Members pogo97 Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 I hear about this. How does it work? Once upon a time in the eighties (or was it the seventies) I got an assignment to make a composition using only the sound I received on about four feet of recording tape, which I spliced into a loop and took from there. Any similarities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LANSTARR Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Chop Chop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paolo Di Nicolantonio Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 The best thing is to try it. Sony has info on loop-based music production and offers a free 10-track version of Acid http://www.acidplanet.com/tools/?p=acid - that should get you started - if you like it, you can upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Umbra Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Put the loop in a v-synth and you can easily create a whole slew of sounds and loop variations and manipulate in real time. V-synth is like a loop groovebox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted June 14, 2006 Author Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Originally posted by Umbra Put the loop in a v-synth and you can easily create a whole slew of sounds and loop variations and manipulate in real time. V-synth is like a loop groovebox. I have a trial version of V-Station; different? Anyway, it's got a month playtime on it and I'm waiting for a month with time to explore. Right now, I have GarageBand, which may be a good sandbox to play in... ? Oh, and I have a paid-for copy of Peak 3.2 that has a bunch of loop tools that I never figured out. Loops can be any length at all? 1-bar, 12-bar, 47 ms, a day? Do you start with a ground and just slather layers over that as though you were painting? Is a piece ever all layers with no through-track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jazzwee Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Why don't you download a demo copy of Ableton Live (common software for doing loops) and try it out? For me looping is great for outlining ideas. I'm not interested in remix, etc. but it really is a time saver. Looping has come a long way because now you can stretch the loop time so that loops at different tempos can be mixed. I still use Live as regular Sequencer but the ability to loop is a great plus. Also it's great for practice as it is easy to loop a chord progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meatball Fulton Posted June 14, 2006 Members Share Posted June 14, 2006 Originally posted by Doug Gifford Loops can be any length at all? 1-bar, 12-bar, 47 ms, a day? Within the limits of what the hardware or software you are using allows, yes. Most commonly it's limited to an integral number of bars up to a maximum. Originally posted by Doug Gifford Do you start with a ground and just slather layers over that as though you were painting? Most people start with a drum or bass loop and go from there. A common method is to use muting to bring various loop layers in and out of the mix. Originally posted by Doug Gifford Is a piece ever all layers with no through-track? It can be. Some hardware and software won't even allow linear tracks. Originally posted by Doug Gifford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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