RE: Live Looping Techniques

["future perfect" <artists@hazardfactor.com>]

I create everything on the spot, but after playing some similar songs
week after week, it is easy to create loops that 'sound' the same, even
if it isn't *exactly* the same. Like:
Low bass drone, in D
Arpeggio in Dm7
3 Ebow guitars, 
Etc...
It is pretty easy to get close.

I don't have 2 EDPs (but I will, one day), but for me, the main
advantage would be looping stereo guitar or effects- keeping the panning
the same throughout the loop. I'd imagine things could start to sound
pretty wild, with sound bouncing back and forth. That being said, is
there a device that just takes an incoming stereo signal, and pans it to
a certain place? I know a lot of this can be done within a synth/effects
device itself, but if I do it, say, post effects, I won't be locked into
a specific pan location.

And no, once the EDPs are off, the loops are gone. But I think that is a
good thing.

Dave Eichenberger
http://www.hazardfactor.com


 
> I was curious if any of you doing live looping gigs
> ever start with a series of already pre-recorded basic
> loops, or do you create everything on the spot.
> 

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