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Yay Jeff! So glad you and amy now know each other! What any does with möbius is truly wonderful! We're meeting next week to do a duo möbius set together! Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:43 PM, Jeff Larson <jeff.larson@sailpoint.com> > wrote: > > >> and as far as I can tell in Mobius you have to manually futz >> with your computer on stage in order to load a Project. This >> breaks my rule of never touching my computer. > > It is possible to load projects from scripts which you can then > run from any MIDI event. If you're interested you would > write a script like this: > > !name Load My Project > load "c:/Path/To/My/Project/myproject.mob" > > The file path you put after the load would be the same as what > you would select with the File->Load Project popup window. > > The only things to be careful of is that this will do a Global > Reset so everything you currently have will be lost. Put this > on a MIDI switch you're not likely to hit by accident. Also it can > take a second or two to load everything if the project is complex so > give it some time to settle in before you start using it. > > Let me know if you need help setting this up. > > Jeff > > ________________________________________ > From: Amy X Neuburg <amyx@isproductions.com> > Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2013 6:03 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: reducing "time to setup"-- > > This is an interesting question that I consider often, especially when > creating pure audio versions of my looped music (for listening as > opposed to live performance). > > The most basic answer is: without any sort of "cheating" there is no > way to minimize the ramp-up, and for me this is, indeed, sort of the > point. The process of live looping is, one hopes, interesting in itself > for the audience to watch, as it makes them feel they are in on the > creative process. So in general they are "with" you as you do this, but > that said, I feel it's really important to use this buildup time in a > musical way as part of the composition itself. If written thoughtfully, > the initial buildup time can be really compelling compositionally, > keeping the audience wondering what's going to happen next. So my best > advice is to think carefully about each individual layer to make sure it > is in itself musical. > > You can also cheat, if you use a program such as Mobius that allows you > to load pre-recorded "Projects." I have a couple of songs that use this > technique, allowing each track to enter organically by unmuting it, but > not having to spend the time actually recoding it. The two problems with > this method are: your own ethics around how much material you're > comfortable pre-recording (I figure since I am triggering the entrances > in a visible way there is still a "live" element to this), and as far as > I can tell in Mobius you have to manually futz with your computer on > stage in order to load a Project. This breaks my rule of never touching > my computer. > > In putting out my songs on CD I occasionally shorten the lead-in time > if I feel that without the visual the layering is not in itself > compelling, but if you've really given each layer musical deliberation, > as I suggest above, this shouldn't even be necessary. > > My way too many cents. > xx > >> On 12/05/2013 3:28 pm, Rusty Perez wrote: >> Hi Andy and others, >> I've been looping for a while, song bassed looping to back my singing >> and create a fuller sound, but I find myself sortof waiting to realy >> kick in until I've built up a couple of layers. >> >> Could you please elaborate on ways you've found to minimize this >> "rampup" time? >> >> Thanks so much! >> Rusty >> >> >> >>> On 12/5/13, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> On 05/12/2013 15:12, Mike Fugazzi wrote: >>>> >>>> Basically, I want to do some more complex arrangements via >>>> some stored loops so it doesn't take a minute to get into a full >>>> song. >>> >>> You really don't need stored loops to achieve that. >>> >>> A large proportion of the artists on this list solved this problem >>> in a whole load of different ways. >>> >>> There doesn't need to be that "just wait till I set up my backing" >>> time. >>> >>> Andy > > -- > πππππππππππππππππππ > Amy X Neuburg > http://www.amyxneuburg.com > πππππππππππππππππππ > >