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>Here's a technique I use with the JamMan to get a more flexible, >improvisational feel from it. When I first got it, I tended to use it to >start a loop, then punch in more layers. But what I found was that >things just got bigger and louder and bigger and louder. It had a very >one-way dynamic. Now, rather than using the looping functions, I usually >prefer to just use its delay function. There are 16 delay feedback >levels, controlled by the knob on the front. Turn the feedback up high >and start looping. At 16, you effectively have infinite repeat. As >things build, you can turn the feedback down and let a loop fade, then >turn it back up and add more to the loop while the older material floats >in the background. This makes for a much more dynamic and rewarding >looping improv, I think. Control over feedback is one of the most fundamental loop techniques. Without it your loops just develop to a certain point, abruptly disappear, and a new loop begins developing. You don't have any continuity, so your loops can't grow and evolve into something else. With the echoplex we give 3 ways to do this; the knob on the front, a jack on the back for a foot pedal, and midi continuous control. Being a guitarist, I use the footpedal method. I couldn't live without it, I vary the feedback constantly to let things disappear at different rates or stay around for a while. I didn't realize the Jamman only gave 16 different levels. That seems sort of limiting to me, but even so I think it can open up a lot of doors for you if you haven't been using it much. Try it out, it definitely opens up the possibilities for loop improvs. >Second, I'm primarily an acoustic guitarist, not electric. I don't play >electric much and I'm not really comfortable on it. Hopefully, I'll be >getting a new acoustic with a pickup soon, and I'll see how that works as >a tone source. I rather like the idea of sending the warm, woody sound >of an acoustic guitar through my effects and seeing what comes out! > One thing that really surprised me with the echoplex is that a very significant number of users are solo acoustic guitarists. I had no idea that that particular use would be so popular. A lot of people have been composing fingerstyle pieces around their echoplexes! So by all means, get that guitar! kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com