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quoted 6 lines I've heard of some live acts who have instrumentalists and sample themselves

>I've heard of some live acts who have instrumentalists and sample themselves >live (Dr Didg is the only one I can remember of the top of my head, but there >are others). >How does this work? >What kit do you need? >

Not really idm, but David Torn (guitarist) does this live. He would sample his guitar through effects, start loops, morph the sounds with other sounds - like chants or found ambient sounds - and so on, to build eerie evolving soundscapes. 3

quoted 3 lines I've heard of some live acts who have instrumentalists and sample themselves

> I've heard of some live acts who have instrumentalists and sample themselves > live > How does this work?

In most cases, the act would use a Delay/Sampler unit - I have a Digitech D/S pedal - it samples up to 2 seconds. You sample live and can either set you sample to loop or you can trigger it by a footpedal or some other controller (drum pad, keyboard, button, etc.). I use my pedal as an effect on my mixer so I can send any source through the delay and sample at will. Once something is sampled, the volumve level and speed (tempo) can be adjusted. At that point I trigger the sample back into the mix or I set it to loop and use that as a bed of sound to work on top of. This works great as a transitioning technique between two different pieces of music. There are even a few DJ mixers that have short phrase samplers built into them. Hopefully that paints a picture for you. -- Hasta, Gideon ............................................ Sonic Wallpaper http://www.sonicwallpaper.com http://www.mp3.com/sonicwallpaper