Re: The Tech 21 MIDI Moose, and my simple-minded approach to looping

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

I'm keeping my FCB too...it's still a great unit, even though I can't find 
a 
decent sized bag to put it in....I wish Behringer would make a version 
without the two expression pedels. It would be a lot more manageable for 
traveling and packing.

That being said, I have altered my approach to MIDI control and looping. 
Although I think it is really interesting that people are doing all sorts 
of 
technical and fascinating things with MIDI controllers and Mobius, 
Looperlative, and other hardware loopers, like all the scripts, different 
ways of overdubbing, coping, etc.....I am still manage to the basics when 
it 
comes to looping...I still use only the Record, Overdub, Multiply 
(rarely), 
reverse, and half-speed....and of course I really take advantage of the 8 
tracks in Mobius, for generating multiple loops and mixing/playing with 
them 
during a performance.

I don't find it necessary to have a lot of looping features to play my 
style 
of avant-garde music.  In fact, I could still pull it off with onlly 
Record 
and Overdub...my debut solo CD was with the Boomerang, and that still 
represents the style of looping that I prefer.  For me, the possibilities 
just with these basic features are limitless when it comes to avant-garde, 
free improv, and experimental guitar.  Adding all the other features and 
ways of manipulating the loops just clutters my mind and distract me from 
the creative processs.  It is a simple joy for me to sit down at a 
performance with nothing but the Record and Overdub buttons, and my laptop 
effects...and just see what I can do with that....it's just my 
simple-minded 
approach.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>

> On 15 sep 2006, at 00.09, Krispen Hartung wrote:
>
>> I mapped Record, Overdub, Multiply, Next Loop, and Mute to program 
>> changes 1-5, and then Reverse, Half Speed, Insert on 6-8.  Haven't 
>> decide on 9-10 yet, probably some cool Mobius scripts.
>
> Thanks. It's always interesting to hear how other players set up  their 
> controllers. That TEch 21 looks nice and portable. Myself I  have turned 
> into a true FCB Junkie  ;-))  When my old FCB died after  five years I 
> just bought a new one and set it up exactly the same  way. They have 
> become rather cheap now because "no one buys  them" (according to music 
> store staff - I had to look around quite a  bit to find one).
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
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