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Re: looking for simple live looper not based on tempo....



thanks!

--- Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- Evan Meyers <evanmeyers@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > true, but hitting and holding down a 'hold' button
> > is virtually the same action as pressing a start and
> > a stop.
> 
> Nah, there's a subtle difference between the two. What
> Dylan's talking about with the old-school DDL-based
> looping (like with the DM-2000, the Digitech Time
> Machines, Korg SDD-1000, etc.) is that when the unit
> is doing its thing and you step on the 'hold' switch,
> it will repeat the *last* cycle that hit it, the loop
> length being dependent on whatever the delay setting
> was. As long as the delay is happening, the loop is
> automatically already open, and you're just
> determining the *close* point. With this sort of
> looping, you cannot overdub onto the loop. And you
> don't have to hold the button down; a regular ol'
> momentary-contact switch will trigger it with one tap
> (unless you're using something like a DD-3...).
> 
> The other devices he's looked at (Boomerang, RC-20) as
> well as the Headrush and DL4 require the player to
> determine *both* ends of the loop. (With the exception
> of a loop exceeding 14 seconds on the DL4, which does
> go into overdub at that point.)
> 
> While most of Anastasio's looping was done with a pair
> of Boomerangs, he did indeed use a DM-2000 as well.
> 
> (Excerpt from GP interview with Trey Anastasio 9/94:
> "I also have an Ibanez DM-2000, one of the first
> digital delays they ever made. It's got this bug in
> it. If you have the flange going and you hit the
> infinite hold button, it totally freaks out. It makes
> all these awful sounds. That's all I use it for.")
> 
> -t- 
> 
> 
> 
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