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>From: "Clifford@BienAppraisers" <bienappraisers@mindspring.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: "Loopers Delight" <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> >Subject: Liebig show/ Wonder Spray >Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 10:10:23 -0800 > > >On a side and more loop-oriented note- I have had a switching problem >with >my Jam Man for ages- pressing the pedal produced 2 super quick presses so >tap tempos were a nightmare to set- I thought it was a problem with the >unit itself- I bought some Caig Labs Pro Gold spray and hit basically >everything in my studio including the innards of the original Lexicon >footswitch- problem solved! I love that- > just a little note on some past threads (or perhaps the start of some new ones!): RE: those pesky Lexicon footswitches....the footswitches Lexicon shipped with 'ol JamPup are just maybe the worst footswitches made, if only from a ergonomic view. But, we all still use 'em, huh? Flimsy little plastic switches that are strategically placed so that any foot larger than a 10 year olds will double trigger. I have found that the Boss FS5U work great with the JamBoy. You have to get two of them and then hook up some sort of Y adapter to use with JamDude's stereo footswitch jack. But since I started using them, the precision of tapping into and out of loops has greatly increased. Another pair can then be used to select bank/bypass....or just use that pesky Lexi FS. And...since I'm ranting about JamPerson.....the MIDI on this unit is, let's say...slow. I stopped using a MIDI pedal to select/tap loops, as I did "sense" (perhaps not notice...but sense) a latency there. My loops are tighter now with the non-midi footswitches. I do sometimes use the MIDI pedal (I use a Rolls MIDI-Buddy...cheap but efficient) to use the cue function on tunes with multiple loops. and, Manual fade, with a volume pedal, works better than the MIDI fade function, IMHO. But, really, I love my JamPuppy, and would not replace it for the world. Which brings me to the next topic: It ain't the tools..... JamMan, EDP, Repeater, the new Boss unit, DL4, Headrush, Boomerrang, and that Z-Vex low fi looper....these are all just tools. Each one is slightly different from another in functions, bells, and whistles. It's not really fair to say one is better than the other...especially when offering that advice to "newbie" loopers. How creative you are with the tools you use is what matters. The music which you channel thru these tools is the point. Damn, I'd love to hear what the SplatterDevil might come up with an 8bit, mono, 3 sec. sampler/looper! It ain't the gear.....it's who's using it. Yes, I use the JamMan....and love it. I have found ways to work with and around its limitations. It was my first looper, and I learned many tips and tricks by screwing around with it (and by reading stuff here at LD). I am comfortable with it, and can work it...I can "play" it. I just recently added a DL4 to my rig. And I like that very much too. Maybe because of its limitations. It is different from JamBoy..and I "play" it differently. Just as I play my different basses differently. It is just another instrument with another texture for me to use to my creative best. Now I am learning to use them together.....and as we all know, the DL4 has no syncing capabilities. So how they work together is solely up to how I can make them work together. In short..it ain't the gear, it's the geek behind the gear. What you can do with looping is not limited by the technology, but only by your imagination. BTW: yes...I would love to get a Repeater, an EDP, a 'rang, and an 8bit, mono 3 sec sampler/looper. But in the meantime I am going to make the best music I can with my JamDog and DL4....and aligator clips, chinese metal balls, chopsticks, and tin foil! loopityloopityloop Max _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com