Re: About the absence of Undo in the Octatrack

[Ser Yo <simpliflying@gmail.com>]

Yes, you too are right.
I did so many mistakes guys, I know, I just was, I mean, last year was a total revolution for me, speaking at open heart as I like to do (even if these emails are available to google search, bah, I had no idea, and now anybody on the Earth knows I am in love, which, by the way, sorry guys, I had a busy end of the year and forgot to thank you all for the warmth), so, I started liking electronic music, I left my job, I spent all my money in gears doing lot of wrong purchases which I still have here, including the Ableton 8 which I never used, and bla bla, and I have seen myself that, well, it is really better to just go little by little, and not let the shopping mania to possess you, the illusion that you must buy all now, etc.
The Boomerang was not for me but I did things with it, while the OT is so huge that I never did ANY music more since months!
I do read the manual but till one month ago I had no time to practice so I was reading in the bus and, well, as somebody here said, one cannot understand anything from it without the OT in his hands.

Well.
In music as in life, one must obviously do step by step and work within the limitations with smile and creativity.

I really have much wish to just jump in the workflow of practice and practice.
So, let me send this email and the OT is already blinking with the new 1.22 OS (which adds no undo! Damn it! :D ).

Ah, just to avoid misunderstanding in the community, when I said that I had a misunderstanding with Rick and that he made me notice the ambiguity of my words while still being able to salute me with a "yours, Rick" and I said here "he is great", I meant it, it was no sarcasm, but a real, lovely, "he is great", with appreciation.

Be you all, please, sure that I may be impulsive and passionate and not a champion of waiting, but I am direct and sincere and transparent, and if I want to say something bad to some of you (which is almost impossible because it never happens to me to want to say bad things to people) I would be extremely clear.
Till then, just trust me and suppose that whatever I say I am saying it with love and humor (humor, not sarcasm).

Cheers to you all,
Ser

2013/1/23 Laurie Amat <voicesound@att.net>

Hey Jeff, 

That undo was hiding from you, forcing you into total spontaneity!  I've been playing with the M-9, but I'm so used to the DL-4, that I forget to use it. 

As I read this thread, I was thinking of the fact that for those of us who improvise, a "mistake" is really an opportunity. Now, if you're setting down a pre-determined piece, a "mistake" can still be the same opportunity, a way to develop a piece, to challenge you or wanting something different. After all, we're musicians, adventure is in our blood! Ser, being able to play music is a gift. Don't aggravate yourself or blame the equipment. You are just up for the great music trip and very privileged, as are we all (for aggravation-be a banker!) You're probably going to surprise yourself, and as I said, this is all a gift. Oh, and definitely read the manual. You may be surprised. 

And it's not totally about the equipment. I've gotten so much out of my DL-4 and that simplicity has made me so much more creative than I might have been. 

Cheers!

On Jan 23, 2013, at 4:37 AM, teddyjam.com wrote:

usually, a "mistake" is just something you didn't mean to play. If you are quick on your feet you can probably make something cool out of it.

What you have here is rich people's problems. Just go deeper into the octatrack and find all the other cool shit it does and make those mistakes into gold, brother... it probably does a whole bunch of stuff no other looper does, right? Do those things... then smile

Teddy

On Jan 23, 2013, at 4:19 AM, Ser Yo wrote:

Man, it is 36 years that I try not to make mistakes, but unfortunately I do make them, often the same ones :)
I wait for Anders to understand from him how he uses the OT with no undo.
But as you are so sure that one can do no mistakes (sure? Todd, live performance, you get excited, no mistakes, ever?), I am interested in knowing, from you and from the others, what else apart for the practice could you suggest to organize the workflow with a looper with no undo, to avoid being in a situation where you build a wonderful loop and at the last overdub you mess it up.

2013/1/23 teddyjam.com <teddy@teddyjam.com>

****don't give into the temptation, don't say it... don't say it... don't.... don't say "stop making mistakes then you won't need undo".... don't say it, don't say it****

Teddy

On Jan 22, 2013, at 6:44 PM, Sergio Girardi wrote:

you can correct a mistake with the undo