Re: What are the looper features that manufacturers are stupid to leave out?

[Rainer Straschill <moinsound@googlemail.com>]

Jeff Duke schrieb:
> Why are all loopers that have a reverse/half speed capability "phrase 
> samplers"? Why can't a delay pedal have these features?
This really depends on your definition of "phrase samplers". The EDP 
which, due to its concept of "primary feedback", is (to me) the closest 
to a delay of all proper loopers, has reverse (although if I remember 
correctly only got it in a later SW version?).

Depending on the way a delay is built technically, doing reverse is more 
or less tricky.
Furthermore, most delay effects are not used as loopers, so reverse 
algorithms typically taylor to the "realtime reverse guitar solo" 
application, such as in e.g. the TC D2, Line6 DL4, SMM w/Hazari, Sony 
GR-MP5 or whatever. They always have some kind of "intelligence" which 
tells them when to kick into reverse, which can produce rather 
unpredictable results, which, depending on what you're after, can be fun 
- try it running two different reverse delays in parallel and see what 
happens.

Btw, there's a fun thing in the SMM w/Hazari, which is the 1sec+Rev 
Multitap mode, where in addition to a 1sec multitap delay, you get the 
possibility to play back the last 6 seconds in reverse by pressing a button.

         Rainer

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