Re: live looping

["Travis Hartnett" <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

I'm not sure what your question is--I used to have one of those, and as I recall the Hold function and the feedback level were independent, like in most rack mount delays.  What you can do is set the feedback to maximum and build up a loop, then hit Hold.  Whatever's in the loop will stay there.  If you want to add something, turn the Hold off, and the loop will continue to decay at whatever level the feedback control is set to while you add more material.  You can have the feedback at something low, 25% or so to cause the loop to decay/evolve quickly, or keep it pretty close to the max for the Wall of Sound.  

Without Hold enabled the loop will eventually fade away since I don't think the feedback could be set to 100%, but you could use an external mixer to manage the actual feedback loop, at the expense of added noise.

TravisH

On 12/31/06, bill bigrig <billbigrig@yahoo.com> 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. I don't
know of a way to add things to it once it's "locked".
Is this what you guys are discussing? Is there older
thrifty type harware out there that will allow me to
add sounds as i manipulate the echoes? Am I on the
right track here? thanx
Rig

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