From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Wed, Jan 6th 1999, 15:23
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Wed, Jan 6th 1999, 15:23
Irene McC wrote: > <snip> And the POINT of lock grooves is .... ? I imagine it is useful > for > mixing - is that the only purpose they serve? > > I > * Irene: re: lock grooves: because not that many do the lock groove thing with their records, it does have a certain "coolness" factor to it ;) but essentially, yes, it's a DJ tool. if you have a bit of music that you want to repeat over and over, why not just do a loop of it instead of having it play for 6 minutes or whatever. when ron at NSC showed jeff mills that a loop could be done, jeff said "wow, look at the possibilities" and now loops are often used not only for the music they loop up, but also for making a record more interesting flow and appearance wise. some labels have done records with only loops (serotonin and others) canada's legion of green men have done many many loops on there records. Andrew