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Re: Loop Station, DD-20 or Line6 DL4?



I say get the DD-20 as it's the only one of those
devices that does stereo looping (I loop a lot of
keyboards and my guitars all run through stereo
effects) AND gives you the ability to control the
amound of feedback.  This is key for long morphing
loops.

Mark


--- RobotFan@aol.com wrote:
> First a little about what I want to do. 
>  
> I'm a keyboard player and for the past few months
> I've decided that I could  
> benefit from real time looping in live performance. 
>  
> I have always been able to make interesting solo
> music without sequencing  or 
> looping in the past. However, I think that I would
> like to add another  
> dimension. What I wish to do is lay down basslines
> and rhythmic chord  progressions 
> and solo over them.
>  
> That's pretty much what you all do, right? You just
> primarily use guitars  to 
> do it. 
>  
> Anyway, to get my feet wet, I'm looking for an entry
> level device that I  can 
> control with my feet. I think that I've narrowed it
> down to these three  
> units:
>  
> Boss Loop Station RC-20 or RC-20XL
> Boss DD-20
> Line6 DL4.
>  
> I had considered the Headrush but discounted it as
> just not enough for what  
> I want to get done. 
>  
> Having stereo capability would be a great help and
> in that respect the  DD-20 
> is in the running. 
>  
> The sheer length offered by the Loop Stations
> intrigues me, however, I  don't 
> know if I even need such long looping capabilities
> yet. 
>  
> The price of all these pedals is within my budget
> (if only just). 
>  
> Even though I can find a lot of information
> concerning the Loop Station and  
> the DL4 (even video demos) there's really not a
> whole lot of online info where 
>  the DD-20 is concerned. At least not when used
> exclusively for looping. 
>  
> I've searched the archives here on Looper's Delight
> and found only sparse  
> references to the DD-20, so I decided to get
> proactive and make this post. 
>  
> Thanks in advance for all the help I'm sure that
> I'll get. 
>  
> Carl
>