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>> The ability to have multiple (indexed) subloops as elements of the
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>> 'loop' (loop concept used here as decoupled from a fixed-time paradigm, = >> but used more as a logical entity). The subloops would have an arbitrary = >> repetition time. >so you're thinking multitrack here? Yes, though multitrack is too confined a concept probably, since parallel
'tracks' seems to suggest they have the same length. 'multi loop element' is
closer to what I was thinking (but there may be a better term for it).
>> dictated by the Repeater). Other looping devices currently
may have this =
>> differently, don't know about the EDP e.g. > You want the ability to play loops of different lengths simultaneously then? Yes. Essentially each loop element loops on its own length, but is linked
to its peer loop elements within a composite loop (or group of loops, or
'gloop'). Having them linked would enable things you can't do with just multiple
disparate loopers, such as the beat ratio sync thing.
The other unexplained thought, pitch shift while recording, would go
something like this: I record an audio stream into the loop (guitar is my point
of departure) but I'm also feeding the MIDI notes underlying that audio stream
(in my case from my guitar synth). The looper 'applies' this MIDI sequence of
notes as the basis for pitch shifting (while recording). You've now fed the
looper 'knowledge' about what's supposed to be in the audio stream as far as
pitch is concerned. First order, you could tell the looper to flatten the pitch
back out. Or, have it play the inverse melody (inversion as in counterpoint /
fugal variations etc). Or, apply modulations such that one could manipulate
loops as malleable compositional elements (force it through chord progressions).
Hugely unpractical, therefore highly likely to be fun...
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