Re: composing live w/ loops

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Hi, did you look at freewheelin(g) yet?

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Josh Lawrence wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a good friend who is a rapper, and he wants to get together and
> do some collaboration and make some jams.  I'd like to get everyone's
> take on how they would do this with Linux.  My thought process is
> this:  Find a few drum loops that are tasty prior to the session, and
> start those playing.  Then, maybe record a bassline (synth), some
> comping (my hardware keyboard), etc.  Having the ability to turn these
> loops on/off to build a track would be nice.
> 
> My problem is I can't think of the right combination of applications
> to do this.  My synths are dssi...what app could handle the looping
> portion?  Does Ardour support loops yet?  Maybe some funky combination
> of sooperlooper and something else?  I don't mind doing some
> planning/setup prior to the session, but I need to be able to get to
> things rather quickly so I don't hold my rapper up waiting on me to
> figure out how to work things.  :)
> 
> Any and all ideas are welcome, as I have never used Linux in a live
> jam situation before.
> 
> (FYI, I've read Dave Phillips' great articles on working with loops in
> Linux, but I need something that lends itself to live composition.)
> 
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