Message 20/22
Date: 01-Jan-00 @ 11:16 PM -
RE: GoodSource4SampleCDs?
I started getting into working with loops about a half year ago and frankly I find it very inspiring. You can twist and turn a loop so many ways - with or without Wavesurgeon or ReCycle (as R-Tek pointed out) - that you can make something new out of it. Personally, I *like* being able to use other peoples performances to inspire ideas - otherwise I tend to fall into the same old boring habits. Also, as I've mentioned before, I tend to stay away from the pre-fab stuff and go for loops of instruments I've no particular to play myslef ;-)
A decent alternative to pre-fab drum loops are MIDI Files. You can map your own kits (great on an ASR-X Pro or other sampler) and burn your own loops! A MIDI file can be mixed, matched, mangled over and over again ad nauseum 'til you run out of idea's. Not a bad way to learn a style you're not accomplished at. Check out the Drum Grooves section here at DT for some inspiration along these very lines.
regards - and Happy New Year!
jondl