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Originally Posted by jeff schmidt I'm just starting to think in layers and plan accordingly (similar to video editing in a way) and use frequency cuts to keep the low mids from building up. I'm also trying to figure out how hard to hit the echoplex going in. It seems that there's a sweet spot where you can get a full signal - and still have room to "mix" as each new part is added. |
To me, more important than worrying about frequency overlap causing mush is the polyphony. The mind will separate different distinct voices better if each voice has something interesting to say, regardless of whether its range overlaps another voice.
You can create more interesting polyphony by varying what range each voice plays in but I don't concern myself too much about overlap. In fact, I try to get a little bit of overlap in the voices to cause some dissonance. I learned that from Bach.
I am pretty sure that the Echoplex will lower the volume of previous layers when overdubbing. I've done bass loops with up to 10 layers of lines without clipping. I've also noticed that after adding many new layers, the original line is a bit quieter.
I'll try to get some of my looping stuff posted sometime. Me and my drummer sync up to a drum machine to get perfect loops. Then my guitarists (in two different bands) just do whatever they want on top of it. It's really fun!
Actually, I do have some recordings at
http://www.unpronounceable.com/bargooma/audio/ . It's mostly improv and was pieced together by my guitarist ( Gene Jun formerly of Idiot Flesh ) as a rough demo.
Be warned though, this stuff is pretty out there and has been shown to cause brain damage in laboratory animals.
- Dave
