Re: [Harp-L] Useage of looping gear

[Mike <mikefugazzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Noah is the top end of the top end with the looping piece, IMO, and 
tragically underrated (or is it underappreciated?) in the harp world.  He 
is a monster player and musician for sure!

Personally, I draw the line at using prerecorded tracks when looping as I 
might as well just play to backing tracks.  I am not saying that is a bad 
thing, but just not for me.  I am not a very good musician, so I am limited 
to what I can bring to the table in that regard, but I think the Boomerang 
III is the perfect looper in almost all regards.  Loopy HD with a 
midi-controller can do all the same things, but the price tag puts you up 
there.  The added benefits being you can record the tracks and mix them 
from the looper (way more than I would do live)....which is another topic. 
 If I were trying to create an awesome studio track, I would probably want 
the control of a computer based looper anyways.  The best thing about Loopy 
HD is the ability to export SEPARATE tracks for post production.  If the 
final recording from a looper is going to export as one track, than I'd 
just as soon use the Boomerang III...which makes timing loops very easy, 
BTW.

When jamming at home, I always run my rig into a desktop preamp and through 
studio monitors.  The rig is always set up, so I can simply hit record on 
Audacity to get things down.  

I have a love-hate relationship with looping as the things I like to play 
live the best just don't fit with my personal looping limitations.  It is 
also easier for me to put in the time learning to sing and play new songs 
than learning to loop, lol.  I spent a lot of time experimenting with using 
effects to create the illusion of a band, which I think I was successful 
at, but had a hard time balancing that live initially (sound guys are 
interesting people).  It is a lot of work in addition to learning songs. 
 Brandon Bailey was extremely helpful in getting me started with this. 
 Adam Gussow and I did a gig together and was also very helpful in getting 
me situated with the gear/tone end.  



On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:18:20 AM UTC-6, Richard Hunter wrote:
>
> Noah Hoehn <nho...@xxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:>> wrote: 
> > 
> > Hey All! 
> > I use an LP1 Looperlative with two Rocktron All Access pedals and a 
> > Novation MKII. The LP1 has 8 independent tracks. I have programmed over 
> 85 
> > 'scripts' or 'midi sequences' that I use to quickly build complex 
> > arrangements. These sequences allow me to work with over 4 looped song 
> > sections. 
>
> I checked out the LP1 on Looperlative's site.  The price tag ($1249) makes 
> it clear that this is a serious device.  A couple of things gave me pause: 
> 1) Maximum loop time of 4.5 minutes.  Devices like the new Boss and 
> Digitech loopers get around this by using SD cards for additional storage. 
>   
> 2) no onboard storage for loops (except for whatever's currently recorded 
> on any of the 8 tracks), meaning you can't load a set of backing loops and 
> take it to the gig.  (Even if you could, you'll hit that 4.5 minute limit 
> pretty quick.) 
> 3) You can load and unload data, but you need an ethernet cable to do it. 
>  Anyway, with only 4.5 minutes of looping on the device, doesn't seem 
> there's a lot of space for stored loops in there. 
>
> One of the things I use my Stereo JamMan looper for is composing grooves. 
> Once I've got one I like, I may trasnfer it to my computer for further 
> editing, or store it on the JamMan (or an SD card in the JamMan) for 
> retrieval and playback at a later time. Doesn't look like that's easily 
> done on the LP1. 
>
> I've seen some of Noah's videos on Youtube, and they're flat-out amazing. 
>  Clearly the LP1 is superb for live performance.  But at that price, I wish 
> it did a few more things.   
>
> One more thing: the site lists the LP1 as currently out of stock. 
>
> Thanks and regards, RIchard Hunter 
>
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