Re: Sequencer for Roland Handsonic 10 -- Hardware Drum Looper Recommedations

[rick <bs@tanawana.com>]

I've been following your questions being I have the same thoughts
as a similar approach. I have Ableton/Powerbook setup and it does 
everything
but I rather go hardware as of yet. So now, after owning a few loopers and
research, nothing has quite come to par with my Echoplex. That is a must
to start. Second, I side towards a seperate drum trigger/module perhaps
and keep that seperated from the EDP looping, but have it synced to the 
EDP,
This enables me better control through my mains/front speakers for the
drums which is important to me. Loop everything else through the EDP.


On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 05:50:08PM -0800, Rafko M wrote:
> Mark,.
>    
>   Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I have used PCs for a long time 
>and have made my living supporting them, but I was hoping that there 
>would be something outside of the computer paradigm. 
>    
>   I was looking for a simpler solution and having, perhaps, a single 
>device instead of several MIDI components (MIDI controllera MIDI 
>interfaces, soundcards, laptop, many cables,etc) as you would on a 
>computer-based system Ths in part for the sake of mobility, but also 
>because of the fact that compuetr-based systems tend to become a point of 
>distraction for me where I spend more time troubleshooting them or 
>exploring their potential than actually playing music. However I realize 
>that in terms of sophistication, it would be unrealistic to expect to 
>find anything like Ableton Live in the hardware world, but I am willing 
>to make that compromse.
>    
>   This is why after reading all of these postings I have been thinking 
>of exploring the ideas of using Handsonic 10 and instead of doing MIDI 
>drum looping, consider an idea of looping audio coming out of Handsonic, 
>using the same looper  that would use for my guitar/bass loops (possibly 
>Boss RC-50 (or some other looper, if there is a more suitable one?))  I 
>would be interested to find out if anyone else is doing anything similar, 
>and if so, what their setup is like. Using a single hardware looper for 
>looping of live percussions/drums and guitar/bass (or other instruments 
>that are not prerecorded or presequenced) but are played live and looped 
>on the fly.
>    
>   Rale
>