Re: jamman trick - c'est trés cool

[Patrick Smith <patrick@his.com>]

As soon as my wife let's me do something besides lear PhotoShop, I'm gonna
try this one. Sounds very cool rob. thanks for adding to the arsenal.

Patrick

>je stumbled on an interesting jamman trick for those of vous with a midi
>sequencer or controller capable of sending program changes.
>
>je slaved my jamman to an mpc2000 and set the jamman to SAMPLE mode.
>in this mode it doesn't "loop" continuously but plays whatever was
>recorded into it (a single sample) using "triggers". le chose très cool
>is that the sample can be switched rapid-fire between forward and
>reverse.
>
>je joue la batterie (suis pas socialiste) so i played a groove in sync
>with the sequence and had the jamman record a single bar (bar 5), parts
>of which can play forward / reverse (anywhere after bar 5).
>
>comme ca (ASCII-ish):
>
>                   record sample here
>                            V
>la sequence: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
>
>note: a TAP prog-chg (=1) is necessary to open AND close the sample in
>this mode, e.g. at begin of bars 5 and 6 to make a one bar sample.
>
>the sample can then be triggered by setting prog-chg=1 at various points
>in the sequence. to reverse the sample before triggering, set
>prog-chg=4.
>
>the whole thing gets a RECYCLE twist by syncopating the triggers - this
>sounds pretty coll in a d'n'b way using drums or percussion as a sample.
>
>á la prochaine,
>rob

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