Re: Re Re: Loop Music for download

[Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com>]

Andy,

I downloaded it last night and think it sounds wonderful. I can see why
everybody recomends the EDP, I had no idea that you can achieve so much in
terms of manipulation from a looper. I really look forward to hearing more.
Thanks. Ian.

At 08:56 25/04/03 , you wrote:
>> Really cool, Andy. I liked the warble effect you achieve at the end of 
>> lengthy notes. How is that accomplished?
>>  You are really using the EDP very musically. (I assume this is your 
>looping 
>> tool.) Come to think of it...
>>  Can this kind of thing be accomplished with the Repeater?
>
>Thankyou for your kind words.
>Yes it's all EDP and Vortex.
>The warble effect is achieved using a Lexicon Vortex patch
>which has a small pitch modulation in the feedback of an echo
>( so with each repeat the modulation gets deeper, although the
>effect can vary with different tap times).
>
>There's 3 things you can't do with a Repeater (at least) on the track
>1) Record a loop then go straight into overdub seemlessly (start of the
piece)
>2) The effect that sounds like a wierd step sequencer is Loop4 only, with
>   Quantise=8th and InsertMode=rPL you only have to tap Insert once and
>   you can accurately replace a single beat of the loop.
>3) Loop Windowing at 2mins into the track. By then I've multiplied the 
>   original "sequence" to a longer loop, hitting Undo takes things back
>    in the "loop history" so that you can hear the way the "sequence" was 
>built up.
>
>andy butler   
> 
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