boom er ranger

["anti:clockwise" <anticlockwise@tensionheadache.org>]

loopists

obBoomerang:

love mine, it's the whole show. well... i do play a headrush in the 
backfield, but the boomerang (2nd gen) takes the front line all the way. 
in 
a live-performance context, it's the disney magic at my shows.

however - while working on my current record we discovered that it's 
firmly 
on the noisy side. especially when it's not "doing anything" at the 
moment, 
it cranks out a bit more than its fair share of hiss. so we've been 
reconfig'g my setup for each overdub using ONLY what's engaged for each 
one 
& that means pulling the boomerang out of the chain for many o/d's.

on the other hand - since my live setup involves running a ton of 
stompboxes into boomerang & then out to a dual showman, the hiss from the 
boomerang is all part of the general melee and not a problem. it's just in 
the closer scrutiny of the recording context that we discovered that 
several tracks of stacked up boomerang layers had the sibilance factor 
getting out of hand. striking the boomerang from the setup on the tracks 
where it wasn't being used more than made room for the bit of hiss it 
issues on the tracks it appears on, and its charms more than outweigh the 
curses on those.

my $.02
a:c