DL4 question?

[Steve Lawson <steve@steve-lawson.co.uk>]

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My question is about the Line 6 DL4.  From what I get out of
the manual, it appears that the only way to enter overdub mode
is from record mode.  Therefore it seems like it is impossible
to do the following: 1) record a loop, 2) play along with it
to try different ideas, and 3) once you've developed a good
overdub part to then overdub it with the current loop.  This
seems like a serious shortcoming to me.  Am I correct?<<<

what you've describe is quite possible on the DL4, it's a basic function of
it - hit record with button 1 (from the left), come out of the loop with
button 2 (stop recording start looping) play over it, go back into record
over the loop with button 1, out again with button 1 etc...

no problem there, the DL4 is a remarkably versatile box - ignore the manual
and just mess with it, and see what you can come up with. As a bit of a
commercial plug (from me? never!) my latest album, with pianist Jez Carr is
a set of real time free improvisations, on which I'm only using the DL4 -
all the delays/strange noises/squeaks 'n' squawks/good ole fashioned 
looping
stuff is from the DL4, in real time...

cheers

Steve 
www.steve-lawson.co.uk
www.pillowmountainrecords.co.uk