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Hello! I'm a recent subscriber (last week) and have enjoyed lurking about until now, listening to loopfuls of intelligent conversation. Since I'm starting to get an idea of who you all are, I think it would be fair at this point to explain mySELF: My interest in looping began as a result of dabbling in electronic industrial music. Five or six years ago, all I had was a Korg synth and an AKAI S612 Sampler. No drum machine...no sequencer. So, in an effort to create some rhythms, I would sample my synth/voice/etc and play along. At the time, I was not appreciative of the flexibility and fluidity of expression that a looping device offers. I was irritated that I could not get a "steady beat," that the bpms could not be quantized. Through saving my pennies and selling the AKAI sampler, I bought an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampling workstation. I was looking forward to sampling, sequencing, quantizing, and keeping everything in its place. It was not long before I realized that I was not going to like the new machine. The Ensoniq ASR-10, although a powerful machine, cannot "sample on the fly." I was outraged that a $2,000 sampler could not be used to perform the same procedures as a JamMan or a cheaper digitech FX pedal. I've found that sequencing and quantizing can deaden the creative process before it even begins...as well as deaden an appreciation for anything that is "offbeat," and not predetermined over the time of a piece. Anyhow, I recently purchased a Lexicon JamMan and hope that it will allow me to do some of the things that I used to do with my old AKAI sampler (it had start- and end-point sliders that could be reversed simultaneously during sample playback). I would appreciate any advice in terms of its use. In addition, I'm excited about having subscribed to this list because I'm looking for some answers on how to work though some obstacles in the creative process. For example, I enjoy creating text loops of my own and others writings embedded in a sonic context that will persuade the listener to reconsider the meaning of the words and/or the effect of the music in ways not previously considered. Overall, I would appreciate any commentary on the processes used by list subscribers to brainstorm and eventually structure their work. Sean O'Donnell Kim Flint wrote: > > >> Actually, a whole bunch of new list subscriptions came in over the >past > >> week. That usually means some good publicity happened somewhere. So >I'm a > >> little curious as to how you new folks found out about us. Was there a > >> post somewhere? > > > >Er, I mentioned Looper's Delight a week ago in a post to Elephant Talk > >(which is subscribed by thousands). Don't know if this was it, but it > >probably contributed. > > > > That would explain it. Feel free to do this sort of thing, I don't mind >at all. > > >If you're interested in more subscribers (and more work for you), there >are > >some (less crowded) newsgroups we could post on such as the Eno, >Sylvian, > >or Ambient newsgroups. I think by now, this mailing list + website have > >grown rich and interesting enough to feel justified to go and boast a >little. > > I have been holding off on publicity because I didn't feel the list and >web > site were really ready. Now that the digest version is working, the >regular > list seems to be running smoothly, and the web site has a reasonable >amount > of interesting content, I think more publicity is fine. > > If any of you are on other lists that may have members interested in > looping, feel free to let them know about Looper's Delight. I'd be > especially interested in bringing in some folks from the > techno/dub/industrial/ambient world, some dj's, and acoustic musicians of > various sorts. (the Adrian Legg, Leo Kottke variety seem to have an > affinity for loops) We seem to be a bit top heavy with Fripp influenced > guitarists so far, which is ok, but more variety is good in my opinion. > > thanks, > > kim > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html > http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com