Re: Boss RC-20XL feature check

[Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com>]

I didn't mean stereo floor looping devices <wipes tears of mirth from
eyes>--I meant five floor effects boxes of any kind in the last forty
years.  Much rack gear isn't actually true stereo either.  I think the
only true stereo hardware looping device was the Repeater.

Stereo is not a pressing need for most performing musicians, looping
musicians are a small subset of all musicians, and many or most of
them are satisfied with adding stereoizing effects after the looper,
or just playing in mono.  For me, the hassle of stereo (cost, setup
time, tight space at venues) isn't worth it so I can hear stereo when
I play, and the audience probably doesn't care and aren't going to
make sure they're sitting in the sweet spot regardless.  I have stereo
outs on my rack that I provide venues that have a house PA, but in a
theater sized venue the difference between true stereo and dual mono
is really slight.


On 10/4/05, Kris Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
> It surprises me that there are not more people insisting on true stereo
> looping devices. I mean, I'm suspecting that  many people on this list
> have stereo effect processors, producing lush stereo chorus, reverb,
> delays, panning, etc...yet they are capturing this output with a mono
> looper and destroying the stereo imaging? It's like putting a color DVD
> into a black and white only DVD player.
>
> Which floor looping devices are true stereo? (Fewer than 5 I take it
> from Travis' response).
>