Analogue-sequencer

At 05:24 PM 12/11/2006, jneilyahoo@jneil.com wrote:
><snip>When I've tried this in the past I was never quite happy with the
>results.  Part of what makes the Reich pieces work is the inexorable
>morphing you get from the analog recorders drifting out of sync.  With
>digital stuff -- especially with MIDI -- you tend to get slightly choppier
>results even if you can completely freewheel the 2 sources (ie have 2
>different clocks).  And the little bits of timing inconsistency in MIDI
>itself tend to work against you, too.
>
>Not that you can't use the ideas to create something interesting, just
>don't expect to get the same liquidy evololving sound right off the 
>bat.<snmip>


Back in the 70s I had two Revox 1/2 track R2R with variable speed 
setup through an EMS Synthi style pin matrix feeding inputs to 
outputs and adding in synths.  Tape loops strung for yards between mic stands.

This was great for both long Frippertronics-style ambience and 
Reichean woodblock polyrhythms.

These days, I am using the Looperlative LP-1 to do both.  The 
designer recently added the ability to independently speed up or slow 
down any of the 8 stereo loops by very small amounts.  This, combined 
with the ability to keep the original loop intact and bouncing copies 
for edits, lends itself to polyrhythms nicely.  The speed increment 
is small enough that the pitch change on a percussive sound is 
generally unnoticeable even to the performer.

Anyway a great instrument and for me indispensable in using my P3.