28 May
2009
28 May
'09
4:19 a.m.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 02:41:51PM +0700, Patrick Shirkey wrote:
Eric Steinberg wrote:
> TerminatorX?
>
tX should not be over looked. It is amazingly stable
and powerful
although the interface is (was) a bit blocky to use. I was doing full
live sets with it 7 years ago with no problems. The svn/cvs/git version
is well worth the time it takes to compile and Alexander Koenig is very
receptive to suggestions.
Awesome, thanks!
It looks like TerminatorX will be what I'l be using!
I had somewhat stupidly dismissed it years ago as being a "DJ thing". As you
point out, I was wrong wrong wrong. It's a great little looper, and does everything I
want (except for JACK Transport, apparently). It's simple, fast, easy to do MIDI
bindings, and runs on my netbook.
Since my Dual-Core 64-bit laptop is still being sorted out from upgrading to Lenny,
I'll be using my netbook for the show.
And by the way, I don't mind the Indiamixx guys hijacking the thread to hype their
product. The key to success is shameless, relentless self-promotion. Speaking of which, if
anyone wants to see an EEE running Linux being used as an instrument, I'm doing a
short duo set (Linux and congas) at Epicenter Cafe, 764 Harrison between 3rd/4th (next to
Whole Foods), San Francisco, tomorrow May 28th between 7PM and 9PM. Free, come on by and
hang out if you're in the area.
H2 or almost any other sequencer can also be used as a looper in
combination with jack-rack or any other fx processor.
I'm familiar with Hydrogen, but that's a drum machine. And, the version I have has
no MIDI support other than note on/off. Or is H2 a Linux sequencer that I haven't yet
used?
tX and H2 have advanced midi interface support.
Indeed. Thanks again for your help!
-ken
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> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org
> <mailto:ken@restivo.org>> wrote:
>
> Apologies if I've posted this before, or if it's been answered
> already, but I'm looking for a simple looper that:
>
> 1) Works with stereo WAV files
>
> 2) Is loop-oriented not sample-oriented (i.e. not like Jackbeat)
>
> 3) Lets you pre-load the loops and stores them with the file (i.e.
> this disqualifies SooperLooper, from last I played with it).
>
> 4) Is very CPU-stingy enough to run on a netbook.
>
> 5) Is very stable and won't die in the middle of a show (i.e. not
> Freewheeling, last I used it)
>
> 6) Has MIDI controls for the loops and levels/mixer/muting for them.
>
> 7) Can handle up to about 5 simultaneous loops (i.e. not like some
> of the DJ-oriented stuff that handles only two at a time).
>
> 8) Of course, is JACK-ified and RT capable.
>
> 9) Optionally has some way of picking/moving loop points, though
> that's not so critical since I can use Rezound for that off-line.
>
> Hmm, after writing all that, it occurred to me that ecasound might
> be able to do this, which I'd be perfectly willing to try. But
> I've had a rough time with ecasound and ALSA MIDI so I'm a bit
> concerned about item (5) above.
>
> -ken