Re: Is it possible to upgrade memory in the BOSS RC-20?

[kalimbaman7@yahoo.com]

Although I read L.D. on a daily basis its rare that I chime in on any 
given subject. However as a full-time musician I've personally used the 
RC-20 and the RC-20xl extensively for the past 4-5 yrs and agree and know 
as Bob stated that you are'nt able to upgrade the memory on either of 
these pedals.   The RC-20 has 5.5 mins of record capability where the 
RC-20xl has 16 mins of record capability. If you are wanting to have the 
ability to expand memory and you want to stay under say the $350 retail 
price point, one of the best buys on the market is the Digitech JamMan 
loop station. I say this although I have 2 close friends who work for 
Boss/Roland (shhhh). The JamMan uses a compact flash card which you can 
expand to 6.5 hrs of loops (mono) if you purchase a 2 gig card. When I 
purchased mine it came with a flash card included that gives you 24 mins 
of loop-time(mono). In addition the JamMan gives you 99 locations to store 
phrases, which actually becomes very useful  if you start creating musical 
ideas and want to store them immediately, (if your memory is short like 
mine). The JamMan also has rock-solid timing once you close the loop and 
begin playing to or overdubbing the loop,  which is a must for my style of 
playing. It does not have reverse playback or ability to fade the loop out 
to stop whereas the RC-20 does if you are into that. You might seriously 
consider the RC-50 for multiple loop capability although it doesn't 
compare to the high-end loopers many of my fellow loopers use on this 
site........"KalimbaMan"
------Original Message------
From: Bob Amstadt
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
ReplyTo: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Sent: Oct 13, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: Re: Is it possible to upgrade memory in the BOSS RC-20?

I don't specifically have any knowledge of Boss' design, but it isn't 
always possible for companies to design a product with that type of 
expandibility.  I really don't think that they tried to make it 
difficult.  I'm sure that the XL is simply a redesign that uses a 
different set of components.  It is unlikely that you can simply replace a 
component in the RC-20 and get it to use more memory.  It is highly 
probable that the software only expects a certain amount of memory. 
----- Original Message ----- 
Why does BOSS have to make it so difficult? :(


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