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To me, it sounds like your need of the quantizing feature is more important that the ability to store and save loops, to which I'd say get the rc20xl. --- Brent Santin <woodenflutes@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hi! > > I plan to loop live (flutes, keyboards, vocal > sounds), > i.e. on stage. > > I've been playing with a very basic looping pedal, > and > am really enjoying the results (it's a cheap ZOOM > pedal which is basically is an endless digital > delay). > I regularly set it for about a 2 second delay > (although it can go up to 6 seconds), then record a > short sound like a click and listen to the click > repeat so that I can get a feel for the timing. I > then layer sounds & beats on top of this. > > If find that if I use anything longer than a 2 > second > digital delay, it's too long between my reference > clicks to feel the beat, so I keep the delay time > short. > > The problem with this short time is that while it's > good for building rhythms, there's not enough time > to > put down a good bass line or even more than one > chord. > > So, I've been considering a looping pedal with a > built > in click track/metronome so I can reliably keep my > timing over loops that might be up to four or eight > bars of 4/4 in length. > > I need some help in deciding between the Digi-tech > Jam-Man or the BOSS RC-20XL. Those are the two > looping pedals in my price range with a built in > click-track. > > Right off the bat, the Digitech seems to have better > features for the money (especially the flash memory > & > USB connections, XLR mic connector). > > But it is missing one feature that the BOSS has: the > QUANTIZE function. I assume that when I press the > STOP RECORDING pedal, this function clips or edits > the > end of the sample to match the nearest beat of the > click-track, thereby keeping the sample in sync with > the click-track. i.e. If I recorded a a one bar 4/4 > sample that, but was slightly late in hitting the > STOP > pedal, QUANTIZE would chop the extra few > milliseconds > off the sample so that it would end properly on the > "4" beat. > > How important is this feature? It seems important > to > me (just from reading). > > The Digitech Jam-Man does not offer this function. > So > does that mean if I do not hit the STOP RECORDING > pedal at the exact end-beat the click-track > provides, > my loops will eventually drift away from the > metronome > timing? > > This is my main concern. I need my loops (I guess > the > foundation loop, anyway) to be dead on with the > internal click track of the pedal. If I need the > QUANTIZE function for this, I guess I will have to > go > with the BOSS, even though it offers fewer features. > > Thanks in advance for your advice! > > > Be smarter than spam. See how smart SpamGuard > is at giving junk email the boot with the All-new > Yahoo! Mail at > http://mrd.mail.yahoo.com/try_beta?.intl=ca > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com