Re: Drifting loops

[Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com>]

Thanks for all the helpful replies. Yes, there's lots that I like about the
DL4
and I don't imagine getting rid of it. I guess all the advice is to go for 
the
EDP . Thanks.

Ian.



At 05:18 06/01/03 , you wrote: 
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> A good trick for slowing down the drift is to set the DL4 to half-time, 
>so
> that you get a longer possible loop time. then, instead of doing a 4-bar
> loop, do an 8 or 16-bar loop. e.g., just play the 4-bar phrase a couple 
>of
> times and record that as your loop. a longer loop takes longer to drift 
>out
> of "sync."
>
> just before the loop gets too out of sync for you, re-trigger it, and 
>relax
> for another 40 seconds.
>
> For me, I finally decided that the DL4 is a particular kind of instrument
not
> to really be used for loops that have to be tightly synced, and I got an 
>EDP
> that I midi-clock to my drum machine (Korg ES-1-- a very cool sampling 
>drum
> machine). I use the EDP for basslines and attacks that I want to stay in
sync
> with the drum machine, and use the DL4 for textures, etc.
>
> I have grown to love the way the drift of the DL4 produces overlays that
have
> their own almost mystical rhythmic logic.
>
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> on 1/5/03 10:57 PM, Mark Hamburg at mark_hamburg@baymoon.com wrote:
>>
>> I will add, however, that though I'm not a DL4 user, I've heard reports
that
>> people do manage to get excellent sync by retriggering the loop manually
(or
>> rather pedally). Since I don't have one, I can't tell you how. Is there 
>a 
>> switch that means "Play"? Of course, that means you've got to keep your
feet
>> busy doing yet one more thing.
>>
>> I wonder whether one could make something similar work over MIDI with 
>the 
>> Echo Pro by sending the appropriate MIDI messages to it...
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> P.S. I'd have been much more interested in the Pro modelers if I could
have 
>> bought a 4 button footswitch for say $60 that would have given me the 
>same 
>> behavior as the floor pedals.
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