Tag Archive for 'looping'

portable looping station!

Published by matthew venn on August 11, 2009 in music, news and projects. 2 Comments

This is my portable looping station, put together for a busking trip to Paris. Everything packs up nice onto the trolley (speaker/power) and a rucksack (laptop and controller).

It’s pretty heavy and will be difficult up and down stairs, but the plus side is that it will last for about 4 hours and it’s nice and loud with a good bass response.

msquared loop demo

Published by matthew venn on August 2, 2009 in music. 0 Comments

some new demos of my current electro looping setup – wicked!

live looping setup

Published by matthew venn on April 5, 2009 in news. 1 Comment

I’ve recently updated my live looping setup. The biggest improvement is made by using the looper instrument in live8. This finally allows me to create loops around my patterns, rather than having to fit my patterns around a prefixed tempo.

My system uses a few puredata patches to manage the user interface. The wiimote and the bcr2000 handle all control and feedback requirements via puredata.

If you’re interested, here is an archive of all the config files.

short demos from my latest live looping setup…

Published by matthew venn on April 24, 2008 in music and news. 0 Comments

micromattic is the name of my latest project with Nikolay (aka microwave). He is mixing and remixing his own material and other artist’s tracks. I’m producing sounds, layers, atmospheres, beats and crazy sounds and we’re mixing them together in a minimalist way (and sometimes maximalist!)

Here are some demo sounds from my end. They are more max than minimal because they are the results of my own practice – not both of us together. You’ll have to wait for that!

improvised mashup

Published by matthew venn on January 31, 2008 in music. 0 Comments

Another live and improvised selection. These are from the early days with my looper and fx box. Up here for posterity more than anything else.

improvised/2006-12-09-2 voice.mp3

improvised/2006-12-09-I say hey.mp3

improvised/2006-12-09-island getaway.mp3

improvised/2006-12-09-scifi.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-5 bars of 6 about muse.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-atmospheric freestyle.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-falter chorus.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-family bother.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-funky with feedback.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-humming in parts.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-in 5 with lots of cuts and breaks.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-in 7.mp3

improvised/2006-12-14-waoh waoh.mp3