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At 12:56 PM 2/23/00 +1100, you wrote: >Seems like you'd be much better off with a sequencer or drum machine that >can run in loop record mode. eg: Dr550, 660, Alesis SR-16 etc. I've got an SR-16, but the interface doesn't appeal to him. We often do parts where I'm looping the SR-16 and/or percussive synth sounds and he's playing against it, but he'd really like to be able to run his own device. Since he's playing the kit and has sticks in hand anyway, putting triggers on his existing drums would be the smoothest evolution of what we're doing: mostly improvised parts which, since there are only two of us, can change direction very spontaneously. We're definitely not midi-synched, there are no click tracks or tightly sequenced parts arranged in advance; just improvised stuff for the most part. > >That is if your drummer only wants to loop drum module sounds rather than >audio. It's not so much that he doesn't WANT to loop audio, but there's the problem of live mics and monitoring without the loop feeding back into itself. (He's also got MY loops blasting away from a monitor right next to him so he can hear them over the drum kit, and he doesn't want to hear about wearing cans!) The module's appeal would be the clean signal it would send to his looper, and also since the non-looped module sounds would be in unison with the acoustic drums that trigger them, adding depth and complexity in variable degrees to the overall sound. Also, a dedicated looper would allow him to loop samples along with his kit. There have been several great suggestions on this thread, and I hope to hear more ideas. So far, although it's all been good advice, the one suggestion most applicable to our particular situation has also been the simplest; Alan Barnard's advice involving a DL-4 on the floor next to the hi-hat... Thanks everyone, Tim