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--- Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org> wrote: > The DL-4 manual says it has a battery life of 30 > hours. I think this is > pretty accurate based on my earlier experiences. I couldn't find any C's, so I went with the RC-20. Plusses: it's smaller, longer loop time Minuses: no half speed, no on-board delay, ugly color And even with the best intentions of staying as small/simple as possible, after a short trial run, I added a volume pedal to the (micro)rig. Also, as I feared, the little plastic speaker on the Smokey sounded like crap with the acoustic, so I had to use the Pignose. (The Smokey actually sounds good driving a 4x12 cabinet, but that sort of defeats the purpose...) I think I'm gonna do it again today with the DL4. HOWEVER... The thing that complicates it is that Portsmouth has an ordinance which forbids amplified busking. I know a guy who used to drag his entire drum kit out there on the sidewalk and he was within the law. Technically, a screeching set of highland bagpipes or a grand piano would be OK, but using a 1 watt amp to play loops at a volume matching the unamplified acoustic guitar is a no-no. I know the purpose of the law is to keep the noise down, but it's frustrating... So, if I go across the bridge to Portsmouth, I need to stay discreet re: the amp, and the Pignose, while only the size of a shoebox, was making me a little paranoid, even though it was semi-concealed in a little backpack. Plus, the skeeters had come out by then, so I didn't stay long! > I don't use it with > batteries anymore, because I have a tendency to > forget to unplug it :). That won't be a problem; I'm not planning on leaving it in Market Square! :-) (A couple of my electric guitars have jack-switched active electronics, and when looping at home, forgetting to unplug *can* be a problem!) -t- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com