Re: trying to find the right looping tool (another question)

[ArsOcarina@aol.com]

erwill(?),

In a message dated 5/13/04 5:01:44 PM, erwill@suitandtieguy.com wrote:

>On May 13, 2004, at 12:23 PM, Bryanvandonslear@wmconnect.com wrote:
>
>> My main reference for looping is Robert Fripps Frippertronics.   
>> I would like to be able to have a looper that will basically do what 
>> Fripps equipment did.

Then you replied . . .

>If you want a pedal for Frippertronicising, buy a Boss DD-20. 200 
>bucks gives you stereo 23 second delays, and the ability to oppose 
>2 delay loops of different lengths like he does with Soundscapes.
>
>e-mail me If you'd like to chat about it, or pose questions to the list.

I was wondering . . . I'm a long time EDP user now trying to find ways
to pare down from a 16-space rack and a floor full of pedals and 
controllers to simply an amp, guitar and a few sundry pedals -- for 
those gigs where it's damn inconvenient to schlepp a ton of gear to. 

I bought a Line6 DL-4 pedal about 16 months ago and it has already 
died (deader than a doornail as they say) -- worse still, it's now also 
out of warrantee. It'll also cost nearly as much to fix as to buy 
another one of the little buggers.

Disgusted, I bought one of those DD20s a month or so ago and have 
been playing around with it. The "looper" mode is fairly easy to suss 
right out of the box. However, I find many of its other features 
pretty hard to comprehend because of the poorly written and 
obscurely laid out manual.

I feel that there is a great deal I can't figure out from just working
with the unit itself. Your comment above about the "2 delay loops 
of different lengths" baffled me when I first read it. Can you please
(if it wouldn't be too much trouble) explain how this is possible? 

So far, I have not been using the thing for anything more than just
the most basic of looping functions (in the "Sound on Sound" mode). 
I know that it is supposed to be capable of a good deal more. 
But the rest of it all still seems pretty cryptic.

Best,

tEd ® kiLLiAn

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