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Loop Tips: How a drummer plays with a rhythmic sequence

Loop Tips: How a drummer plays with a rhythmic sequence

In my mind the thing that makes or breaks a great live arrangement that uses a loop is the rhythm section. From a feel perspective nothing is better than when my drummer locks in tight with one of our loops that has some complex rhythmic sequencing. But using a loop with a heavy rhythmic sequence [...]

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Guitar players build *their* sound – advice from James Duke

Recently I had the good pleasure of interviewing James Duke (guitar player for John Mark McMillan) as well as review his new release from his new project called “All the Bright Lights.” That record is largely instrumental and is a collection of incredible guitar tones and textures. So when I saw a blog post from [...]

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What’s my loop making process? Tips for you loop makers

Recently I received this very good question from a reader: “I was wondering what your process was in taking an existing worship song, and making a loop to go with it? I enjoy creating loops from scratch, but have a hard time making them for existing worship songs.” First off I try to only do [...]

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Video: How to use Reason’s Spider Audio Merger/Splitter

The loop in this video is a custom loop for Misty Edward’s “You Won’t Relent” and can be purchased/downloaded here.

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Video: How to create the perfect fadeout in Reason

The loop in the video can be downloaded here.

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Beat slicing tutorial from Trifonic (Video)

This is a cool tutorial on some techniques to slice up drum patterns in interesting ways. Great because it’s tool agnostic, meaning you can use the same technique in whatever application you are using, Abelton, Login, Reason, etc… Click through to his vimeo account to see more tutorials. Trifonic: Editing Beats – Part 1 from [...]

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Tip: iPhone SPL dB Meter App

There aren’t too many more touchy issues than volume when it comes to worship in the church. Usually the chain of events goes something like, lady in church complains to pastor it’s too loud, pastor tells the sound man to turn it down, sound man gets defensive and says he can’t control the mix with [...]

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A beginner’s guide to loops

I ran a recent poll here on ORS that asked where your team was at with looping. 25% of you said you’d like to start using loops but don’t know how to get started. This post is intended to address that and hopefully get you some detailed information on how to get going. First here [...]

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