Re: asynchronous loops and the DD-20

[Richard Zvonar <zvonar@zvonar.com>]

At 3:58 PM -0400 5/23/04, ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote:

>Okay, you win. The DD-20 is no Eventide -- though I don't
>exactly really remember ever implying that it was. However,
>it does (in whatever minimal way) provide 2 potentially
>asynchronous delay lines -- yes, without those exact
>features you mention. Funny, I must've missed that part
>of the thread. I was not aware that they were a requirement
>for what was being asked about. Sorry, I was only trying
>to help. I'll keep my own council next time . . . heheh.

No pissing contest intended, though I was a little put off by the 
absolutism of your "In a word: YES"

Frankly, I haven't been paying that close attention to these threads, 
but became interested because the asynchronous delays feature is 
something that was a formative element of my own practice.

My first delay-oriented listening was to Steve Reich's "Come Out" and 
to Pauline Oliveros's "I of IV," both of which depended on multiple 
delays. When I started working with digital delays in performance I 
used a PCM 42 and a Deltalabs DL-4. Each was fed by a separate aux 
send from a mixer. Therefore the idea of multiple delay lines with 
complete independence of routing and parameter control was essential 
to everyting I did. I never did use a setup that is probably the most 
common: a series connection of instrument -> processor A -> processor 
B -> [whatever] -> amp. I also never performed beat-oriented music.
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