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Conjuring Harmonic Movement and Polyphony from a Single Static Loop
How do you squeeze multiple parts and chord progressions out of one isolated loop? There are many possible ways to approach this kind of challenge. In this video, we look at one example, using the HX Stomp to create multiple harmonized lines, and then manipulate their pitches independently.
Special thanks to Adam Stark for sending me on this particular line of thought.
0:00 Polyphonic? Squee!
0:21 Pondering polyphony and harmonic movement in a static loop
1:09 The preliminary loop and dual twin harmony blocks
1:41 One octave below the dry loop, and repitching it
2:05 Two signals: original fixed pitch loop + repitched version
2:25 Isolating the octave down sound
2:43 Different potential scale types and root notes
3:14 Adding the "unison" repitched signal
5:07 Examining the "secondary" twin harmony block
5:40 Focusing on voice 1
6:06 Soloing voice 2
7:10 Bringing in both voices and playing them together
9:00 Hearing all four voices together
9:18 Reviewing controller assignments for the different parts
10:28 Playing diatonic chords and other harmonic combinations
Deep thanks to the following Patreon supporters for helping to finance this tutorial:
(in alphabetical order)
Tyler Armstrong
Randolf Arriola
Richard Atkinson
Steve Ball and Tiny Orchestral Moments
Dan Burke
Carda
Steven Clements
Phil Clevenger
Stephen K. Coyle
Hal Dean
Tony Douglas
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Jeff Evans
Christopher Evans
Shawn Farley
Christopher Fedak
Jason Fink
Jens-Christian Fischer
Pepe Flores
Gaetano Fontanazza
Ross Garren
Joel Gilardini
Randy Greene
Anthony Hancock
Phil Heiliger
Philipp Hirtler
Ory Hodis
Bob Holub
Fedor Indutny
Ted Killian
Zak Kramer
Todd Lainhart
Jeff Larson
Rebecca Lee
Ken Luke
Nicholas Maldonado
Scott Martin
Desmond McCollum
Dino Meneghin
D. H. Morton
Jesse Nason
Kurt Newman
Nostradamas Band
Jon Parsons
Michael Peters
Matt Pogue
Gavin Pride
Timothy Renner
Matt Rowe
Gene Schwartz
Michael Smith
Donald W. Spicer
Aaron Solomon
Darin Stewart
Chris Stromquist
Nakarin Teerapenun
Nik Tembe
Mr. Thingamabob
John Townsend
Bryan Tysinger
Bernhard Wagner
Paul Weber
Hugo Westerdahl
Ben Wright
#livelooping #polyphoniclooping #harmonizer #harmonizers #chordallooping #midi #midicontrollers #midicontroller #arturia #arturiabeatstep #line6 #line6helix #line6hxstomp #hxstomp #liveloops #guitarlooping #andrelafosse #geartalk #musician #music #guitar #electronicmusic
Special thanks to Adam Stark for sending me on this particular line of thought.
0:00 Polyphonic? Squee!
0:21 Pondering polyphony and harmonic movement in a static loop
1:09 The preliminary loop and dual twin harmony blocks
1:41 One octave below the dry loop, and repitching it
2:05 Two signals: original fixed pitch loop + repitched version
2:25 Isolating the octave down sound
2:43 Different potential scale types and root notes
3:14 Adding the "unison" repitched signal
5:07 Examining the "secondary" twin harmony block
5:40 Focusing on voice 1
6:06 Soloing voice 2
7:10 Bringing in both voices and playing them together
9:00 Hearing all four voices together
9:18 Reviewing controller assignments for the different parts
10:28 Playing diatonic chords and other harmonic combinations
Deep thanks to the following Patreon supporters for helping to finance this tutorial:
(in alphabetical order)
Tyler Armstrong
Randolf Arriola
Richard Atkinson
Steve Ball and Tiny Orchestral Moments
Dan Burke
Carda
Steven Clements
Phil Clevenger
Stephen K. Coyle
Hal Dean
Tony Douglas
Rejyna Douglass-Whitman
Jeff Evans
Christopher Evans
Shawn Farley
Christopher Fedak
Jason Fink
Jens-Christian Fischer
Pepe Flores
Gaetano Fontanazza
Ross Garren
Joel Gilardini
Randy Greene
Anthony Hancock
Phil Heiliger
Philipp Hirtler
Ory Hodis
Bob Holub
Fedor Indutny
Ted Killian
Zak Kramer
Todd Lainhart
Jeff Larson
Rebecca Lee
Ken Luke
Nicholas Maldonado
Scott Martin
Desmond McCollum
Dino Meneghin
D. H. Morton
Jesse Nason
Kurt Newman
Nostradamas Band
Jon Parsons
Michael Peters
Matt Pogue
Gavin Pride
Timothy Renner
Matt Rowe
Gene Schwartz
Michael Smith
Donald W. Spicer
Aaron Solomon
Darin Stewart
Chris Stromquist
Nakarin Teerapenun
Nik Tembe
Mr. Thingamabob
John Townsend
Bryan Tysinger
Bernhard Wagner
Paul Weber
Hugo Westerdahl
Ben Wright
#livelooping #polyphoniclooping #harmonizer #harmonizers #chordallooping #midi #midicontrollers #midicontroller #arturia #arturiabeatstep #line6 #line6helix #line6hxstomp #hxstomp #liveloops #guitarlooping #andrelafosse #geartalk #musician #music #guitar #electronicmusic
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That was a very good demo jam! I find that you play really well with the Cosmos, no stress, small notes that take their places, that was excellent!
Awesome. Just taken delivery of my Cosmos today, so I'm looking forward to installing the rhythmic firmware and having a play. Thanks for the informative video.
Thank you! What is actually the difference between Overdub and Record function? I'm just starting out on Morningstar after years of using Blooper without one. I ask because on Blooper when I add other layers on top, I also hit just the record button. Why can't I hit record on the Morningstar to Overdub add other layers. Or in other words. What does the overdub function do?
So inspiring! I learnt a lot! Thank you!
Thank you for the quality content sir 🙏 Why is this pedal is so pricey? I mean in Turkey its' price near to an Eventide H90 which has all the effects one needs and 2 of the fx can process simultaneously. Does it worth it, what do you think?
Bu the way in your videos this thing sounds amazing but i think thats your playing and experience that we hear. We all know you are the master of the art called looping :)
Im not gonna buy anymore pedals,im not gonna buy anymore pedals
Great explanation...can't wait to get my hands on one!
Thanks for showing this amazing possibilities that the HX Stomp has!
It’s rare that a product demo video becomes my new favorite album, so congratulations. I have a cosmos on the way and already I am foibg myself that I’ll be able to make it sound this good right out of the box! But I will work at it.
fascinating, as always
Excellent vid! Great impro. Maybe for changes involving speed using a volume pedal and an external effect (reverb/delay) will be useful for making a seamless transition (if that is what one want). Thanks again for the great ideas and insight of this amazing machine.
Amazing cluster machine!! Love the section you use blur and drift, a psychedelicacy :) Guess a longer rep time gives a lot more space to evolve. Thanks for sharing!
Metal Machine André
God, man, you’re truly a legend.
This is a fk masterclass, thanks 🤟🏻🤞🏻
Great video and nice Reverend
Capt Beefheart would have loved this…
excellent work! thank you
all so much more than everything
Ah, I finally get to hear the results of combining ideas of 2 of my favorite musical friends/fiends. Truly crazy results. Would love to hear more. You 2 should do an album. Jeff has been my musical BFF since we met in 1987.
❤
Wow!!!
Massive massive this is wonderful Thanks Jeff Thanks Andre
Excellent and well done Andre!
Excellent and informative Andre!! Thank you!!
This is phenominal! I absolutely need this setup
Again...brilliant. And again, did you sort out a way to tempo-sync this these moves to external clock? My Zioa has been missing some action.
It's like "No Input Mixing" with the HX. Does a Tap Tempo on the Delay block before the Send keep the noise loop in time with external stuff? I use the Boss GT1000core like most people use the HX Stomp. I don't think it would allow an output (send) to be fed back into an input (return), BUT, I have four paths for mine, set up into my Morningstar MC10X/Matrix router...I could probably do this (externally) and add some extra stuff via the other Matrix looped devices...of coarse, adhering to "No Input Looping" rules...WATCH YOUR LEVELS. Just curious, do you attenuate your Send or Return, or is that compressor block dealing with runaway?
Like any good music, you might not have a lot of "fans" but the ones you have are really into it. I'm binging your videos. They are either "opening up my eyes to" or "confirming and and showing me the tricks to" how to achieve the sounds I thought possible. Yer doing' the LAWRDS werk here, my boy! Let's see some fresh ones.
When using the Expression Pedal to adjust the Modifier, why did the Expression Pedal not change the Modifier position in real time (vs after releasing and re-engaging the momentary Modifier switch? Is this because the Expression Pedal command was in slot 2 vs after the Release command? Is it a quirk of the CBA Blooper? I have the MS MC8 as my MIDI controller and would love to replicate some of this with my Meris LVX, but maybe with a Momentary control of a loop effect on (for example Switch C) and a Latching version of the same control on the button above it (switch G in this example). Next, have you sorted out a way to have the Momentary functions quantized to some degree? Quick presses could adhere to a 64th or even 128th of the current BPM, medium presses = 16th or an 8th of the BPM...etc. It's a cool trick when something looped is seemingly chaotic, but after you trigger a drum loop, it all falls into place. Or in my case, chaos loops into a tempo sync'd long phrase looper, like the Boss RC600. Great video by the way...more deep dives into the MS MC8. ps:: also had the Gibson Echoplex Looper, then moved onto the Electric Repeater...then down the rabbit hole. Landed on the Boss RC600 (currently).
All looping technique aside (am I even allowed to say this here?) , the melody and phrasing on this piece are most Interesting and captivating.
Great ideas! Must be interesting if you give the click out of the loupé to a drummer and then play live in a trio together with a bassplayer.
Seems crane on monome norns plateform has the same technique
Excelente! Divertidíssimo! 👏👏👏👏👏
Now yer talkin! Thanks also for labling the buttons in the video on the left so clearly. It does help. The Loupé is so deep. I appreciate any video time you are able to spend on it. Thanks Andre.
I'd love to see what you make of Loopy Pro on the iPad.
incredible! just the right moment, when my Looperlative Mini decided to give me the middle finger.
Great! I'm a long time Ableton user and recently nabbed a Cosmos (thus discovered your channel) and a Bastl MIDI Looper. Are you aware of any MIDI looping abilities in Live comparable to the Bastl looper?
I gave up on software looping about 11 years ago. But it is still fascinating to see new developments and (more specifically) what you do with them.
Incredible as always 👏
Wow.. Not sure after watching all of the videos on youtube whether i needed to get this after all. Endless demonstrations of how to make a total unmusical mess. Only one vid where it is actually making some beautiful music. A bit like some modular vids where after spending enough to buy a decent house the demonstrator manages a few bleeps and bloops that my cat runs away from. Hmmm. technology is great but in the hands of a musician it becomes beautiful. Or not. all very clever but what about some actual music rather than a disjointed cacophany? I think Loopy pro can do what I need more easily. At least you can undo the layers as required. Someone somewhere must be making this app sound incredible. Any chance of a video if you are?
Still amazing in 2024? I, a seasoned though retired EDP looper, wish to know, if you wouldn't mind, as I'm looking at picking up a Loupé. Enjoying these tutorials!
you almost sound just like Carl Sagan lol great vid
Yeahhh!!!!!
It would nice to see the rhythmic relationships when changing the subdivisions or the loop length on Ableton too! Cheers
Appreciate the live playthrough with the added explanation. I'm only 8 minutes in and have to take a break to absorb all the info. Thanks for taking the time to make this video.
Thanx a lot🙏🏻 Would you dig the midi sync and do the same stuff? I’m struggling with syncing microcosm- he goes out sometimes and I can’t analyse the reason. And it is impossible to start Quantised loop again - with the aim to be in sync So quantised loop is single used
@ 3:16 😂
I started experimenting with this patch idea, though my setup slightly differs from this one. I do have a couple pedals in the FX loop, one of which is a delay(technically they’re both delays, but one is the Zoia with a granular delay), so I may see about opening up a block on the HX and have my looping delay be outboard. I will experiment with two different effects in the loop. This is genius, as I had been trying to accomplish something similar, but was unsure how to set it up.
Superbi !