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Thanks to you and all of the others who have been nice enough to keep me up to date! :) Much appreciated.... y'all rock!!! Smiles, CQ At 12:06 AM 6/14/2007 +0200, you wrote: > > Hey All, am wondering what the > > current rogues' > > gallery of loopers is like these days?... > >Just look here... http://www.y2k6loopfest.com/images.html > > > Am actually wondering what the current equip scene is? > >It's all laptop these days, or at least dominated by them. The laptop >users >themselves are split into two main camps: MAX/MSP and Mobius. >Apart from that, there's of course still the old crowd using their >Repeaters, EDPs, Looperlatives and whatnot. > >I found this article I wrote (but never finished) about the gear scene at >the loopfest - enjoy! > > Rainer > >This article is about the gear setup people use when playing something >like.well, the Y2K6 International Live Looping Festival Santa Cruz/CA >(www.y2k6loopfest.com, in case somebody hasn't noticed). This article does >not claim to have any statistical relevance - mainly because I was out >cold >during one day of the main festival and attended the kyberjam on the >second. >But here we go: > >1. Nice Rack: >These are the people with a big 19'' equipment rack, which is usually >complemented by a choice of foot controllers. Lots of carrying, relatively >long setup time, great fun! >This may be combined with one or several instrument (guitar) amplifiers >(combos or really big ones), and even with some foot pedals. >Great examples include Ted Killian, Bill Walker and Mir-O. > >2. Pedal Board Rider: >Lots of pedals (and sometimes not-pedal stuff, like handheld devices) are >mounted on a big board. One cable goes from the guitar, bass or similar >instrument into this board, another one (or a pair) goes out to FOH or to >an >instrument amp. >These are usually slightly lighter than the big racks and much quicker to >setup, simply because there are so few connections to make. >Great examples: Ryussei Hattori, Mando-Man (seems to be a Japanese >phenomenon). > >3. Laptop Nerd: >A laptop, and some other stuff. It makes sense to sub-divide that group >into >two different sub-groups: >For one, there are the pure setups. There is the laptop, there are some >MMI >elements (foot controller, faderbox), and there is an audio/MIDI >interface. >But there are no external effect boxes and no external electronic >instruments. >More often however you'll find group two: hybrid setup where the >laptop+MMI >is complemented with one or several "outlaptop" devices. A guitar >floorboard, an effects processor or something similar. >The nerd crew had shown some tremendous growth in the last year. While in >the past only dedicated laptopitians would use a laptop-based setup, >nowadays more and more former users of other setups (mostly rack-users >indeed) have switched to laptops. The range of laptops in use ranges from >an >old 500MHz G3 up to a maxxed out DuoCore. >Great examples: Warren Sirrota, Per Boysen.and, well, myself. > >4. Distributed Stuff: >Lots of (mostly small) electronic components (like stompboxes, table-top >devices and perhaps a compact mixer) are brought along in a bag and then >set >up on top of a table. This kind of a setup suffers mostly from the rather >big amount of cabling necessary when setting up in relation to the number >of >devices used. >Great examples: Matt Davignon > >5. Small Stuff: >Most of the time one or two integrated stompboxes, sometimes enhanced by >an >additional expression pedal etc. Small geometrical size and minimum weight >count here and thus great portability rating. Often it is possible to >entirely battery-power those setups (a property which they share with most >pedal boards). >Great examples: Genie (a distortion stompbox and a DL4), Pushing Air (a >beauty case (?) in mint green). > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 >5:10 PM --- View my on-line portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn "The only things I really think are important, are love, and each other. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~cara-quinn -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 5:10 PM