Re: Live Looping signal chain

["Per Boysen" <perboysen@gmail.com>]

> On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Qua Veda wrote:
>
> > Is anyone putting FX after the loopers so they can apply and vary
> > FX over
> > time to a loop that is playing ?


I've done that in the past. Not "after" though but rather on effect
send routings on the mixer channel where the loop output passes
through. I still sometimes applies a little effect to full live
looping tracks after having recorded them, but for live performance
use I have completely left that concept now. I add nothing after the
loops, except for a soft stereo compression of the summed signal that
goes out to the house PA.

The reason for this is that I'm hoping to do more interesting concerts
this way, because I create variation by playing new audio into the
loops and it usually looks more interesting to see a guy making noise
with an instrument then bending over a laptop. For loops that is not
in focus - as for a backing percussion loop - I make sure I create
them varied enough form the start. It's just a couple of seconds doing
that; play something and create a two bar loop, push a button to
multiply it by three and punch in one slight variation for one bar.
This will make your variation appear every sixth bar and that's
perfect for a backing track while you're working on a lead theme loop.
I'm finding it optimal, performance-wise, to have two loops playing at
the same time. You will have time to play live on top of them and at
the same time create variation by overdubbing, substituting etc. That
would not be possible with more parallel loops or if you should also
have to care for post loop effects.

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Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
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