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Re: My Revised MAX/MSP Looping/Effects Rig
Wow, Krispen.
It's sound like you have a great tool with endless possibilities !
It would be great - when you have time - to listen some mp3s.
fabio
www.eterogeneo.com
www.myspace.com/eterogeneo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Boise Experimental Music Festival" <khartung@cableone.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 7:16 AM
Subject: My Revised MAX/MSP Looping/Effects Rig
> Well, I finally did it. In my quest to selfishly spend more time with
>my
> instrument (guitar), more time actually playing, and less time fiddling
> with and staring at the damn computer while playing (which looks
> absolutely ridiculous in my opinion), I figured out how to have my cake
> and eat it too. I just finished my revised max/msp looping/effects
>system.
> I was very inspired by the Boise Experimental Music Festival, after
> playing a set before Jeff Kaiser and Andrew Pask (of Cycling 74) the
>first
> night, and a workshop that Jeff did on the many approaches to using the
> computer for live performance. Andrew is actually using a totally
>random
> based max/msp system so he just plays his sax and let's the computer do
> everything for him.
>
> Long story short, my rig is totally automated now, using a series of
> random algorithms to control both my max/msp Kaiser Looper and functions
> (everything from my scripts to basic functions like reverse halfspeed,
> doublespeed, random speed, random buffer, random pan, etc), and all my
> max/msp effect patches and parameters (including Reaktor as a VST), I
>now
> turn my computer on and play. No MIDI footpedals. No expression pedals.
>I
> just plug into my Fireface 400, activate my system, and let the
>wonderful
> world of randomness take over. So liberating! I don't even need to have
>my
> computer screen open. It's like playing with another person whose job
>is
> to process my sound (like what Evan Parker has done with others),
>because
> I have no idea what sort of looping, effects, or parameters changes are
> going to occur. I'm really liking this. The interesting thing is that I
> wasn't satisfied with the standard random object in max/msp, so I found
> and used some max/msp abstractions written by Karlheinz Essl, which
> simulate Brownian movement in micro-biological systems. Very
>fascinating.
> And of course, I can deactivate the random function at anytime, so that
> while I'm playing, if I hear the computer do something really
>interesting
> that I like with the looper or effects, I turn the random functions off,
> and it will sort of freeze in the last state or frame of looping and
> effect parameters.
>
> More later...gotta pack for vacation now.
>
> Kris
>
>
>
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