Mech wrote
“Hey
Bill!
Just curious, since I know
you used to make heavy use of the Repeater's pitch shifting functions: what are
you using with the LP-1 to do pitch manipulation? Are you merely using an
outboard pitch shifter, or have you come up with a different method to implement
that capability?
I've got my own solution
(which I'll gladly share if you like), but I'm always looking for new tips and
tricks. :)
--m.
--
Well I can’t do some of the mellotron type tricks that
the repeater does when you create a sample and then use a midi controlled (in
my case an old Roland Gr30) arpeggiator to make the samples change pitch and
follow the arpeggiator. Or I would program a few banks on the FCB1010 to
change pitch of given tracks. I haven’t been using it as I was
finding some of those tricks were tending to make much of my improvs sound the
same, and I wanted a paradigm shift in my approach Though I haven’t
completely retired the RPTR, I have been digging in to the LP-1 so much
and trying to master it, that I just haven’t had time to use the RPTR. I
am intrigued however with the new upgrades and would consider getting mine
pimped out. For now if I want pitch shift, I use the LP-1’ half speed record
ability to create bass parts or high octave parts depending on which
record speed I’m using. One of my favorite LP-1 tricks is to create a
short one note drone in normal speed and then hit a preset that drops it an
octave and puts it in reverse. I find I can get really cool bass parts with
reverse envelopes this way. And after the fact I can use the replace function
simple to erase portions of the drone to create a syncopated bass riff.
Thanks for asking
Bill
