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If I read you correctly, the Gibson EDP does what you want and tons more! I upgraded from a Boomerang plus which does have the decay but you pick it ahead of time (i.e. 20 reps, 10, 1 or infinite I beleive) my 2 cents... Plish www.myspace.com/michaelplishka www.myspace.com/bohdanovich www.michaelplishka.com > The only things that I know of that will do what you > describe are delay pedals. I think the Giga delay > would be your best bet, but I'd also read somewhere > that this one artist(I can't remebmer his name) uses > Eventide rack mount processors set up with an > algorhythm that was set with a 95% feedback so that > his loops would decay over time. That sounds more like > what you want, but that stuff is way expensive. Other > than that, sounds like all you need is a digital delay > unit with copious anmounts of time and to be able to > set the feedback setting as needed to make the loops > decay over time. > --- radio radio <radiotelevision@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I want to buy a pedal and get into looping but am >> having trouble >> figuring out which one will best meet my needs (and >> budget). I've >> learned a LOT from this web site, but still can't >> quite figure out >> everything and would really benefit from a human >> (albeit >> computer-mediated) interaction. Thanks in advance >> for taking the time >> to read this and respond - I hope that I will be >> able to "give back" >> some day when I know something worth while. Until >> then, I guess I >> should donate to this site if I get any responses. >> >> From what I've read and thought about, it looks like >> what will be the >> most important distinction for me is that the loops >> will be able to >> decay. In other words, you can lay down a loop, lay >> down another one >> on top, and then another, and so on, and eventually >> the first one dies >> out, then the second one, and so on. I imagine this >> working like a >> delay pedal in which you can set the decay (or is >> that called >> feedback?). So you could "morph" over time into new >> things, without >> being stuck with your original loops, and without >> having to open a new >> loop and start from scratch with only one new track >> each time you >> wanted to change it up. >> >> The three pedals I've looked into are: >> >> BOSS RC20xl, Digitech Jamman, and BOSS DD-20 giga >> delay >> >> I thought the BOSS was it, but now I'm thinking that >> it doesn't allow >> this thing that I described. I can't tell if you can >> do this with the >> Jamman or not - does anyone know? You could do this >> with the DD-20, >> but I can't tell if you'd be able to set a >> loop/delay time up with >> your foot or not (versus having to set it to a >> certain number of >> seconds and then hope you can keep your riff to that >> length) or if >> there would be other difficulties that I'm not aware >> of if you're >> using this as a looping pedal when it's built to be >> a delay. >> >> Should I be considering a different pedal? I don't >> really need a delay >> pedal - I want a loop pedal that decays. I don't >> really need to be >> able to save my loops - I just want to be able to >> set them up on the >> fly. I don't need to be able to save them on my >> computer. I don't need >> to be able to plug in a separate mic or instrument >> in addition to the >> guitar, although that would be a definite bonus for >> me. I don't need a >> long amount of time - I'm guessing 23 seconds is >> plenty. I don't know >> if I need the ability to set up separate loops or >> not - I certainly >> wouldn't mind, but I don't know enough about using a >> looper yet to >> know about that. Also, how important is >> 'auto-quanitze'? Lastly, I >> don't have a lot of money to spend, so the echoplex >> is right out. The >> boomerang is also too expensive, and anyway I'm >> affraid of the noise >> issues that people have written about with that one. >> I haven't really >> learned about any other pedals out there. >> >> Thanks again! >> Eben >> >> > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail > >