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That was really great, exactly the kind of looping I'm looking to explore when I finally get the software configured (I sold all this gear of mine to force a move to software and wound up buying more hardware with the cash instead, Doh! How does that happen?). But this is inspiring me back to software. Thanks, Kevin On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Simeon Harris <simeonharris40@googlemail.com> wrote: > ok, so after all the talk about scripts and having spent the last few >weeks > writing and testing several out, i've finally gotten round to trying to >make > some music with them > > this is a little 2 minute example that uses three scripts. the first is a > variation on one that Per sent to me a while back, called "speed grid", > which changes the rate of the loop (while overdubbing) to create a >melodic > sequence from a single note played into the loop. the second a "bass >grid" > that changes the rate of the loop at selected times to make a bass groove > from a single note. the third is a variation of my copy pan script that > copies a loop onto the next track, pans them, and trims the last 8th off >the > second loop after multiplying it by 2 > > so there are four loops running - the first is a rate sequence, the >second > is a copy of the rate sequence, shortened by an 8th, the third is some >bass > notes and the fourth (which comes in a bit later) is me just fooling >around > swelling in some notes and chords. > > the first loop is treated with PSP's Nitro (a kind of ohmboyz filtered >delay > thing), and the second loop is treated with a sequenced filter >(audiodamage > bigseq) which is running in 4/4, even though the underlying loop isn't in > 4/4 (it's 15 beats long). the effect is quite strong, so i think it > disguises the fact that the underlying loop is in a different time sig, >but > i think it works ok > > so the whole groove was set up from TWO NOTES. mobius and the fx do the > rest. this harks back to what per said about scripts allowing you to >create > stuff that you wouldn't necessarily be able to play. > > http://www.simeonharris.co.uk/audio/mobius/mobius_example.mp3 > > (copy this link into your browser if it doesn't work by clicking on it) > > sim > > > -- Till now you seriously considered yourself to be the body and to have a form. That is the primal ignorance which is the root cause of all trouble. - Ramana Maharshi (1879-1950) Sound and Vision: http://www.minds-eye.org Video http://www.vimeo.com/user877640/videos