RE: new to looping, have question about rc-20

["lol c" <testtubemicro@hotmail.com>]

Hi there Andy

This is Phill Wilson, Im from the UK,
  I can totally empathise with your situation , it wasnt much more then a 
year ago that I first bought an RC20 as my beginnings of a loop rig.
  Isnt it just the way, that as soon as you get a new piece of kit, you 
find 
you want ot do something just a little bit more then what you can easily 
do 
with it, trust me , as a brand new EDP user I can say it never seems to 
let 
up.

I have however , thought up a pretty cost effective work around for you.
if you bought an A/B box and placed it before your RC-20 with the single 
jack connected to your guitar. You could connect the A line to your RC-20 
then into a (passive) volume pedal and then run line B past the RC20 to 
connect up with line A either at the input of a stereo FX(If you got em!) 
or 
into the second line of your amp(if you got one of them) or failing that 
into a splitter Y shaped cable (you get them from most music shops and I 
imagine Radioshack type places).

  In practice you could then play and loop till your hearts content, then 
switch from A to B and carry on playing whatever you dont need recorded, 
then simply reduce the volume  of the RC-20 whilst you play 
on..........Voila!!!

hope this is a help?

Keep up the good work

Phill


>From: "Andy Morris" <apmorris59@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: new to looping, have question about rc-20
>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:30:45 +0000
>
>    First off, I'd like to say hello to everyone. I am new to the list 
>and 
>somewhat new to the art of loops. My name is Andy Morris, I am from the 
>state of Maryland. I have been playing guitar for about six years now and 
>I 
>first got turned onto the idea of looping by messing around with delay 
>and 
>feedback. Once I realized that this provided a small similarity to 
>looping 
>I wanted to be able to loop longer phrases and overdub on top of that. 
>That's when I learned buying a loop pedal was perfect for me.
>   So after saving money for a couple of months I bought a Boss RC-20 
>about 
>a month and a half ago. I have noticed my playing has improved at a very 
>satisfactory rate since than. I have been able to practice my soloing and 
>work out new phrases to add to my music. I am still learning, but than 
>again aren't we always? I am excited about being able to develop my 
>abilities in this new way and since playing I have noticed a few things I 
>would like to change if I could. One thing I like about a pedal like a 
>Bommerang as opposed to my rc-20 is the foot roller volume control. If 
>you 
>want to fade out your loop on the rc-20 you have to bend down and twist 
>the 
>knob. Not practical as I'm sure you all know.
>   I would like to be able to adjust the volume of the loop with a volume 
>pedal without turning off the volume to my guitar. This way instead of 
>just 
>hitting stop I can fade out and segue to something totally different and 
>it 
>would sound alot better. So my question is if anyone out there knows what 
>I 
>can do to achieve this, especially if you use the rc-20, let me hear your 
>ideas. Once again, I still want to be able to play my guitar while I am 
>fading the loop volume out.
>    One other quick question, if anyone is reading this post that works 
>with synthesizers I want to buy a small keyboard synth that I can place 
>next to my set up. If anyone has used one in a good price range of $300 
>to 
>$400 I'd also like your suggestions. Thanks alot, look forward to being 
>part of this mailing list. Peace.
>
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