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Re: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR LOOPER(S)



Hi,
 
I also wish the DL4 had:
 
1. More delay time.
 
2. More looper time (like the Echo Pro.
 
3. A way of going into reverse whilst a loop is playing without, on the first press going into half speed.
 
4. A clip to hold the 9V lead in place.
 
5. A loop fade out option.
 
6. a global tap tempo, so that tapping tempo in one programme means you can change programmes within a piece without havingt to retap tempo in.
 
7. Mechanically quieter footswitches.
 
8. Tap tempo (probably external footswitch) for the looper.
 
Wishes are great aren't they!
Ian.
 
 
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR LOOPER(S)

On my DL4 I wish there was more time available and I wish the switches, both internal and external were more robust. I replaced all switches connected to the board and external metal swtiches on the unit. 

On the RC50 I wish there was a dedicated guitar and instrument OUT instead of only instrument In. And the Mic out was an XLR. They way Roland did it to my mine was not professional.


On Dec 29, 2007, at 4:32 AM, Jeff Duke wrote:

Rick and all,
On the DL-4 I wish that it had more delay time in the regular models at leasts as much as the looper,
in lieu of that I wish it had variable feedback on the looper, I love your 1/4 time switch idea. More sound mangling
options!

On the Boss DD-20 I don't like that it has
1- no expression pedal control
2- no feedback on the looper
3,4- no forward, reverse, half speed, double speed switchs
5- except for some tricks talked about on this list you can't go back and forth between ( i wish all of the presets)
two or more presets, modifying them as you go.
6- I wish that you could stop, start the playback of a loop with the push of a button (no stutters on this one)

That said the two of them together are a blast. Good topic Rick!

Jeff



----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com>
To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:53 AM
Subject: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR LOOPER(S)


I"m being approached continually by newbies and asked
about my recommendations about what to buy when getting
started with live looping.

I have my own personal favorites in different price ranges (and I'm mostly
talking about hardware here,  though do alert people to how many options are
available through cool new software solutions).

One thing I thought might be valuable as a resource is to find out
what people DON'T like about their favorite loopers and what,
in a perfect world,  the loop manufacturers would add to an
existing looping pedal (or software solution).

It's nice to know what the drawbacks are in a pedal when you are trying
figure out if you want to buy it or not.

I'll start off by listing one of my favorites stomp box loopers:
The Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeller/Looping pedal (street price $250):



WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE LINE 6 DL-4:

I love this pedal but wish to hell that it was a true stereo pedal rather than
a sum to mono pedal that purports to be stereo.

Additionally,  I wish it had midi synchronization.

I know that all units that do midi synchronization cost a lot more, so
it makes me wonder.   Does adding midi sync capability truly
add that much to a floor model live looping device?

And one last wish:   I think it would be cool if it had a 1/4 time switch
as well as a 1/4 time switch for the loops (which would allow one to
do things that are 4 times as fast or 4 times as slow depending on
how one started recording (in 1/4 time bandwidth or full time bandwidth)

I know that this would add so many artifacts that the loop would sound
really weird and non-naturalistic:   That's why I wish it had such a feature
which seems not too difficult to program.

Now the Line 6 people have, in the past, been completley uninterested in
adding features for the sake of the looping community.   The live looping
community is just a small fraction of the people who buy this
pedal (mostly for it's digital modellings of all the cool delay units of yesteryear).

Still,  this is what I"d add.

What do you all think about your favorite pedals limitations?


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