[microsound] asynchronous looping

[Dave Seidel]

Thanks Ian, I know there are some good software loopers out there but I
prefer hardware-only for live work, I much prefer knobs/slider/pedals to
keyboard/mouse in that context. But I appreciate the recommendation.

- Dave

On 6/14/2012 11:55 PM, Ian Andrews wrote:
> I've used SooperLooper in the past. It's free and quite good. Mac only I
> think.
> 
> http://essej.net/sooperlooper/
> 
> cheers,
> 
> ian
> 
> 
> On 15/06/12 12:31 PM, Dave Seidel wrote:
>> Hi Ben,
>>
>> Yes, I should have said that I want this for live work. I actually just
>> googled up the Boomerang II, and it looks like it might be really good
>> (I don't care about saving the loops either, prefer to just record the
>> performance). Thanks for confirming that I probably found the right
>> thing -- and if I hadn't, you would have led me to it!
>>
>> - Dave
>>
>> On Thursday, June 14, 2012 10:10:24 PM, Ben Grossman wrote:
>>> Hello Dave,
>>>
>>> >From the way you're asking I suspect that you're looking for
>>> something for pre-recorded sample playback, but if you are looking to
>>> do live looping with different phrase lengths, I can really heartily
>>> recommend Ableton Live (with a good foot pedal), or for hardware, the
>>> new Boomerang III.  But there is no provision at all for saving
>>> sounds on the Boomerang (which suits me fine, but may not be your
>>> cuppa tea).
>>>
>>> I'd be happy to provide more details if you're interested on or off
>>> list.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> ben
>>>
>>> On 14 Jun, 2012, at 9:30 pm, Dave Seidel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone recommend a good looper/sampler that can handle multiple
>>>> loops of different lengths, or (put another way) asynchronous loops?
>>>> have a Boss RC-3 but I don't use it much because I don't want to be
>>>> locked into a single phrase length. Does anyone know if the fancier
>>>> RC-50 or RC-300 can do this, for example? Or should I consider
>>>> something
>>>> like an MPC 500. I would be grateful for any pointers in the right
>>>> direction.
>>>>
>>>> - Dave
>>>>
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