Re: The EDP and the Looperlative and me

[Mark Hamburg <mark@grubmah.com>]

Thank you so much Bill for taking the time to walk through how you make 
really productive use of the Looperlative. I don't know how it would mate 
to an arbitrary MIDI controller, but the Looperlative would get a big 
boost in out of the box experience if came with this sort of standard set 
of commands.

It does push for needing a controller with 12 buttons though maybe one 
could segregate it into more smaller banks.

Mark

On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:43 AM, William Walker wrote:

> I thought I would show you all a typical bank of my LP-1 presets. I 
>currently have 6 full banks of twelve preset switches each and two 
>expression pedals globally set to volume and feedback which can control 
>either all tracks, a single track or groups of tracks depending on how i 
>set it up. Eventually I may add a third expression pedal to control track 
>speed or panning but for now I don't really need it. So below are my bank 
>presets and some insight if needed, in to why or how I use them.
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> Preset #1 sync record/overdub                   pretty self 
>explanatory....
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> Preset #2 replace + track speed             my go to preset when I want 
>to seamlessly change track pitch when replacing (either up or down an 
>octave) I also use this as standard replace in which I end the command 
>not with a second press of this switch but with my preset #1 sync record/ 
>overdub switch.
> 
> preset #3 play stop now   I use this more to arm a new track to be the 
>same length as the original track and then I use the replace function to 
>actually add new content. Again if you have recorded a first track and 
>you go to a new track and press play stop, it will arm that track to the 
>same length as the first track so when I do start to actually record on 
>that track, its length is pre determined by the first loop. Does that 
>make sense?
> 
> preset #4 Quantize replace  this is a sus style command achieved by 
>doubling up to functions on one preset in this case quantize replace. In 
>order to achieve a sus style command one needs to duplicate the function 
>on a preset, so if you look at my first command its quantize replace 
>followed by another quantize replace. I assume this can be achieved by 
>duplicating other functions as well but I haven't delved that deeply yet 
>in to those options.
> 
> Preset #5  half speed          I often times arm a track at half speed 
>before beginning a new loop
> 
> Preset #6  Replace/half speed/ reverse   where did those weird violins 
>from hell come from??? this preset
> 
> Preset #7 All tracks  this is the command I hit before ending a song 
>with a feedback reduction fade or a stop, I probably could just use the 
>front panel command but I like to keep my hands free for playing.
> 
> Preset #8 Set as Master     I keep this handy because I sometimes like 
>to start with a long rubato melody before moving to shorter rhythm based 
>tracks. I'll record a long loop, move to a new track and hit the set as 
>master button. This is also cool to use for me because i have different 
>quantize values set for different tracks so if I want to use a quantize 
>value of 9 (to create a 9/8 beat) I start recording on track three where 
>I've placed that beat division.
> 
> Preset #9  Multiply        in my case double,  no explanation needed??
> 
> Preset #10 Erase/feedback 100%     whenever I erase a track or all 
>tracks I want to make sure that everything is back to 100% feedback, as 
>I'm constantly changing the feedback in real time with the pedal  and I 
>don't want a new track fading away accidently because the last time I was 
>on the track I had changed the feedback
> 
> Preset #11  track next
> 
> preset  #12   previous track.
> 
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> I have other banks set up to achieve more complex ABC song forms , which 
>I can describe when I get my LP-1 in front of me because the scripts are 
>pretty long. one bank for some of the mellotron style pitch shifting, one 
>bank  dedicated to bounce functions,  one bank the has multiple press 
>functions like quantize replace/track speed/reverse In which I have to 
>double up all three of those commands to get a sus style pedal action.
> example that preset would look something like this: quantize 
>replace-half speed-reverse-quantize replace-half speed- reverse
> Other functions I use in no particular order on other banks are:  sync 
>bounce, copy, except track,  q replace+ track speed, 1/4 speed,  and midi 
>sync record overdub, if I'm tracking to an external clock, and fast 
>scramble. I haven't done much experimenting in a while to discover new 
>strategies but I think there is still a lot of undiscovered territory 
>left to explore.
> Bill
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