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Re: Hypothetical Question




> > If your looper had 10 minutes of looping time, what would you do with 
>it?
> > How would it affect your music?

>       couldnt you say that theres a certain point at which sample
>       time becomes academic? after 1 minute, after 4?

I have made songs/EPs that were meant to loop over and over again. I
create a piece of music that has the beginning blending into the end and
vice versa. One piece was exactly ten minutes and I recorded it to an
endless loop cassette. I've also pressed up limited edition 8tracks with
similar stuff.

In this case the "loop" is 5-30 minutes. Sometimes in  live shows I play
these "loops" throught the mixer and play other instruments/sounds over
top of them. 

Quite frankly I think Joesph makes a very valid point though. My first
reaction was if there was a 10 minute looper I'd use two minutes and trim
the rest. However when i started to think about it if you change the
concept of "song" or put it in a performace mode I bet a number of people
have already used 10+ minute loops.

Personally I wouldn't really give a damn about a piece of hardware that
would do this though. My portable 8track works just fine for me...


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