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I'm just going to weigh in that as far as looping goes, digital has nothing
on analog. I've been using two Sony TC-630 analog quarter track machines
since 1982. With the ability to turn off the erase heads, this allows
me to create very deep and layered loops that no digital loop machine can
rival. A friend of mine the great looper Joseph Hammer uses an Ampex half
track unit that he just by hand bypasses the erase head and creates real in
depth layered loops. To me, if one is serious about looping, analog is
still far superior. For live performance, I use two Digitech digital
delays one for short loops (no more than 3.6 seconds) and one for longer loops
(7.6 seconds max). These do allow me the ability to create real time live
loops to play over with myself solo or with an ensemble always completely
improvised and yes this digital aspect is more reliable for performance.
It is just that this digital looping does not quite have the depth and warmth of
analog looping that i use in studio.
Kenny Ryman
(Paperbag, Points of Friction, KeDaVi, Meke Mombo, Greg Segal's 'Night
Circus' etc.)..
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