Matthew Venn » looping http://www.mattvenn.net music, improvisation, technology, design Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:20:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 portable looping station! http://www.mattvenn.net/2009/08/11/portable-looping-station/ http://www.mattvenn.net/2009/08/11/portable-looping-station/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:26:36 +0000 matthew venn http://www.mattvenn.net/?p=414 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.

]]> http://www.mattvenn.net/2009/08/11/portable-looping-station/feed/ 2 msquared loop demo http://www.mattvenn.net/2009/08/02/msquared-loop-demo/ http://www.mattvenn.net/2009/08/02/msquared-loop-demo/#comments Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:59:15 +0000 matthew venn http://www.mattvenn.net/?p=401 some new demos of my current electro looping setup – wicked!

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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.

]]> http://www.mattvenn.net/2009/04/05/live-looping-setup/feed/ 1 short demos from my latest live looping setup… http://www.mattvenn.net/2008/04/24/short-demos-from-my-latest-live-looping-setup/ http://www.mattvenn.net/2008/04/24/short-demos-from-my-latest-live-looping-setup/#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:37:37 +0000 matthew venn http://www.mattvenn.net/2008/04/24/short-demos-from-my-latest-live-looping-setup/ 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!

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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

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improvised/sam and matt trading fours.mp3

improvised/facebookjam.mp3

improvised/livedemo.mp3

improvised/brang.mp3

improvised/contact mic.mp3

improvised/eva and matt.mp3

improvised/evan.mp3

improvised/freedom.mp3

improvised/logical life remix.mp3

improvised/mr biscuit.mp3

improvised/no steak.mp3

improvised/pots in peices.mp3

improvised/raggamuffin.mp3

improvised/that will do nicely.mp3

improvised/tribal.mp3

improvised/unstructured.mp3

improvised/walking and strolling.mp3

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freewheeling runs on Linux, so I could use a very small computer like

soundcard

and plug in a low latency, high quality usb sound card (would I even need one with the linutop?) like

footpedal

and then make a custom rugged, lightweight footpedal. I’ve started making a usb footpedal, and other options include

additional controllers

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