RE: WAS: Who uses looping in their promo material? NOW:Prerecordedmaterial

[midifriedchicken@comcast.net]

I use some limited backing tracks for certain gigs. But I use Ableton Live and fully utilize follow actions. Drum/percussion parts as well bass lines can be almost totally randomized. They will never behave the same way twice. Follow actions are incredibly underutilized feature in Live.

 

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> From: Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com> 
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> > On further reflection, I certainly don't have an issue with a performer 
> > triggering prerecorded samples or clips as an instrument, but having static 
> > "backing tracks" is less fun for me. If there are active backing tracks - 
> > ones that respond in some way to what's being played - that makes it a whole 
> > different ball of wax for me (but of course, that's rather rare). 
> >