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richard z. said, among other things: >Almost all of the live looping I do is improvisational, here, too --- though, in some of my solo performances in the '90's, i've add'ly triggered previously improvised loops w/a sampler..... and, now i'll re-use loops (that were originally improvised) on the repeater's CFC, sometimes during the same session, sometimes later. >and almost >all of that has been me capturing loops of other people's performance >or of recorded sources. over the past years, that's become an increasingly important portion of my looping-thing --- i set up various (& sometimes, random) mics & sends onstage (or, in the studio) that feed my mixer, for looping & processing..... i've also got 2 switchable mics built into my main gtr, which can be bent to this purpose, as well as having a switchable 1/4-inch *input* on the gtr..... live, i loop w/ 1 repeater, 1 edp and 1 lexicon pcm42. (and, the gtr input can also be used as a 'pure' electronic feedback loop, when the gtr /amp signal is sent back to the gtr). live processing is w/a lexicon pcm80, an electrix filter factory, a korg electribe ES1, a moogerfooger ring mod & various other pedal-devices..... and, all the processed material is further processed by vacuum-tube gtr amps. <snip> >but I'm more inclined to capture short loops of another >performer's phrases. same, here..... though, often i *am* the other performer: *-) and, i've found it to be a wad of fun to create single-loops from a broad variety of available inputs --- the repeater is certainly great, for that, as one can choose to do that (or not) using the multiple tracks..... <snip> >Because I'm rarely performing on a conventional instrument, I can >devote my attention to the looping system in such a way that it IS an >instrument. personally, i've always found this to be my favored approach, even when playing a conventional instrument..... the key issue, there, being fluid 'integration'. >Thus I rarely let looped material just "sit" in the >musical texture. there is, i think, a certain particular art in animating the looping instruments' outputs, even when exercising quasi-drone kindsa materials..... >I often "capture and dump" material at a rapid pace, >or I may capture several simultaneous loops of contrasting materials >and bring them in and out of the mix. again: ditto! though, sometimes i just let the loops 'hang', or 'groove'..... best, dt / splattercell