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http://www.krispenhartung.com/ Nice stuff-"Places". Kinda reminds me of early John Abercrombie's sound (which is listed as an influence). Regards, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Krispen Hartung" <info@krispenhartung.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 8:28 PM Subject: RE: Looper Purist?? > I guess my question would be, what's the criteria for being a looper > purist? Someone whose performances are completely generated from looping > (rather than using a looping device only on a few songs for special > effects), or someone who uses a looper with minimal "gadgetry" in the > signal chain? (Or a both) > > I would fit into the former category, certainly not the latter! I run my > Taylor acoustic guitar into a Boss GT-3 multi-effects pedal, through the > Boomerang or RC20, and then into a mixer board with an Alesis Nanoverb > and Boss SX700 for delay and chorus. I used this and the Digidesign > mBox to record my latest CD, which was all spontaneously improvised and > recorded in one take: http://www.krispenhartung.com/ > > I have two Echoplexes on the way (hopefully) to replace the Boomerang > and run everything in true stereo. > > For types of music, I think you can do just about anything with looping. > I've done jazz, avant-garde, experimental, ambient, folk, > middle-eastern, etc. I prefer improvisational ambient and > avant-garde....especially the weird, atonal or "outside" stuff. :) > > Cheers, > > Kris > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Kupferschmid [mailto:apparitionapparition@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 12:41 PM > To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Looper Purist?? > > > Hi, > > I'm curious to know, is there such thing as a looper > purist? Given how expressive an artform looping is, I > would think there would be no such thing. I guess > what I want to know is, what types of music are best > considered for looping? Also, if one were to set up a simple(if that's > possible) rig for guitar and one amp, maybe two, what would you prefer > or already have in your signal chain? > > I myself have a rig that incorperates my guitar signal > running to a wah pedal, into a Digitech Whammy II, > into either a Digitech RP-100A or a Johnson > J-Station(or both), then to a Digitech RP-1, then to > my amp. I Haven't done it yet, but I will eventually > put a Digitech RDS 1900 rackmount delay unit in line somewhere(I'm > thinking at the front of the chain for maximum wierdness), I'm just > saving the scratch to buy a foot pedal to turn the repeat hold function > on and off. I set one of the patches on my J-Station to have a three > second delay with about 98% repeat and also set the RP-1 for it's > maximum setting of 1500ms. I use the RP-1 to control the J-Station via > MIDI and I'm still trying to suss out the CC's for turning on and off > the repeat hold on the J-station(anyone have any ideas?). The RP-100A > is optional in my rig, but since it has a 2 second delay and a built in > drum pattern player, I will use it sometimes. This isn't my dream rig > and I'm looking into a couple of different looping tools, but it still > can make a few noises. > > As for my choices of music, I really haven't figured > out what I want to do, but for now, I've performed a > couple of free form melodic excursions by playing > melodies and harmonies without closing the loop, so > it's ever-evolving. > > Thanks for letting me rant and appreciate your > thoughts. > > Bri > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. > http://messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > >