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David can you develop more on this setup? How are the loopers set up, do you use a mixer at all? Louie --- David Kirkdorffer <vze2ncsr@verizon.net> wrote: > Personally, I find a JC-120 and a Fender Band Master > into a 15-inch Bag End > speaker is a nice (and loud) combination that seems > to handle all my > wicked-wacky synth-a-like looped tonalities. Tube > warmth and depth with > skreeming high end. And moving it all around keeps > me fit and trim, which > allows me to have a beer or two during a gig. > > The great thing about looping is that occasionally, > should the need arise, > during a set I can leave the stage to buy a drink, > return and pick up the . > looping thread where I left it. > > David > > P.S. I feel compelled to plug > ex-Boston-based-musician-and-fellow-international-traveler-dude-with-effects > -and-creativity, Jack Drag. Any musician who can > entitle his songs "Could > Have Been Big" and "Beer Helps Us Cope" is a winner > in my book. :-) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "L. Angulo" <labalou2000@yahoo.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 12:01 PM > Subject: Re: live looping amplification etc. > > > > Hi Paul, > > Good that you bring this up! > > This has been one of my frustrations trying to > have a > > good configuration to balance between digital > > versatility and the warmth of a tube power amp.I > Run a > > roland GP 100 and a Roland GR33 guitar synth into > a > > small 1202 mackie mixer, sending its aux into both > the > > Echoplex and Repeater, and then returning them > back > > into the mixers input channels so i can bounce > loops > > between both loopers.Then the overall sound goes > to a > > pair of yamaha active P.A. speakers. > > The advantage of this is total flexibility; being > able > > to mix all the signals into the loopers and then > being > > able to bounce the loops into each other,so if i > > recorded something i like into the EDP, i can send > it > > to the Repeater through the mackies aux and either > > save the loop or twist the loop further,with the > > repeaters pitch shift capability,speed it up,slow > it > > down etc. > > But i am not still 100% satisfied with the guitar > > sound.I played with tube amps half of my life and > i > > just dont get the punch i am used to just running > the > > preamp into the mixer and to the active > speakers;The > > question is if it would make a difference using a > > dedicated guitar power amp instead? > > Louie > > > > > > > > > > --- Paul Greenstein <paul@ubiq.co.uk> wrote: > > > I posted several weeks ago about problems with > > > trying to run my > > > Repeater through a Mesa Boogie combo - lack of > > > volume control, noise > > > problems etc. A few people replied with the > general > > > consensus being > > > that looping and tube amps do not mix well. > > > > > > Anyway, I've managed to finally come up with a > > > system which works well > > > both for 'normal' playing and for looping > purposes, > > > so I can be at > > > least reasonable versatile+portable (without > > > spending ridiculous > > > amounts of cash). I've ended up with a POD XT > pro > > > (rack) as a preamp, > > > going into a Mesa 20/20 stereo power amp (the > combo > > > went back to the > > > shop). This goes into a couple of EV speaker > cabs > > > I've had knocking > > > around for years. I run the Repeater and a > G-Major > > > via the POD's > > > effects loop. All controlled from the FCB1010 of > > > course... > > > > > > This seems to produce minimal to non-existent > noise > > > and hiss, and gives > > > me a good balance between digital versatility > and > > > the warmth of the > > > tube power amp. > > > > > > I thought it might be interesting to hear what > other > > > people use > > > sound-reinforcement wise, guitarists or not... > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > ===== > > www.luis-angulo.com > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on > time. > > http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html > > > ===== www.luis-angulo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/