The loop-Ensemble

This is the loop-ensemble. It was developed in the context of the loop-project - a berlin based educational project that focuses on electronic music culture. For more information visit www.whatsloop.de. The main idea of the ensemble is to be used in musical education. The instruments explain their own technical background by so-called Illustration-patches. Here, learners can interactively discover many phenomenons of electronic music, which are explained, visualized and clarified by examples. The obtained understanding can directly be put into practice making electronic music. The ensemble can be played alone or in groups, since the Instruments can be synchronized via network. The instruments are designed to be used without help from a teacher. Using their illustration patches they aim to explain themselves. In this form their content can still be upgraded by the presence of a teacher who supports and guides the learning progress. This version of the instruments are found in the subfolder 'learn'. We created another version of the interface which is suitable for presentation to enable front-of-class teaching method. This version of the instruments is found in the subfolder 'teach'. Teachers preferring this method can use the patches cleaned of all text to explain and show specific functionalities while the students use the fully featured versions. The three instruments ADD, DRUMBO and JERRY can loosely be assigned to musical roles: Bass, drums and lead. These borders are surmountable very quickly due to their ambivalent sound production. The interconnection of the three instruments in particular supports loop-based play that reminds of electronic dance music as well as sound experiments. Optionally the instruments can be controlled with low-cost hardware controllers. These are a KORG nanoKONTROL2, an Akai LPD8. The third instrument is controlled entirely with keyboard and mouse. But all instruments can be controlled in full without the controller using the mouse and keyboard on the screen. Most of the text elements are still in German language, but most of the common technical terms are English, anyway. They are supposed to be used by students in higher secondary levels, but can also be enjoyed by anyone else.

FAQ-Section by Marten Seedorf — last modified 2016-03-19 01:00 PM

Commonly asked questions and answers regarding the loop-Ensemble.

ADD by Marten Seedorf — last modified 2017-02-06 06:17 PM

Short description of the instrument ADD included in the loop-Ensemble.

DRUMBO by Marten Seedorf — last modified 2017-02-06 06:13 PM

Short description of the instrument DRUMBO included in the loop-Ensemble.

JERRY by Marten Seedorf — last modified 2017-02-06 06:21 PM

Short description of the instrument JERRY included in the loop-Ensemble.

the loop-ensemble by Marten Seedorf — last modified 2017-02-08 12:07 PM

This is a .zip file containing all the instruments of the loop-ensemble (two versions: learn and teach) as well as the network-patch, which connects the instruments via wireless network.

manual (german) by Marten Seedorf — last modified 2017-02-06 05:42 PM

This is a manual explaining the installation and the basics of the loop-ensemble.