Loop Station

Lethe

Hi, I'm looking to buy a loop station. I've looked at the line 6 DL4 and the boss rc 20.
I don't really know much about them nor will i have time to test them since im going to the states
and wish to buy it there. What do you guys suggest? Are there any other good pedals out there?
It will be used for live purposes mainly, so its gotta be controllable under live circumstances
and needs a decent amout of recording time.

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Lethe wrote
It will be used for live purposes mainly, so its gotta be controllable under live circumstances

Something you have to tell us, Lethe? That's good news!

Keira-WitherKay

a student of mine bought a boss loop pedal.......... and got "conned" into buying new from a store an older model ........ and was not told for only a few hundred more a newer version was available that offered features that vastly improve the unit ........... so check out whats the latest development before thinking boss loop pedals are all the same.......... just a heads up

and yeah i seen some cool things done on a looper ....

matta

Get a Digitech Jamman, as I an active 'looper' I've tried them all and own a Boss RC20 (pre the current XL version) myself, because it is all that was available at an affordable price when I bought it in 2000. The Jamman is not much more and is a VASTLY better pedal. The DL4 is great if you want a delay as well, but you can only use the looper or the delay, not both, and you can't save loops and only a few seconds of loop time.

Cheers

Matt

AlanRatcliffe

matta wrote Get a Digitech Jamman

+1.

guitarboy2828

Really Matta, what makes the digitech a better pedal? I've always stayed away from their stuff, didn't seem to have the same quality as boss.. Would love to hear as I've been wanting a looper for a long time.

matta

guitarboy2828 wrote Really Matta, what makes the digitech a better pedal? I've always stayed away from their stuff, didn't seem to have the same quality as boss.. Would love to hear as I've been wanting a looper for a long time.

Firstly it uses a Smart Media card so you can scale up/down the available recording time, up to HOURS of time, not minutes (16 minutes on the Boss). The Jamman also has 99 preset banks to store/save loops, the Boss has 11, technically only 10 as the 11th is for a one shot loop only. The Jamman also has USB so if you record a loop you dig you can drag it to your computer for safe keeping, or likewise maybe you start with a cool loop on a computer, you can dump is over USB to the Digitech. The new Jamman Stereo also has BANK UP/DOWN switches, the Boss needs an additional footswitch to switch, and it well, stereo, vs the Boss, which is mono.

Those are the key difference to me.

Cheers

Matt

Lethe

ah, thank you hombromes! your wisdom is always welcome in the empty halls of my mind.

Stratisfear wrote
Lethe wrote
It will be used for live purposes mainly, so its gotta be controllable under live circumstances

Something you have to tell us, Lethe? That's good news!

nothing serious ☹ yet... but hopefully soon. ?
thread hijack. whats happening with your band?

Fingerpicker

I use a JamMan, not live but to jam with at home and to upload into Cubase. Bullet-proof. One of those purchases when you know you've bought the right thing.

guitarboy2828

Wow, that's great. I godda get me one. I really didn't realize the digitech was so much better. ?

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Lethe wrote thread hijack. whats happening with your band?

The band you're referring to has been quiet, guy - since the bass player (the one you met) moved back to Madagascar we've been casting around for a replacement, but at the same time our singer's currently directing one theatre show and acting in another...and I'm busy with a lot of other musical stuff. We're auditioning some bass players, but it's slow going, which is really annoying me. I hate the stagnation. Onwards and upwards!

Ray

guitarboy2828 wrote Wow, that's great. I godda get me one. I really didn't realize the digitech was so much better. ?

Couple of weeks back someone was selling one of thes Digitech Jamman things and you had some dialogue with him. Ask him if he's still got it. Chap called Gigzy in the classifieds.

clinton

Alan Ratcliffe wrote
matta wrote Get a Digitech Jamman
+1.

Ray

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