Music For 4-Phase Looper

Base Program
* Kaleidoscopic weave of polymetric looping, using four time-phased cycles.
* Offsets increase gradually, from multi-tap FX through evolving patterns.
* Default time spread: ~ 3000 mS loops, scalable from 10 mS to 12 seconds.
* Up to 24-second loop times – Series routing option – with faster buildup.
* Tap Tempo sync is prohibited. Finer granularity & chance in milliseconds.

* Insert Mode Program. Program Mix 50%. Adjust for loop presence.
* Cosmic Web – Parallel with Cosmic Web. Configured as dual-dual loopers.
* Optional Series routing can quickly spin into sonic chaos (if allowed).
* All controls were programmed to exploit the best interactive results.

INTERLINKS
* DUMP commands immediately stop either or both sets of looping.
* A single C/W DUMP opens up rebuilding over the remaining loop pair.
* EXP1 replaces the ongoing loops with new input and/or silent breaks.
* Gradual movement imprints volume envelopes over the new material.
* With some switch timings, HotSwitches can momentarily silence looping.
* In other cases, the loop buffers continue on with newer processing.
* Move EXP pedals, switches, knobs to actively modify loop progressions.

HOTKNOBS
Program [P] HotKnob – default (85 OR EXP1)
* Adjust downward to increase loop decay & reduce levels – all active loops.
* Infinite non-destructive looping by default (saved at [P] = 100).
* EXP1 overrides [P] HotKnob. [~30 second loop decay at full Heel].
* Interactions among notes will eventually darken, blur & devolve loops.

Preset [A] HotKnob – default (40 OR CC#1)
* Synchronized adjustment for Cosmic Web 1 – Length A & B.
* Set maximum delay time for this pair, then slightly offset A or B.
* Or simplify the overall loop structure, mixing both C/W1 loops together.

Preset [B] HotKnob – default (41 OR CC#2)
* Synchronized adjustment for Cosmic Web 2 – Length A & B.
* Set maximum delay time for this pair, then slightly offset A or B.
* Or simplify the overall loop structure, mixing both C/W2 loops together.

PEDALS
EXP1 (saved @ full Heel)
* Controls a range of (85-5) in the [P] HotKnob.
* Decreases Level A & B to 50 for both C/W instances.
* Increases reverb mix & depth in both C/W instances.
* Use to fade out current loops, while fading in new audio.
* EXP1 @ full Toe converts to ‘almost’ normal delay & reverb.

EXP2 (saved @ full Heel)
* Increases all detuning, up to microtonal eighth-tones.
* Spirals up through Crystals parameters in both C/W instances.

SWITCHES
* AUX 0 = default
* AUX 1,2,3 mapped to HS1, HS2, HS3 (momentary)
* AUX 4,5,6 mapped to HS1, HS2, HS3 (latching)

Program Alternates
0). Short manageable counterpoints, devolving from a multi-tap strum [~ 3.0-3.15 Sec.]
1). Instant input reversals, layered over regenerating loops in progress [~ 6-12 Sec.]
2). Rapid upward cascades of pitch-shifting, in semitone increments [~ 0.25-1 Sec.]
3). Atonal & microtonal processing, by semitones, quarter-tones & fourths [~ 1-4 Sec.]

PERFORM
1). [P] Act/Byp
2). DUMP (C/W1)
3). DUMP (C/W2)
4). HS1 [L]
5). HS2 [L]
6). HS3 [L]

See the Program Notes for specifics on external control parameters & MIDI mappings.

5 comments on “Music For 4-Phase Looper”
  • longman on said:

    I enjoyed this patch so much. Thank you!

  • brock on said:

    Glad you found it useful. These kinds of ‘meso-looper’ Programs don’t align with everyone’s musical sensibilities. Definitely on the stranger end of the spectrum.

  • longman on said:

    I’m new to H90. The way you use two Granular algo is brilliant and inspiring. Will discover the rest!

  • apalazzolo on said:

    Look at this cover image!!!! I love it! Who knew that Brock can work Photoshop as well as he can an H9/90?

    I’m working through your thirty or so Granular programs now. It seems every one is something of a sound design etude.

    Thanks for sharing your very substantial body of work with the rest of us!

  • brock on said:

    Hey, Tony, thank you. Actually, I set a hard limit for these images: Nothing that I can’t do with basic MS Paint resize, copy & paste. I have very sophisticated image processing available here, but I tend to get bogged down in the weeds on endless detailing.

    I just thought that the Granulars – being something special – needed a little more than an H90 Control screenshot. They are soooo deep …

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