Re: AW: Quasi Digital/Analog Modular Looper?

[The woodshed <woodshed@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Thanks for info,
thing is I need a minimum of 5 loops running at the same time all  
with different lengths, think that rules out the EDP, unless I get 5  
of them!
I have used live but dislike the sound and wish to avoid laptops.

leon

On 20 Sep 2007, at 06:59, Per Boysen wrote:

> On 19 sep 2007, at 23.33, The woodshed wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Right form the top of my head now, this would be possible with
> - Gibson Echoplex
> - Ableton Live (+ a computer + an audio interface)
> - Mobius  (+ a computer + an audio interface)
>
> I'm not sure about the Looperlative, but someone might chime in on  
> that one.
>
> But please remember that "bars" is a relative measure in the  
> looping world. A looping device don't know about "bars", it only  
> about loop length and mathematical divisions or multiples of this  
> loop length.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
>
>
>
>
>