Re: Short review of the Boss RC-20

["cameron street" <c.jas@optusnet.com.au>]

With the ARSY-20, i tried active and passive basses.
I plugged straight into it, then to the amp.
and tried the different levels, of the instrument level
and level, funnily enough.
the hiss was on only the play back of the loop.
the loop lacked top end.
The pre recorded loops, that are on the thing sounded fine.
If i recorded a loopwhere, the notes sarted and stopped,
the hiss stopped in between the notes, so it was only on the
notes. catch me.   I'm mean, this is what i found, it may be
complete different story for some of  guys, this is [just] one
guys opinion.    thank you good night.

----- Original Message -----
From: "hutton" <hutton@pathcom.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Short review of the Boss RC-20


> What Hiss are you referring to?  Please be specific, so I can check it
out.
> What was your source input and output setting?
> I have heard about this Hiss problem in the past, but not first hand.
> If there is anything hissing in my studio I here it right away.
>
> cameron street wrote:
>
> > What did you guy's think of the hiss on the created loop.
> > it realy turned me off the whole thing,
> > I would'nt be supprised if the sample rate was far below
> > the headrush,  and the headrush is great for quick results
> > and has an undo funtion. a great live tool.
> > As with the ARSY-20
> > that thing is $850 in australia, what a waste of money!
> > Obviously every one is very different from one another.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "hutton" <hutton@pathcom.com>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:58 AM
> > Subject: Re: Short review of the Boss RC-20
> >
> > > Glad to hear your  comments and I concur with your point of view.
> > > I purchased mine at the same time as the Repeater. At that time there
was
> > a lot
> > > of issues to address regarding the the Repeater. I did not get into
the
> > RC-20
> > > for for some time. When I got around to it I was delighted.
> > > It is not full featured as some of the more expensive items out 
>there,
but
> > I
> > > love it!
> > > I use it as a studio aid in the Looping and efx section of my studio,
> > usually
> > > feeding it samples from a laptop. The RC-20 allows me to record a
silent
> > loop
> > > of a good period of time and the allows me to work all the Trks in
overdub
> > > mode. It does have a limited functionality, however it's simplicity 
>is
> > great!
> > > At this price you cannot beat it.
> > >
> > > Chris hutton
> > >
> > > Funkay wrote:
> > >
> > > > I paid about $280 (including the power supply which was extra) for
this
> > nice
> > > > shiny new boss pedal. I was hoping for a lower cost boomerang for
> > practicing
> > > > and to use live. My biggest concerns were with how well it would
work
> > with
> > > > other instruments because for the most part it seems to be marketed
as a
> > > > guitar pedal. All my concerns were answered and this thing is
working
> > great
> > > > after about 3 weeks of use. 5 1/2 minutes of sampling time, plus 
>you
can
> > > > save your loops! I consider myself a little spoiled after playing
for a
> > year
> > > > or two with an EDP but I was not at all let down by this pedal. Its
> > great
> > > > for practicing, but live performance is another thing...It only has
two
> > > > pedals onboard, leaving the rest of its features as buttons which
can't
> > be
> > > > pressed with your feet. I bend over quite a bit to mess with 
>things.
The
> > > > other complaint is there is no undo function. Screw up and theres 
>no
> > going
> > > > back. The sound quality is good, but boss seems to be keeping the
sample
> > > > rate a secret.
> > > >
> > > > I really like this pedal. It certainly compares to the boomerang or
the
> > line
> > > > 6 DL4 and in my opinion it outranks both.  Its built very strong 
>and
I
> > would
> > > > trust it to use live. Every once in a while it has a glitch and 
>puts
a
> > short
> > > > delay in between hitting the pedals and stopping the loop, but it
only
> > seems
> > > > to happen within the first few minutes of starting it up. Other 
>than
my
> > few
> > > > complaints, boss has put together a very good product, especially
> > > > considering the price.
> > >
>