Ambient / Drone Guitar: Soundscape #16 (Unsynchronized Looping Technique Tutorial) 

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Ambient Guitar / Drone: Soundscape #16 - Unsynchronized Looping Technique Tutorial
Here I am again in a drone hoody) This time I’ve decided to make a Drone tut with focus on UNsynchronized looping technique.
The most remarkable thing about non-synchronized loops is that they create ever evolving structures instead of repeating one and the same synchronized pattern. Most of multi-phrase loopers can record loops that are not tied to the “song” rhythm. Thus we get several independent loops that “live their own life”, but interact with each other as far as it concerns (first of all) harmony. These loops will create odd rhythmic intersections; main melody will start playing on different chords of the harmony; volume and dynamic peaks will float in time and so on…
Another nice thing about non-synchronized loops is their approach to real life soundscape. If we carefully listen to the sounds that surround us we will notice that some of them definitely have inherent rhythmic structure - they are loops in some way. Ocean waves, chant of birds, crick-crack… they all repeat themselves. But together they form what is called soundscape in a wider non-musical sense. And these “loops” are not synchronized by a metronome in 4/4 120 bpm)
I’ve highlighted in this video another uncommon looping technique - layering decaying loop. Many loopers have Decay mode. It allows previous loops to die away while recording new layers. Perhaps I will illustrate this technique in later videos because I find it worth paying attention.
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Gear used:
Godin Solidac guitar with Roland GK-2a
Ebow Plus
Roland US-20 splitter
Roland VG-99 with Boss EV-5 volume pedal
Roland GR-33 guitar synth
Strymon Timeline delay
Boomerang III looper
Lexicon Omega soundcard
Cubase 5
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