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I think your best bet for the least expensive looper that will sync to (or send sync to as it seems you're looking for) is the Lexicon JamMan used. Don't even think about being able to dial in a bpm and expect them to stay in sync. No 2 clocks are perfect and you will drift after a short while. Other than midi sync (which few loopers have) the only other way is to find a unit that allows you to do a loop restart and just manually restart the loop when you hear it start to drift. I know people have had luck with that, but sounds like something I'd not want to have to think about on stage.... or ever. The Lexicon JamMan does a pretty good job of following (or being the master). Don't expect to change the tempo at all though. As far as I know the only unit that does that is the Electrix Repeater and that's up in the $600 used area. I think the JamMan is around $300 to $350 used. The Echoplex Digital Pro is pretty much the king of currently produced hardware loopers, but expect to pay about $800 for one new and not much less used. Also, it's mono but has a ton of features. 2 can operate together to work as a single stereo unit. On the high end is the Looperlative. Chock full o' features and getting more every day due to it's developer. $1500 out the door gives you a pretty damn good looper. I had one until I realized that for $1500 I could get a kickass laptop and audio interface and run Mobius... which is what I did. If you're not into using a laptop this is the unit I'd probably still own. I'm not sure if i understand what the "push-play-push" style of live looping is. --- Tucker Tota <fuckerfota@tuckertota.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I use a Boss RC-20 for live looping and it works > great. I would like to > incorporate a drum machine into my shows. I've tried > pre-recording drum > loops, but I want to be able to manipulate the drum > machine separately. > > I know that there are loopers with MIDI out > there(RC50, EHX 2880), and > this would help a lot...but they are also the most > expensive ones and > have features I do not need. > > The 16 Second Delay is no good, because you have to > pre-set the tempo, > and I like the Push-Play-Push style of live looping. > > I was even hoping there would be something with a > BPM setting that I > can use to match the tempo of the drum machine. > > I don't need multiple tracks or phrases. Just > something simple like the > RC20, JamMan, or Bomerang. > > I have not found anything after a lot of searching. > > If anyone knows of any product, even vintage or > discontinued, please > let me know. > > Also, if anyone has used the RC20 with a drum > machine, I would like to > know what strategies you used to help them sync up. > > Thanks, > > Javier Puga > > www.TuckerTota.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com