Multitrack Minidisc for loops?

[Damon Baker <fnord@siu.edu>]

hi there folks, I was wondering if anyone had had any experience with any
of those fancy four or 8 track minidisks for looping purposes? I've been
considering getting one for recording and i was wondering if i could take
advatange of all that cue list play back stuff that they vaugely describe
in their adds? I used to do shows with a four track cassette (each track
loaded up with a different 8 second drone loop) and my drum machine (which
was playing 4 second long loops of clanking noises) it worked pretty well,
i figure i could do the same and more with a MD four track (sync up my
shiny new synths arpegiator to it's midi clock, sync an effect boxes delay
up to it and drone one my autoharp or singing bowl, etc) and possibly even
get it to just play off loops of the same sound over and over so i could
fit more on a disk. any experience with this? particularly using a yamaha
MD4? (a freind of mine has one that he would cut me a deal on since he
wants to upgrade to the md8). thanks.



damon baker
fnord@siu.edu