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I use the mighty Boss RC-20, so I'll try answering this, though
I think the answers will be true for other loop devices as
well.
The way the RC-20 works is you hit the Record/Overdub pedal,
and it records whatever signal(music) is going in. It keeps on
recording until you hit the Rec/ODub pedal again. Then it
immediately repeats what was recorded, over and over,
indefinitely. There is no decay, and no provision for a pause
between repetitions. If you want a specific number of
repetitions of your loop, you'll have to count them as you
perform.
In order to add a silent delay between the sounds, you would
need to record it into the loop. Eg. hit the Rec/ODub pedal,
record sounds, either stop making any sound or mute the signal
for the desired 'delay', then hit the Rec/ODub pedal again.
Once you have recorded sound/silence in a track, the Rec/ODub
pedal will layer new sounds on top of the first. All of this
together is your loop, and the RC-20 can play only one loop
at a time. It does have the capability to store 11 loops, but
they must be played independently. If you are starting from
scratch in a live performance, the multiple loops won't do
you any good, though you might consider a low level pre-
recorded drone, such as an organ chord, as background.
The 5.5 min recording time is available to a single loop.
Yours in rhythm,
Steve
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Date:
Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:27:08 -0700
From:
"W. L. Altman" <waltman@mta.ca>
To:
Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject:
naiive asks about Boss RC-20
You folks seem pretty high-end, so I'm going to sound pretty
dopey.
But I want desperately to find an effect that will give me a
very
long delay with a long ( adjustable) decay time.
With my dream tool I could:
- Set a long delay time (10 seconds for the piece I'm working
out
now, but in the future the longer the better).
- set the number of repeats of each layer - the idea being that
material will pass in and out of the texture for a
pre-determined
duration.
- set the decay rate or curve. So (for example) I could have
my
analog signal continually overdubbing, repeating every 10
seconds,
repeating 10 times and I could set the loops to either keep a
consistent volume through the 10 reps and then drop out,
leaving
later material still repeating - OR i could set a certain
decay
curve so that the earlier material fades to zero while new
material
is always predominant.
Oh and this is all real-time. No bringing saved loops to the
gig.
Anyway, I've played with a Jamman with extra 32" memory and
although
it doesn't have all the features I am keeping my eye out for
one.
The features of the BOSS RC-20 seem interesting at the price to
me.
Fiddling with dials during performance is not necesarilly a
problem
since this is for a vocalist seated in front of the toys.
So for those with experience with the RC-20: Can I loop
indefinate #
of loops up to the 5:30 limit? If it plays only ten loops,
are
these played real-time, simultaneously, and can I record the
10th
loop while the previous 9 are playing? Do any of these
questions
make sense?
For the piece I'm working on, I could make ten reps work since
i have
other effects going on. Tempo, quantizing, etc are of not a
concern.
I will not use this as a practicing tool. Also I imagine that
with a
looper as opposed to an echo-style delay unit, I won't get ANY
decay,
but for me that's better than having a decay that I can't
finely
adjust.
OK. So if anyone has advice on the BOSS, or wants to suggest a
similarly (or lower - ) priced alternative for my proposed
purposes,
I'd be greatly grateful!
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