Re: AW: Quasi Digital/Analog Modular Looper?

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

> 
> Does any looper have the following function?
> 
> 1. Performer freely records a loop, it happens to consist of a sequence 
> five beats long. 
> 2. Performer somehow inputs "5" into  the looper, perhaps taps a defined 
> foot switch 5 times  etc)
> 3. Looper then divides the sampled  recording (loop) into 5 equal 
> parts ,does the math and then generates a quantize function so that the 
> next loop will sync in eight or 16th notes (quarter, 8th or 16th preset 
> by the performer). This will allow 15/16 over 3/4 for example
> This means that loops could be quantised to a common unit with out the 
> need for playing to a metronome.
> 

a pair of EDPs can do this *exactly* as you describe.
It's a trick I use.

Each EDP has a parameter to adjust the number of 8th notes per bar, which 
can be put into a preset to be called up before the piece starts, or 
altered *after* the loop has been recorded.

andy butler