Mac, Rax, Augustus Loop (was: Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system)

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

> --- tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net> wrote:
>
>> If possible , I'd like to find a compromise between
>> the hardware and software worlds.
>> Which is: Keep SOME of my familiar analogue rack
>> stuff and INTEGRATE a Mac laptop
>> (also familiar to me) with miscellaneous, flexible
>> looping and transmogrifying software
>> plug-ins into what I do/have already.


On 25 jul 2006, at 00.26, Tony Douglas wrote:

> So what I'm using is an ancient 266MHz Wallstreet
> Powerbook running Jaguar, with Rax and multiple
> instances of Augustus Loop.

Rax and Augutstus Loop seems to be a good combo for "multi track"  
stereo looping. If you like to loop EDP-style, by setting the tempo  
by the first loop you record, you can use one Augustus Looper as the  
master to define the tempo for all other Agustus Loopers. In this  
context you may set Rax to "external sync", so any plug-ins you open  
will run in the same tempo as you are playing in. You can also type  
in the tempo in Rax and adapt your playing to that. I can't find any  
Tap Tempo function in Rax.

If you want to be a little more advanced you can use the combo  
Ableton Live and Augustus Loop. This has always been very stable for  
me on my Powerbook and thanks to Live's routing option - for MIDI,  
Audio and direct control data - it gives a small taste of "Max  
Land" (Cycling74's Max).

I have a G4 Powerbook of 1.25 MHz with 2 GB ram. This machine may  
typically handle three parallel stereo looping channels plus some  
reverb and other effect plug-ins. I wouldn't dare to bog it down more  
than that. But it's ok with me, I don't think I would be able to  
handle more than three simultaneous looping processes anyway.

Greetings from Sweden

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