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Re: HOW MANY LOOPS DO YOU USE SIMLUTANEOUSLY?
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?
>
>