[LAU] Freewheeling, keyboard

[rosea grammostola]

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Danni Coy <danni.coy at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>  I'm wondering if a cycle is a good display for such a thing... Maybe a
>>> vertical line would be more easy, with some mark/ timing tools or something.
>>> Or be able to set loop ranges in realtime...
>>>
>>
> The Author designed it as a tool for creating non-linear music. It is
> usually used in a live context where the person using it is a musician of
> some kind. Like a musical instrument it does take some skill to master. The
> great thing about it is that the computer interaction is so straight forward
> that you can sing or perform with an instrument and use freewheeling and not
> have the two interfere  with each other. ( a foot controller is a must for
> two handed instruments)
>
>
>
> Stick with it - It takes a bit of practice. But gets fun very quickly. I
> generally use Freewheeling for sketching out an idea then I import the loops
> into Ardour and do polishing there.
>

Thanks for the enthusiatic responses.

What is a foot controller and what can you do with it (with fweelin and
other apps)? I'm a total noob on such things.

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