Re: Noisy 'Rang? (off "help finding pedals")

[improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel)]

At 1:43 PM 1/2/99, Tim Walker wrote:
>Hi y'all,
>
>In one reply in the "help finding pedals" thread, I noticed the comment
>from PJ that the Boomerang Phrase Sampler is too noisy. Personally,
>I've never really noticed much background noise from my 'Rang, which
>I've owned since April '98 - indeed, I'm usually more worried about the
>noise from my Zoom 4040 multi-FX!
>
I also don't think the that 'Rang is particularly noisy if you set up the
gain structure correctly, which does take a bit of tweaking. When I added
the Rang to the mess of pedals I run my bass through live, I didn't notice
it adding any noise, though I admit to being considerably less than an
audiophile concerning my live sound.

The Rang does affect the sound, though. I notice my bass loses both some
highs and lows when looped, and generally sounds a bit thinner. (the direct
signal sounds fine). This is probably due to the Rang's low sampling
frequency (8k? 11K? don't remember and, frankly, don't care that much). I
personally like this effect, it tends to make the loops more distinct from
my real-time playing, and generally makes the loops compete less with the
unlooped bass. If I need higher-fidelity looping, I use my JamMan.


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