Re: Ableton's LIVE 5.0 and First Loop Capability

[jeremy <listing.to.port@masse.org.uk>]

> 
>> Is it impossible for Ableton's LIVE to have
>> the simplest First Loop Capability that the Line 6 DL 4 or Boss
>> Loopstation have:
>> you know,  you hit a button,  record a loop and truncate it when you 
>feel
>> like it and then sync the remainder of
>> your loops to it like a Repeater does?
>> 
>> Am I just being naive or is there some reason why this feature is not
>> included so far.
> 
> hi Rick,
> Be careful, you risk incurring the wrath of the bar line police here.
> Since the 80's it's been known to all that musical phrases should start 
>at
> the beginning of the bar, and that the subsequent notes should be a
> measurable distance from that start point.
> Now what would happen if you were allowed to do what you want here? 
>Firstly
> there's no guarantee that you'll start the looping device exactly on the
> barline, which means there will be no way of measuring the exact position
> of any of the notes you play. Worse still, it's likely that music would 
>be
> played before a pre-determined tempo is set, meaning that unauthorised
> sounds will be heard without  an acceptably defined musical genre.
> 
> andybutler
> 


.... in the 1880s didn't Satie do away with bar lines?

Jeremy