Image: Ethan Hein
Saturday Synth Porn: This is a visual representation of how you hear a looped sample, in this case, one of the most popular drum loops of all time.
Based on a screenshot of the break in Recycle. The big shapes at three and nine o’clock are the snare drum hits on the backbeats. Check out a blog post on the natural history of the Funky Drummer break.
Read clockwise.
via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
That should be overlaid on a record! (Which would obviously play "funky drummer" ad infinitum.)
Wouldn't mind seeing a waveform on the brim of my hat, either.
It's not that infinite. 🙂
I bet if I came back here ten thousand years from now I wouldn't be able to find a shred of that graph anywhere but that damned beat would still be playing in my head while I was looking. Imagine that!
Sorry. I just always wanted to say, "it's not that infinate".
Even a little infinite goes a long way, thought.
SprialSynthModular had a similar representation of audio loops: http://www.pawfal.org/Software/SSM/ . Unfortunately, it's dead, Jim.
Hey, I made this graphic, and I just wanted to thank you guys for posting it and commenting!