typically cutting down/multiplying loop length or simply jumping between multiple loops on the same "channel" (in case of using one EDP "channel" simply equals this EDP). I like the option of almost simultaneously creating two or more loops that relate to different keys/chords, by jumping between those loops. It's a wonderful challenge to look for melody line that makes sense as melody lines in their own right, while also working fine as the source material for creating different parts in a "song structure". I never get bored with that kind of "lateral" way of thinking about musical improvisation. I guess you could do some similar stuff with a LP1, but then you would have to set it up for muting and un-muting parallel tracks to host loops of different keys and chords, and I find that less inspiring. And what about when all eight tracks are used up? ;-)) I also like the SUSSubstitute option of the EDP, when you jump between different programs that only differ by the 8ths Per Cycle settings. And of course also the unrounded inserts etc. Since I like the EDP looping style so much I chose to put my money into a laptop that can run Mobius, which is almost like an EDP and in some other areas a lot more. I kind of use Mobius like you would use a pair of synced EDP's for stereo, typically working mostly with only one stereo track of multiple loops. Sometimes I may create a loop on a parallel track to be able to do morphing between these two loops, but I really tend to stick with only one track. I restrict the available number of loops to five, which I think is enough. But I change those loops all the time, by feedback overdubbing or by aggressive cutting and splicing. But each loop on that track has it's defined "chord", "scale" or "key" that I use as "mental tools" for improvising arrangements. I've read the Looperlative manual and I just don't get the same inspiration as I get from reading the EDP or the Mobius manual: I mean that Sense Of Wonder when you realize that "holy shit - I need to try out THIS or THAT to see where it leads musically and sound-wise". The LP1 is very neat as a box. If a future OS upgrade should give it the EDP born functions, mentioned above, I would be very tempted to start saving up ;-) I rarely watch the screen when using Mobius anyway, I just use it for the looping functionality - so frankly, a dedicated box would be just great. (sorry for the long post... this much text volume was what I tried to avoid by my first short reply that hinted at the archives. But it's difficult to cut down on chatting about these highly interesting topics) Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.boysen.se (Swedish) www.looproom.com (international) http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) http://www.myspace.com/looproom