Re: Accompanying yourself with live dance beats

[Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>]

> At 10:41 PM -0800 1/16/07, Veda, Qua wrote:
>>
>> I'm really new to looping and related technology. I'd appreciate  
>> ideas, feedback on this concept for a live performance.
>>
>> In a live performance, I'd like to create a groove like you'd hear  
>> in electronica/dance DJ music.  Perhaps ~4 loop layers , and then  
>> let it continue to loop/play as a background for live Stick  
>> playing. I've heard dance grooves that use all kinds of  
>> interesting 'found sounds' , voice clips, beats etc , that end up  
>> creating a kind of drone that could serve as background to play over.
>>
>> What do you think?   How would you go about creating the groove  
>> layers I've described?


I would strongly recommend to use your voice into a microphone, going  
through a proper compressor, to create that groove layer. When  
playing The STick you could put on a headset mic. Eventually you  
would also need a floor pedal switch for turning the mic on/off to  
prevent leakage, that is if you lead it into the same looping input  
where you also play your stick to loop it (which I think is the most  
immediate setup).

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