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Sure, I'm not as posessive about that stuff as I am about the big band synth. I already started working it out on my PC using the Tapedeck modules in Reaktor. Basically there is a big sequencer that you set up for each song. For each step in the sequence you tell it what to do using a bunch of buttons. I also had it set up to control the switching of the bass and guitar sounds of the strings on the guitar (right now I'm using a switch on the guitar to do this). So I would set up the steps something like this: 1. Play the hi-hat drum loop and run all six strings through the octave divider for a bass sound. 2. Do the same as above, but recording the result into tapedeck 1. 3. Play a crash cymbal. Now switch to a drum loop at the same tempo but with a ride cymbal. Continue running all six strings through the octave divider. Record the result into Tapedaeck 2. 4. Play back Tapedeck 1. Run all six strings through the guitar amp simulator. (I would play the tune's head on this part). 5. Play a crash. Play back Tapedeck 2. Continue running all six strings through the guitar amp simulator (I would play a solo on this part). 6. Play a crash. Play back Tapedeck one. (I would play the head again on this part. 7. Silence (I would play a break on this part, like a Take the A Train ending or a BAsie ending. 8. Play a crash. Run the bottom two strings through the octave divider and the top four through the amp simulator. (I would play the last chord on this part). End of tune. I use a pedal to advance the sequencer to the next step at the right time. Pretty cool. Reaktor is the ultimate looping device if it's set up correctly. On the NeKo I will also be able to run the Native Instruments B4 program and feed it into Reaktor; that way I can lay down a jazz organ accompaniment and then play guitar over it. Eventually I will incorporate the big band synth into it: http://www.marksmart.net/sounddesign/windsounds/reaktorbigband/reaktorbigband.html I'm pretty excited about the possibilities! Mark Smart http://www.marksmart.net/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:18 PM Subject: AW: RC-50: simultaneous loops-different lengths? Could you think about making your Reaktor looping ensembles available to the public domain? I have been thinking about doing something in reaktor for a long time, yet didn't invest the time to get familiar with this beast. Rainer -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Mark Smart [mailto:mwsmart@insightbb.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 9. November 2005 01:47 An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com Betreff: Re: RC-50: simultaneous loops-different lengths? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Suit & Tie Guy" <erwill@suitandtieguy.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 2:45 PM Subject: Re: RC-50: simultaneous loops-different lengths? > On Nov 8, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Doug Cox wrote: > > Or an ambient guitar player playing a 3.237485 measure melodic part > > over a 12.34902 bar bed of drones? :) > > > > I can't wait to find out the answers to these questions! > > i can see this thing bringing a whole new dimension to Mark Smart's > guitar act. i can't believe he gets it together as well as he does > with the RC-20s. > --- > Eric Williamson > www.suitandtieguy.com Hi. Glad you like the looping setup. I use the RC-20s for playback only, and the Echoplex to do the main looping. I can keep the loops in time pretty well if I do it in such a way that I never have to hit more than one pedal at a time. I won't be getting an RC-50, though, because I just decided to go nuts and ordered an Open Labs NeKo, on which I will run Reaktor to do all the looping. And I can add my synthesizer big band horns, too. Unfortunately I have to wait 6-8 weeks for them to build it! If this works out as well as I think I might have a couple of RC-20s (old kind), a Jamman AND an Echoplex for sale soon. Mark Smart http://www.marksmart.net/