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I too like working one loop, for "directness and simplicity" to quote the subject line. I've recently used two loops but then running in parallel and controlled by the same pedals just as if the were "one loop". But when of different length they tend to fight back a bit anyway :-)) as in the example http://youtu.be/tzZRpC4TjHg Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:10 AM, Tim Mungenast <tmungenast@verizon.net> wrote: > > One loop always worked for me... but then I always had trouble getting > the timing right for more than one, so it's more MY limitation than the > box's. > > Tim Mungenast > Editor/Writer/Proofreader: www.linkedin.com/in/timmungenast > Guitarist/Composer/Vocalist: www.reverbnation.com/timmungenast > > > --- On Wed, 1/23/13, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > >> From: Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> >> Subject: Directness in Simplicity >> To: "Jeff Duke" <jeffloops@gmail.com>, "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" >> <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> >> Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 5:13 PM >> On 1/23/2013 5:21 AM, Jeff Duke >> wrote: >> > I just noticed that my Line 6 M9 has a button for >> undo/redo, never noticed it before! >> > >> > >> That's hilarious, Jeff. >> >> In my own work (and I own an M-9 and use it live) I'm so >> used to the architecture >> of the LP-1 (and now the LP-2) that I got really into >> creating seamless overdubs so that if >> I ever UDNO a loop (or five) I am also thinking ahead of the >> game and ready to re-record something >> quickly. >> >> That said and done, the single RE-DO on the M-9 is useful if >> you are playing a second instrument >> in a performance and you suddenly want to bring in that part >> that you eliminated with an UNDO >> to suddenly fill things out. >> >> Another thought about UNDO is that I rarely use very many >> layers in my looping anyway, >> so I actually don't use a lot of UNDO in my playing, though >> glad Bob put that feature into >> the LP-2. >> >> With the exception of ambient music where lots of smeary >> layers are a plus, I think that a lot of >> loopers forget that everyone in a sextet has to play >> commensurately less and simpler parts >> to make an arrangement really powerful than in a duo or >> trio. >> >> So many loopers at the festival, Lili Lewis >> and Jerry Barnes come to mind immediately >> played pieces of music with a single loop and then played >> over it , beautifully so >> there's a lot of potential in minimalism whilst looping. >> >> It, of course, is not the only way to go, and all forms of >> expression are , of course, valid, >> but I find that if I keep my loop count down that there is >> directness in the simplicity. >> >> >