Re: HOW MANY LOOPS DO YOU USE SIMLUTANEOUSLY?

["Dennis Moser" <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

The question always says more about the person than the answer <SMILE>.

And it's a good one, Rick.

There are days when I think that 16 loops/tracks would not be anywhere
NEAR enough. But then, I probably really do take a different approach
than most, as I see a loop as an instrument or voice to be used.

Do I regularly use that many loops in live performance? Hard to say,
because my hardware setup won't allow that kind of direct
proliferation. In studio practice, I certainly use that many voices
and more.

The point about timbral masking is a very good one, and in live
practice can be a very tricky one to address.

As an artist, isn't it all about coming up with solutions to solve a
problem (however prosaic that may sound!)?

Best,

Dennis

On Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote:
> The loop linearity thread made me think:
>
>  I've noticed that despite the ability to have
>  8 stereo tracks in the Looperlative  (or to run
>  multiple instances of Mobius, Augusts Loop, or a
>  Max/MSP or Ableton's Live looper)
>  the most loops I ever use in a song are 5 and
>  usually I only use 2 or 3 maximum.
>
>  I just find that timbral masking occurs if one is constantly trying
>  to add layers to one's compositions.
>
>  How may loops do we use,  I wonder.
>
>  What are the aesthetic pros and cons of multiple layers of loops?
>
>  As I pointed out,  Mir O  brilliantly uses tons of layers of loops but
>  his piece at Y2K6 took up the better part of his 30 minute set.
>
>  It was really beautiful but this is a fairly unusual instance from my
>  experience
>  hearing hundreds of loopers from different countries.
>
>  How many loops do us use simultaneously?
>  And why?
>
>