Re: Quick Looperlative question

[<mech@m3ch.net>]

At 2:30 AM -0700 5/26/08, Cara Quinn wrote:
>
>  Out of curiosity, which pitch shifter are you using?  I'm using a 
>Digitech Studio Vocalist EX 
>  for pitch / timbre effects at the moment, with my EDP.

I've got an Alesis Akira dedicated to my LP-1's Aux 1.  Of course, the 
Akira does a whole lot 
more than just pitch-shifting effects; it's one of the most whacked out 
multi-FX one could find. 

There are much higher-quality shifters out there (Eventide, of course, and 
I've got a killer 
Helicon VoiceWorks unit that I keep dedicated to my wind synth setup).  
However, after discovering 
the joys of the Repeater's pitch-shift aliasing, I decided to use a 
less-than-perfect unit for the 
pitch manipulation.  Oh, the Akira tracks just fine, but it also degrades 
in an interesting manner 
the further you get off standard pitch.  Which, FWIW, is one of the best 
adjectives I can think of 
to describe the Akira overall: interesting.

I'd imagine you should be able to get some nice warpage out of the 
Digitech unit too.  I haven't 
used the Vocalist series very much.  But lately I've been quite interested 
in checking out the 
DOD VOFX (not VOTec) pedal because it seems to have some interesting and 
bizarre applications.  
I'd hope some of that character would have gotten transferred into its 
Digitech siblings.

On the LP-1's Aux 2 output I've got a Korg KAOSS KP3.  It won't do much 
for pitch shifting, but 
it's great for some filter or granular/sampling effects without having to 
go to the trouble of 
hooking up the laptop.

Depending upon your mixer setup, it's relatively easy to bounce and 
re-record the effected loop 
tracks back into the Looperlative.  Just route out of one/both of the 
Auxes, then back into the 
LP-1's input (watch out for feedback loops!).  If you wanted you could 
re-bounce several times, 
adding a new effect with each pass.  I use an Alesis ZoneMix6 for my mixer 
because it's small 
(1U rackmount) and transparent, but you should be able to do this with 
just about any decent unit.

Let us know if you have any more concerns about the Looperlative.  We'll 
be glad to help.  It 
really is a great unit.  But you're the only one who can make the final 
call if it's the right 
looper for you.

        --m.

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