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Re: Bill Walkers cool Repeater Trick mp3 Re: electrix




Monster groove on Pocket Steel Dan.
Digging it.

Andre

http://www.youtube.com/user/AndreDonawa

On Fri, May 13, 2011 11:41 am, Daniel Thomas wrote:
> Beautiful track, Bill!   This has been a regular in my iTunes playlist 
>for
> long now.
>
> I love this sound--- its the reason Repeater is still in my rack today.
>
> I found this trick really with drum-voiced arpeggios modulating the pitch
> of the recorded loop.  When first experimenting with the technique-- I
> recorded single note drones and then manipulated this loop with rhythmic
> pitch data from an arpeggiator.  Then I found that if I created midi
> arpeggios (mapped to drum voices) and allowed only perfect 5ths and 4ths
> in the arpeggio pattern I could manipulate pitch of more complex (non -
> droning loops) in a groove with the drum part.   This allows me to safely
> apply harmonic elements to rather active loops (non Droning) to produce
> unexpected composite melodies and rhythms.
>
> A couple of examples linked below.  In these pieces, the same midi
> arpeggio that is triggering the drum grooves are driving the pitch
> manipulations of the loops.
>
> Pocket Steel
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAJH4McLvWI
>
> Crossing the Rubicon
> 
>http://www.youtube.com/user/ChordCluster?feature=mhee#p/c/23F3B3F701A8066A/3/7LGGUgbpjYY
>
>
> Loop On Bretheren
>
> Daniel
> On May 13, 2011, at 2:30 AM, Rick Walker wrote:
>
>> On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, andy butler wrote:
>>> http://www.andybutler.com/mp3/guest/BillWalker-MusicBox.mp3
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a brief track called Music Box, chosen by Bill as
>>> being illustrative.
>>> It comes from a (much played) CD which Bill brought along to
>>> trade at the 2005 Zurich loopfest.
>>> At the risk of creating unrequited audio lust I can reveal
>>> that it's a great sounding cd of guitar looping
>> God, this is a beautiful track Bill!
>>
>> I know you aren't currently using this technique but it's so beautiful
>> and idiosyncratic that
>> I hope you might consider putting out at least an EP of this type of
>> material from your vaults.
>> I too listened to the promo CD you brought to Zurich and think it's a
>> releasable
>> product.    Beautiful stuff!
>>
>> rick walker
>>
>
>