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FYI I seem to recall reading that the Johnson amps have a built in Digitech 2112. What Mr. Belew describes is just scratching the surface. ALSO The news at Harmony Central says that T.C. Electronics is coming out with a new delay box. No price was given. The brief description reminded me of the Korg DL-8000. Good day all! John --- Future Perfect <artmusic@gte.net> wrote: > This is a section cut & pasted from recent Adrian > Belew interview at > http://www.virtualguitarmagazine.com/ > (actually, the whole interview is packed with gear > stuff) > > Ok, here it is...the questions are obviously the > interviewer's... > > ***** > And you call your loops Belewps? > > Well, they are different. That's a funny little > name we just jokingly have > for them. It's sort of like Frippertronics or > something. You know, I think > it's funny. The difference with Belewps is that you > can make chord changes > and you can change the loop as you go. With any > other loop that I know, > they're not interactive, they're static. You start > the loop and it stays > that way. The real huge discovery for me with this > looping thing that I'm > doing is that I can cause it to change. > > How, exactly, are you using the Johnson [amp] to do > this? > > Inside the Johnson amp I'm using one delay that's > two seconds long. You > have to change the length of the delay for the tempo > that you want. The > tempo I like a lot ends up being 1.84 instead of two > full seconds. Then I > have one of the parameter pedals (expression pedals) > set so that when I put > it down, it puts the last thing that I played into a > hold pattern and flips > it to the outside speakers. So the guitar is coming > from the middle – what > I'm actually playing – and the loop is coming from > the outside. You have to > turn the volume of the effect up, you have to put it > into the hold pattern, > but it's all linked to this one expression pedal. > So with one foot > movement, boom, you've got a loop.******* > Interesting stuff.. > Dave Eichenberger- guitars.loops.devices > http://home1.gte.net/artmusic/dave > > 'Future Perfect' - art music > http://home1.gte.net/artmusic/ > > ===== John Tidwell __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com