H910 Looping?

[johnalbea]

Hi, I recently got the H910 plug-in and it’s a great deal of fun. One thing that confuses me, and this isn’t really a problem for me, is that articles often reference that Laurie Anderson used the H910 to loop small samples like the “ha” on O Superman. I don’t really see any way to make a loop like that, or am I missing something.? Just curious.

Thanks,

J 

[tlongabaugh]

Hi,

What I've read is that it was a "harmonizer", which could also refer to the H949 (which Laurie owned as well). If you have a link to articles referencing it being an H910, I'd be interested to read those.

This effect is almost certainly the "Repeat" feature of the H949, which repeats the last 400ms of audio while it is engaged. The "O Superman" tempo is about 150bpm, at which a quarter note is 400ms. Given that the "Ha" repeats on the quarter note, this seems to point towards the "Repeat" feature.

In fact, the H910 only has 113.5ms of delay, so even with Feedback at 100% (to get a faux-looping sound), it wouldn't have enough delay to make this possible.

This is all pure speculation, of course, but seems likely to be the H949.

-Tom

 

[johnalbea]

Right, ok this makes perfect sense. Now if only I could get my hands on a stand alone license for the H949 plug in…

Thanks Tom!

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