Re: Looping, on stage, a 2 minute song part by part?

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Hardware.  There's nothing that will run on a straight laptop that will 
really do it for real time looping... yet.

Mark

On Friday, July 5, 2002, at 11:24  AM, Alex Weinstein wrote:

> I am a classical musician... trying desperately to bring looping into 
> my recitals.
> I have a performance in a few weeks, where I would love to be able to 
> perform a piece for 5 guitars, one part at a time.
>
> The piece is about 2 minutes long... and with all the parts in place I 
> would be looping at least 8 minutes worth of music, possibly 10.
>
> Any advice? Hardware vs. Software?
>
> I've been looking into Ableton's LIVE, which might be a good way for me 
> to go, but I need hands free control over the loop starts and stops.
>
> anything for <$500?
>
> any help asap would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks!
>
> -alex-
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