Re: phil keaggy

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max writes:
>What "got me freakin'" was the way he employed the JamBoy, to both create
>accompaniment and texture simnultaneously.  He seemed to use  the 
>midi-fade
>functions (fading a loop to a vol. and then OD'ing upon it at the new vol.
>and then changing to a new loop...great dynamic shifts from what we know
>is a limited tool). 
apparently, not as limited as you'd previously thought, i guess!
*-)

>Also, he used the mutes and multiple loop channels in
>a very creative way...not necessarily just for A and B sections of tunes.
>Now, this really is not all that breathtaking to EDP or Repeater users,
>but to witness this being done with just an acoustic guitar (albeit in the
>hands of a masterful player) and a JAmMAn...well, it got me thinking'.  
>And 
so,
>I  began to really explore the fade and mute functions in the the 
>JamMan...as
>well as the backwards stuff (tho I think my DL4 works great for 
>this)...and,
>here's what really got me, using the delay mode for creating evolving loop
>textures with the control of feedback levels.  It was, the Keaggy show,
>one  of those moments of epiphany which opened my mind and ears to new 
>posibilities of music.
thanks for the exposition!
best,
dt / splattercell