Re: EDP Question - How Do I?

[Michael Clark <mcl451@airmail.net>]

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for the overview!  Yes, I'm familiar with what you describe.
Perhaps that is the direction I'll go.  Create Loop One, then switch to
Loop 2 and begin layering.

Thanks,

Michael

At 09:32 AM 10/2/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Michael!
>
>I'll try to help, but I'm not sure I understand what you're try to do.
>
>I think of the EDP as "stacking" sound.  You can start with a foundation
in Loop
>1.
>
>    Loop 1:  basic-riff
>
>Now you can stack more on top of that, either via MULTIPLY/NEXT-LOOP, or
>overdubbing in some fashion.  Say you do it via MULTIPLY/NEXT-LOOP.  Now 
>you
>have -
>
>    Loop 1: basic riff
>    Loop 2: basic riff + overdub 1
>
>and you can continue -
>
>    Loop 1: basic riff
>    Loop 2: basic riff + overdub 1
>    Loop 3: basic riff + overdub 1 + overdub 2
>
>etc.
>
>How ever you choose to add sound, you can remove only the topmost overdub.
 So
>you can "remove" by switching back to a different loop memory or via UNDO.
 In
>all cases you can't remove sound underneath the topmost layer with out
removing
>the top first.  It's a stack and you have direct access only to the top.
>
>If you want to remove something in the middle or at the beginning of the
stack,
>you need multiple EDPs.  At least that's why I got a second one.
>
>Does this help?  Kim has a great analogy with trains going 'round a track.
 So I
>suppose what I'm saying is that you can only take cars off the back of the
>train.
>
>But WAIT!  This isn't strictly true.  You can remove cycles in a loop.  
>See
>"CHANGING THE NUMBER OF CYCLES IN AN EXISTING LOOP"  on page 4-44 in the 
>EDP
>manual.  And there's the INSERT feature, of course which is like adding
cars in
>the middle of the train.
>
>Dennis Leas
>-----------------------------
>dennis@mdbs.com
>
>