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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJYSwPbVp_Q This is a very helpful vlog/tutorial on the Boss RC-30 loop pedal by David Macara Brown. David is a guitar player from Scotland who has an Honors Degree in popular music, and has performed in bands of many different kinds. (Orchestras, Rock Bands, etc.). In this tutorial, he addresses a problem that many people have with looping pedals- not getting their loops in time. He shows us his techniques for operating his looping pedal to help us. 2.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_looping This is a wiki page about the history, users, and creation of the live-looping device. There have been many different kinds of looping devices created in the past century by many different people with names that didn't always quite stick. This is a good piece of information to know so you can have some background as to how the looping device came to be. 3.) http://www.giadamusic.com/ Giada is a music looping software you can use straight on your computer. Here's a youtube video to serve as an example as to how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwFLpd-gvo It works alot like a regular looping machine, just more accessible. It is compatible with MIDI file instruments, and basically anything that a physical looper can work with! This could be a great software to use for a final project! 1.) My experience with music has rarely been in touch with technology. My school had minimal funding for its music program, so the most I ever got to use were music writing softwares like Finale. I dabbled in composing, but never had the knowledge on doing so. I got to JMU, however, and it completely opened up my eyes to everything I was missing. Since I've been here, I've gotten to experience many new types of music-creating technology that, frankly, I didn't even know existed. I've only gotten the opportunity to experience these for a short amount of time so far, but it makes me realize how important music technology actually is. I realize that it opens up people's mind to music. It creates more than just notes on a page and blowing through a piece of brass. It lets us create sounds, waves, pitches, loops, and many more. It expands the amount of creativity we can express by so much, and I am very excited to learn more.
2.) Out of every type of music related technology I have experienced, I would love to learn more about the mosaic that we discovered in class last week. It seemed so simple- press a button and cool sounds come out. As I watched the computer screen, however, there's so much more that can be done with it. I'm not sure of the possibilities of the contraption, but I would love to be able to find out. There is no real example of the piece of technology I am interested in because of how it was created by a JMU student. I would love to contact him, however, and learn how it works, how to manipulate it, and how he came up with such a thing. 3.) Is there a way that we could get in touch with MIDI? It's so interesting reading about it, but I just cant picture how it works. What is an example of 'creativity' software? |
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