Re:alternatives to rhythm sequencers software

[William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

Dear Luis et all, I think that my old band mate and looper Gary Regina  
( and the Genie for that matter) has the coolest and easiest way to  
get great drum beats without resorting to midi clock, drum machines or  
sequencers, software etc... Simple resampling, like I think you are  
now on to Luis, You have this great new looper that stores a huge  
amount of loops so use it as your beat loop storage device,  and if  
you can't sync to anything, simply resample those beats on to your edp  
for further mangling, perfect stops and starts etc. Gary does it on an  
RC 50, before that it was a original Lexicon Jamman. That cool thing  
about this is obviously you can sample anything from your favorite hip  
grooves and dance tracks, to Martin Luther King throwing down his  
Dream,  and if you don't have a looper with storage, an I-pod or CD  
player  routed to your looper will suffice, and from a visual  
standpoint resampling a drum groove live still gives an audience the  
sense of the piece being built from scratch as apposed to pressing a  
button to turn on the canned tracks.
  Bill