Emu XL-7 & MP-7 User's Group

> And that's the reason why we get bored of listening the same exact loop
> during several repetitions, because the brain recognizes that the
pattern
> is always the same, with no variations, so, there is no more information
> to process, only the same picture again and again. We lose interest
on the
> melody.

i'll let you in to a secret.  when i record music for 'among the
weeds' i have an obvious loop going thats usually processed to take
out some of the bottom end frequencies and make it sound grainy.  i
then layer on a drum machine with perfect timing & continuous
velocities.  the last bit is playing the roland td10ex over the top,
usually all the way through from a keyboard or my drumtree stand-up
drum trigger kit.  this is quantised but let loose...

the brain hears the loop & --knows-- its a loop.  the brain also hears
the drum machine and --knows-- its a loop so the 'real sounding' drums
on the top --must-- be real right?

bingo : fooled the listener in to believing we have a real drummer...
 its all smoke 'n' mirrors.  this is strengthened by me playing the
drumtree live too...

using patch chords to add some randomness is a good way to fool the
brain...

};-)
moose @ midizoo