Re: [Harp-L] Morphine

[Burke Trieschmann <burket@xxxxxxx>]

 Great track Richard, and I really like the octave effects on the harp.  Having watched several talented loop based performers recently at a local Showcase/ Open mic show I run here in Albany, CA, I'm curious how you are triggering the drum and harmonica loops and if sync is an issue?  It sounds like the drum loop is external (not one of the internal RP drum patterns) which would give you the looper and the overdub looper track to play with on the RP 355.

Are you running the drum loop wild and just keeping the RP looping in rough sync, or do you have a way to hard sync the units?

I'd be interested in hearing from any other harp players/ or multi instrumentalists who use multi loop setups in their live shows along with beats or external DJ / dance beat creation type rigs or controllers for a bigger sound.  Gear used, best practices, etc.  (Feel free to reply offlist).

Thanks-
Burke T.
Open Door Productions
Open Door Harmonicas
www.opendoorprod.com


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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 12:20:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Morphine
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pdxharpdog@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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Morphine is one of my favorite bands of all time, not least because they 
demonstrated that you can make killer rock n/ roll with nothing more than sax, 
bass, and drums (and if that's all it takes, why not HARP, bass and drums?).  

I recorded a live looped version of Morphine's "Early to Bed" at a performance 
in  Victor, Idaho a couple of years ago.  I started with a pre-recorded drum 
loop, and over that I layered a bass line in two octaves, one at a time, using 
the Digitech RP355's pitch shifter to supply the big bass tones.  The result was 
dark and deep--not Morphine's sound per se, but in the same emotional zone.  You 
can see the video here:
http://www.hunterharp.com/video-of-the-day-9-july-2012-richard-hunter-performs-morphines-early-to-bed/

Ross, I know you've got an RP with my patches in your kit.  Use one of the 
octave- or two-octave down patches in my set to put you in the Morphine zone 
(MA816D, matchless amp model with pitch shifter, is a good place to start); if 
you really want to kill it, add a wah-wah to the patch so you can modulate the 
tone in real time.  Harps and saxes are both reed instruments, and the results 
can be very convincing.

LOVE that band.  Their music is as original as you can get, and a lot of it 
works very, very well on harp, pitch shifted or otherwise.

Regards, Richard Hunter