Re: the death of the loop

[kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com]

I think one of the biggest challenges is how to gracefully exit a  
loop.  Here are a couple of techniques that I use:

1) A lap-dissolve

While Loop A plays, I build up new loop (Loop B) -- then I reduce the  
feedback on Loop A such that it fades out while I continue to build  
Loop B.

2) Feedback -- an easy way to kill a loop is to decrease the feedback  
while adding new material on top of it.  Actually, one can produce an  
ever-changing improvisation just by looping into a loop that slowly  
fades with each iteration.

3) Stop the loop and keep playing live.  That's right... just stop it  
cold but keep playing your instrument -- you can simply improvise a  
coda to end your song -- or of course, start to build another loop.

4) "Manual Looping" -- while your loop plays, play another loop  
yourself -- fade out the loop but keep your Manual Loop going.  Once  
the mechanical loop is out of the mix, all that is left is your  
real-time loop that you can work with.

5) Mangling -- take the loop and "mangle" it -- slow it down, speed it  
up, break it up, process and distort it -- there are many ways to  
"mangle" and, ultimately, kill a loop.

I have used all these methods at one time or another.  Hope this gives  
you a few ideas.

-- Kevin

Quoting Nadia Salom <nadia.salom@gmx.de>:

> hi
>
> does anyone have this same problem? You write a song... It is
> fantastic. You find it works wonderfully with loops...You really enjoy
> playing it and falling into the beauty of the meditative music that is
> unfolding so simply and eloquently. You allow yourself to be carried
> away with the music...
>
> And then you realize... it is great to be carried away like this, but
> it is also rather boring... after a while... And you want to add
> variation to your song. You want to use loops but also want to add
> different beats and rhythms, change the loop, or just have one voice
> layer for a while. Make it interesting.
>
> So you make that a goal. But then you start playing the music and
> wham... you are being carried away again. There you are floating in the
> distance surrounded by beautiful repeating loops......
>
> How does one go about killing a loop? I suppose you've just got to do it.
>
> Best
> Nadia
>
>
> -- 
> Nadia Salom
> http://www.nirmala07.net
> http://www.ubetoo.com/nirmala07