Re: Looping (was Re: Frank & stupidity)

[jim palmer <jimp@pobox.com>]

cool sites.

the sound of the sweep on the uw site (bda.wav) didn't sound right to me at
all, though

i made some sweeps based on shepard tones a few years ago
and have yet to use them in a musical way.
if anyone is interested in hearing them, drop me an email.
(i don't have my own web site just yet)

-jim palmer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis W. Leas" <dennis@mdbs.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 5:20 PM
Subject: Looping (was Re: Frank & stupidity)


> At the DANGER of talking about looping...
>
> I've been experimenting with Shepard's Tone (see:
> http://www.cs.ubc.ca/nest/imager/contributions/flinn/Illusions/ST/st.html
> and
>
http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/sp95reports/other_labs/shep.htm ).
>
> It's great for looping because Shepard's Tone IS a kind of loop itself.
>
> Anyway, I found a reference to Jean Claude Risset (in the first webpage
above)
> saying, "For example, Jean Claude Risset has produced a rhythmic variant
in
> which tempo appears to increase (or decrease) continuously."
>
> Does anybody know more about Risset's work in this area?
>
> [And please, no jokes about "Risset must have been a drummer."  :)  ]
>
> Dennis Leas
> -----------------------------
> dennis@mdbs.com
>
>