Re: Short review of the Boss RC-20

["cameron street" <c.jas@optusnet.com.au>]

What did you guy's think of the hiss on the created loop.
it realy turned me off the whole thing,
I would'nt be supprised if the sample rate was far below
the headrush,  and the headrush is great for quick results
and has an undo funtion. a great live tool.
As with the ARSY-20
that thing is $850 in australia, what a waste of money!
Obviously every one is very different from one another.

----- Original Message -----
From: "hutton" <hutton@pathcom.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 2:58 AM
Subject: Re: Short review of the Boss RC-20


> Glad to hear your  comments and I concur with your point of view.
> I purchased mine at the same time as the Repeater. At that time there was
a lot
> of issues to address regarding the the Repeater. I did not get into the
RC-20
> for for some time. When I got around to it I was delighted.
> It is not full featured as some of the more expensive items out there, 
>but
I
> love it!
> I use it as a studio aid in the Looping and efx section of my studio,
usually
> feeding it samples from a laptop. The RC-20 allows me to record a silent
loop
> of a good period of time and the allows me to work all the Trks in 
>overdub
> mode. It does have a limited functionality, however it's simplicity is
great!
> At this price you cannot beat it.
>
> Chris hutton
>
> Funkay wrote:
>
> > I paid about $280 (including the power supply which was extra) for this
nice
> > shiny new boss pedal. I was hoping for a lower cost boomerang for
practicing
> > and to use live. My biggest concerns were with how well it would work
with
> > other instruments because for the most part it seems to be marketed as 
>a
> > guitar pedal. All my concerns were answered and this thing is working
great
> > after about 3 weeks of use. 5 1/2 minutes of sampling time, plus you 
>can
> > save your loops! I consider myself a little spoiled after playing for a
year
> > or two with an EDP but I was not at all let down by this pedal. Its
great
> > for practicing, but live performance is another thing...It only has two
> > pedals onboard, leaving the rest of its features as buttons which can't
be
> > pressed with your feet. I bend over quite a bit to mess with things. 
>The
> > other complaint is there is no undo function. Screw up and theres no
going
> > back. The sound quality is good, but boss seems to be keeping the 
>sample
> > rate a secret.
> >
> > I really like this pedal. It certainly compares to the boomerang or the
line
> > 6 DL4 and in my opinion it outranks both.  Its built very strong and I
would
> > trust it to use live. Every once in a while it has a glitch and puts a
short
> > delay in between hitting the pedals and stopping the loop, but it only
seems
> > to happen within the first few minutes of starting it up. Other than my
few
> > complaints, boss has put together a very good product, especially
> > considering the price.
>