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I actually think alot of guitarists in particular don't even like longer delays. One reason for this might be a fear factor at the idea of having what one plays repeated back at them instantaneously in a large enough part so that it now becomes like listening to one's self from a tape or recording device rather than just playing. This could be fear of making a mistake which then gets repeated back to them, or the idea of tape shyness, which tends, however to go away, with more experience. Another possible point of contention might be that the guitarist might feel they need to wait for the delayed loop to finish before playing again, since they may be used to simply playing a single line in a steady stream. -and may feel that adding more sound might be somewhat confusing or hard to follow. -just my thoughts... Smiles, CQ At 01:48 AM 8/22/02 +0200, you wrote: >>Matthias writes, re Santanas bassist: >> >>"I just dont understand why thousands of musicians that see this work >>dont walk into a shop next day to ask for the machine he used... >>-- >> >>I'll be damned if I know. And what's more, I have no idea why Carlos > >>hasn't warmed to the idea. We showed him the EDP, the Repeater and the > >>RC20. Nothing clicked. >> >>Neal Schon is a loop junkie, but most of the hot guitarists I know just >>don't get it. > >Oh, Rik >I heard a lot about you, the one that demoes looping a lot and with >competence, right? I wanted to meet you because you probably know >better than anybody else, why people dont go for it! > >I can easily imagine that someone like Carlos that already made his >way and stile dont feel inclined to learn a new way of playing. >I also imagine that a bigger part of the musicians are not interested >because they >- dont want gear >- have no money >- only play scores >- dont want to follow the speed of a machine >- play piano... (what other instruments are not so interesting to loop?) >But I imagine that for at least 10% of the 1st worlds musicians none >of this applies. >And a resonable part of those must have heard some musician looping >nicely, at the Santana show for example. Hundreds of thousands of >potential loopers. >How many of those make the effort to have a closer look at the thing? >What do they say when they turn away although they understood your demo? >How many buy one, once they understood? >How many are unable to do it and give up? > >We are a lot more than 100 monkies doing it for decades... ;-) > >I just dont understand what is so strange about it, since it seems >rather easy to make a sound through looping that is pleasant if not >phantastic for any listener, no? > >I would love to listen to your experience with the "average" musician! > >Thank you >Matthias >-- > > > ---> http://Matthias.Grob.org > > --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe