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Re: Looping machine...and thanks

Absolutely. 

The RC-50 does have lots of limitations (can't output different "phrases" to different outputs).  But for song based looping it works really well.  It does massively garble the output though if you try to change the tempo mid loop.



On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com> wrote:
Alex Leger said:
"I've got to contradict Rainer on this as I like the Roland/Boss products"

You're not contradicting me at all - the fact that you like them does
not in any way conflict with the fact that I don't :).

Leaving my personal dislikes aside (which are mainly based on the fact
that no RC looper does what I envision from a stompbox looper - the
DD20 is a different beast though, and I really enjoy using it in delay
mode), it's worth mentioning that:
 * the RC20 (or was it the RC20XL) was the first looper to feature
non-volatile loop storage,
 * the RC2 is the looper with the smallest footprint,
 * the RC50 is the only stompbox looper which features multiple tracks

(all of these facts to the best of my knowledge, and the ZVex Lofi
Loop Junky does have a small footprint and features non-volatile loop
storage and it even came before the Bosses, although I'm not sure
about that detail, but then again it's not a "looper" by LD
definition, as it doesn't allow for overdub).

The RC series are targeted at a crowd with a very song-oriented
approach, and for that they seem to work just fine, so they may work
for time just the same they work for you (and lots of other people).

          Rainer




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