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>Sounds like an idea that I can't get out of my head, ridiculous as it is. > I >envision a band consisting of 2 guitars (ideally Sticks or Warrs, but >whatever) equipped with synth pickups, and a drummer using a V-Drum kit. >Instead of each player having his own rack of effects, samplers, et al... >EVERYONE's signal goes into one G3 Powerbook, which has all the sound >samples and looping software onboard, and then a simple controller for >each >person to manipulate his own signal and loops. Plus, since everyone's got >access to the same sounds, the drummer could use guitar/bass patches, and >vice versa. For a bonus, you could even let a fourth person sit at the >computer and act as a DJ, controlling the loops and manipulating the >sounds >in real-time while the other three play. yes,yes, and 1 pedal board/musician chained to the USB port with a display on it that is controlled by the computer to tell you what function each foot switch has at the moment. >Is such a thing even technically possible? And, if so, how much moolah >would all this crap cost? Certainly less than all the samplers and mixing desks you economize. But what if it crashes? Take a break. Maybe not too bad. The worst is when the sound hangs at the crash....Piiiiiii ! >> In May, David Caplivski had a dream (below). Did you someone else >realize >it? >> >> >>Mark Sottilaro wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Here's a suggestion: >> >> > >> >> > Why not loose the box, guts and all? If the wonder of the EDP is >in >the >> >> > software, then let's do away with the silicon. I've got a ton of >it >> >> > sitting in front of me right now. I'd just love a software version >of >> >> > the Echoplex that I could run on a Macintosh. Especially if it >could >> >> > sync to a MIDI sequencing program, such as Metro. >> >> > >> >> > Is this possible? >> >> >> >>Its probably possible >> >>but then the loopers delight would be transformed in a bug report, >> >>computer configuration hell , all the fatiguing background noize you >> >>see/hear in every music software forum >> >> >> >>remember there is no bug in the EDP software v5 (there is one but I >wont >> >>tell !):-) >> >> >> >>Claude >> >> >> >> >Couldn't someone run a labtop (i.e. G3 powerbook) with running Digital >> >Performer's P.O.L.A.R. software (performance orietated looping audio >> >recording) fullly equiped with a recording gate and automatic loop >playback >> >functions and achieve more because of the computer's memory and other >> >feature's. It's an expensive proposition but one I'm looking into >because >> >the idea of having a portable studio and synthesizer and looping brain >is >my >> >holy grail right now. The problem I foresee with POLAR's recording >gate >> >function is not so much start times but stop times. But then again you >> >could bypass this function and manually trigger start and stop times. >> > >> > >> >_______________________________________________________________ >> >Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com >> >> >> >> >> ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org >> >> ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org