Re: Boss RC-20 Problem/ticking sound

[RemyC <remyc@optonline.net>]

I just started fiddling with my new RC-20... no noticeable click when tempo
pot is all the way down... Maybe your pot is a bit worn... spray some
contact shield in it, or change it. I noticed there was no real off switch
for the tempo. Only the pot. I looked for a way to shut the tempo lights 
off
and there doesn't seem to be any. So if the pot for some reason stops
working right, you might still have some signal getting through when it's
turned all the way down.

Also, for those who said they were having a hard time punching in the loop
on time, now that I had a chance to play with it awhile, with no problem,
may I suggest this... Don't try to write a phrase and punch it in... that
indeed proves near impossible to synch. Instead play back "into" the phrase
and punch as you play... works like a charm time/tempo wise...

The other thing, yes, these pedals are like all other BOSS pedals, meaning
you can remove the cover on them and directly access the switch without the
spring resistance getting in the way. So instead of a hard foot bang on the
switch, just give it a light swipe. I'm going to fit rubber knobs I can
hollow out to slip snug on the switch.

The RC-20 is night and day compared to the Electro-Harmonix 16 second delay
I used to have ages ago... writing loop de loops with this thing, punchin 
in
overdubs when your lick is ready, and ending up with near perfect
multi-lines looping is amazin to me... I'm having so much fun... a real
idiot. :)

RC
www.remyc.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: gareth@olympia50.freeserve.co.uk
To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 6:08 PM
Subject: Boss RC-20 Problem

I've noticed something annoying with my Boss RC-20 and i was wondering if
other Loopers had the same problem with their units.

In a nutshell, even though the Guide/Metronome volume is turned down as far
as it will go, an audible 'ticking' can be heard (more prominant when in
Record and Overdub modes, though it can be faintly heard in Playback too),
that is in time with the guide beat when i'm playing back loops.

To my ears, it sounds like the Guide signal is somehow 'bleeding' into my
loops and the ticking is in fact some sort of interferance.  How anyway 
else
come accross this problem before?

Gareth

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