Re: ORGANIC programming and looping

["Matthew F. McCabe" <mmccabe@finleysound.com>]

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loop.pool wrote:
>
> In looping,  obvious
> techniques like replacing, overdubbing, changing loop lengths, etc. can help
> a
> piece from being terminally static.   I also love the addition of random
> or non-random addition of effects
> and/or filtering to preexisting loops when I play or when I listen to others
> playing.  Boy, my kindgom for
> the random filtering algorhythm that is in that pricey Lexicon unit that
> Steve Lawson uses live.........it's so
> cool because the rhythms constantly morph in a seemingly 'organic' way.
I've set up a patch in my Lexicon MPX-1 so that an LFO sweeps the frequency
of the EQ module (I think I just used a simple Lowpass filter) to add a nice
"random" filter sweep to my loops.  I'll also use additional delay (also
in the MPX-1) to further randomize the filter sweeping.  To my ears, the
result sounds more organic because it makes it more difficult to detect the
"loop around" point.  Plus, it sounds cool!

Matt

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