Re: Accompanying yourself with live dance beats

["muman" <muman@eskimo.com>]

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Qua,

I've been seeing your name on Loopers Delight. Cool.

When I was doing the looping with pre-recorded beats, I used an E-mu XL-1 Turbo. They are pretty cheap now (about $200-$250 on ebay). They have space for 3 more roms, which oddly enough are about the cost $200. This series of rackmount synths has what is called a Beats mode, which are pre-recorded rhythm loops with I think 12 tracks that can be individually switched on and off using MIDI Note On/Off. I used a MIDI Step for this purpose, but any MIDI footpedal sending Note On/Off will work.

I was also doing a lot of MIDI sync, so I used a Unicorn MIDI Time Piece II MIDI Patchbay to route all the MIDI signals.

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> Hi,

> I'm really new to looping and related technology. I'd appreciate ideas,

> feedback on this concept for a live performance.

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> 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.

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> What do you think?   How would you go about creating the groove layers

> I've described? 

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> -Qua

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Louis Hesselt-van-Dinter