Re: live looping

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

On 1 jan 2007, at 02.25, bill bigrig wrote:

> howdy,
>
>  can someone explain to me this "live looping" thing?
> I've been using Ibanez DM-1100s for years by pushing
> the "Hold" button and manipulating the speed,
> repetition, and mod controls in real time.

That's almost the same Ibanez box that got me into live looping back  
in the early eighties.


> I don't
> know of a way to add things to it once it's "locked".

I don't think that is possible. What you could do is to hook it up  
with a mixer, or some other signal splitting device, and send the  
delay output back into the input - but though a volume pedal. This  
pedal then becomes what among loopers is called "a feedback pedal".  
When the "Hold" button is open your loop will stay the same when the  
pedal is in the "full volume" position and you will be able to add  
your playing to the looping audio. Lower the pedal volume a bit and  
your played input will replace the looping audio, a little more for  
each round depending on pedal position. And if you want to play on  
top of the loop, without your live playing getting recorded, you  
simply step on the "Hold" button pedal (my Ibanez had jack for using  
a normal switcher pedal for the Hold function).

Be sure to check out Mark's reply in this thread, some good hints  
given there.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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