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Actually it is rather easy to do similar things with the Electron Octatrack. For example i often set it up to capture 4 16th notes and then use the sequencer to replay these pitch shifted. It would also be possible to "play" the sample via Midi.. Here is an example when a capture a short snippet by using a trigg recorder on the sequencer then playing it back pitch shifted in diffrent amounts (actually the first play back is simultaneous with the notes a play but one octave down), When i like what I hear I take away the trigged recorder and let it loop...
I think this and the scenes in the octatrack makes it a GREAT tool.. (I have mapped pitch shift to the crossfader which can be heard towards the end of this track when i play harmonics while att the same time pitch shifting on the octa)
So it the octa may not do waht the repaeter did but it does quite e few neat tricks that could be of use fore a creative musician looking beyond the usual looping stuff..
ANders
> Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 10:05:23 +0100> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Subject: Bill Walkers cool Repeater Trick mp3 Re: electrix> > With great apologies for unfathomable tardiness > I'm very pleased to present an example of Bill Walker > using the exact technique he describes below.> > http://www.andybutler.com/mp3/guest/BillWalker-MusicBox.mp3> > > This is a brief track called Music Box, chosen by Bill as> being illustrative.> It comes from a (much played) CD which Bill brought along to> trade at the 2005 Zurich loopfest.> At the risk of creating unrequited audio lust I can reveal> that it's a great sounding cd of guitar looping full of> the usual Bill innovation and melodiousness, and it> shows heavy use of that technique in several tracks.> > > As far as I know the LP1 does not respond to midi notes to change> track speed . For compatibility with the LP1 "midi-learn" > philosophy it responds to CC and ProgCh, with each> semitone step having to be programmed by the user.> > It would be possible to generate a sequence of ProgCh> commands with the Gordius LG to create an arpeggio> of pitches (over 2 octaves if you also used halfSpeed),> ..but it would mean first programming the LG with> a bank or so of midi ProgCh (temporarily) just in> order to program the Lp1.> (I haven't tried the LP1Mixer application yet, > ...available from the forum...it may provide an> easier programming method)> > Having done that the sound would be somewhat different,> as the LP1 doesn't have the glide between pitches that> the Repeater does, and the LP1 rate shift is "digital lo-fi"> in a fairly harsh way.> > The Echoloop VST doesn't have this feature either, although> this is for reasons keeping it similar to the EDP.> Future software from Matthias will have rate change triggerable> by midi note, and could have the glide between pitches if that> was wanted by users.> > andy butler> > > > > William Walker wrote:> > > I loved using the Repeater though it was a flawed beast sure was fun to > > use as a melotron though, particularly using my GR30's arpeggiator to > > turn drones in to sequences via midi, I have yet to try that technique > > yet with the Looperlative but I believe its possible now. I don't miss > > the technique that much because it was limited pretty much to playing in > > the key of C to get the most range from the repeater which mapped > > standard track speed as midi# note middle C with and octave up or two > > octaves down (if memory serves me, which lately it hasn't :-)) and I got > > tired of that limitation. Now if I were doing a more abstract thing all > > of that midi note mellotron capability becomes a really amazing thing. > > Bill>
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