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Re: The EDP and the Looperlative and me
Thank you so much Bill for taking the time to walk through how you make
really productive use of the Looperlative. I don't know how it would mate
to an arbitrary MIDI controller, but the Looperlative would get a big
boost in out of the box experience if came with this sort of standard set
of commands.
It does push for needing a controller with 12 buttons though maybe one
could segregate it into more smaller banks.
Mark
On Jan 2, 2011, at 9:43 AM, William Walker wrote:
> I thought I would show you all a typical bank of my LP-1 presets. I
>currently have 6 full banks of twelve preset switches each and two
>expression pedals globally set to volume and feedback which can control
>either all tracks, a single track or groups of tracks depending on how i
>set it up. Eventually I may add a third expression pedal to control track
>speed or panning but for now I don't really need it. So below are my bank
>presets and some insight if needed, in to why or how I use them.
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> Preset #1 sync record/overdub pretty self
>explanatory....
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> Preset #2 replace + track speed my go to preset when I want
>to seamlessly change track pitch when replacing (either up or down an
>octave) I also use this as standard replace in which I end the command
>not with a second press of this switch but with my preset #1 sync record/
>overdub switch.
>
> preset #3 play stop now I use this more to arm a new track to be the
>same length as the original track and then I use the replace function to
>actually add new content. Again if you have recorded a first track and
>you go to a new track and press play stop, it will arm that track to the
>same length as the first track so when I do start to actually record on
>that track, its length is pre determined by the first loop. Does that
>make sense?
>
> preset #4 Quantize replace this is a sus style command achieved by
>doubling up to functions on one preset in this case quantize replace. In
>order to achieve a sus style command one needs to duplicate the function
>on a preset, so if you look at my first command its quantize replace
>followed by another quantize replace. I assume this can be achieved by
>duplicating other functions as well but I haven't delved that deeply yet
>in to those options.
>
> Preset #5 half speed I often times arm a track at half speed
>before beginning a new loop
>
> Preset #6 Replace/half speed/ reverse where did those weird violins
>from hell come from??? this preset
>
> Preset #7 All tracks this is the command I hit before ending a song
>with a feedback reduction fade or a stop, I probably could just use the
>front panel command but I like to keep my hands free for playing.
>
> Preset #8 Set as Master I keep this handy because I sometimes like
>to start with a long rubato melody before moving to shorter rhythm based
>tracks. I'll record a long loop, move to a new track and hit the set as
>master button. This is also cool to use for me because i have different
>quantize values set for different tracks so if I want to use a quantize
>value of 9 (to create a 9/8 beat) I start recording on track three where
>I've placed that beat division.
>
> Preset #9 Multiply in my case double, no explanation needed??
>
> Preset #10 Erase/feedback 100% whenever I erase a track or all
>tracks I want to make sure that everything is back to 100% feedback, as
>I'm constantly changing the feedback in real time with the pedal and I
>don't want a new track fading away accidently because the last time I was
>on the track I had changed the feedback
>
> Preset #11 track next
>
> preset #12 previous track.
>
>
> I have other banks set up to achieve more complex ABC song forms , which
>I can describe when I get my LP-1 in front of me because the scripts are
>pretty long. one bank for some of the mellotron style pitch shifting, one
>bank dedicated to bounce functions, one bank the has multiple press
>functions like quantize replace/track speed/reverse In which I have to
>double up all three of those commands to get a sus style pedal action.
> example that preset would look something like this: quantize
>replace-half speed-reverse-quantize replace-half speed- reverse
> Other functions I use in no particular order on other banks are: sync
>bounce, copy, except track, q replace+ track speed, 1/4 speed, and midi
>sync record overdub, if I'm tracking to an external clock, and fast
>scramble. I haven't done much experimenting in a while to discover new
>strategies but I think there is still a lot of undiscovered territory
>left to explore.
> Bill
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