Re: Boss DD-20/RC-20

["Miko Biffle" <biffoz@arczip.com>]

Hi Ted... I too have had 2 DL4's die on me after pounding them with 
glissing
high-regen delay-time sweeps... just about my favorite thing to do with
delays besides looping. Anyway, I'm now intrigued by the DD-20 thread and
maybe will purchase one just for kicks. I've always found Boss pedals to
sound good and be very reliable. No more Line 6 for me after 2 failures.

I used to always have a packed 10sp rack and midi and after a number of
years caved in and went small. I spent the last 4-5 years using just a
pedalboard and amp and really felt liberated. I also found that *most* of 
my
looping tricks can still be steathily accomplished with a couple simple
loopers, although there's nothing quite like insert and replace on the edp.

I've now re-introduced my Boss GT-5 back into my setup, and dumped my pedal
board. I now have the GT-5, a wah, fuzz or two and experssion pedal for the
GT-5, and my Lovetone flanger as well as the edp in the fx loop. The GT-5 
is
also an interesting 2 sec looper given it's extreme control over cc
parameters, all attachable to the exped. After years of using it, I'm 
really
happy with my direct-inject tone as well. Finally, I can take either mono
out to an amp, or stereo out to a pa and get great sound in either 
instance.
Small and versatile.

Cheers,
-Miko
"Running scared from all the usual distractions!"
Now playing 'Rough' at CDBaby.com  www.cdbaby.com/biffoz

----- Original Message -----
From: <ArsOcarina@aol.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: Boss DD-20/RC-20


> Hi all,
>
> I mentioned in a post sometime a few weeks ago the
> fact that my Line 6 DL4 had died and I'd gone ahead
> and gotten myself a Boss DD-20 to replace it. So far,
> I've found the manual fairy cryptic. Maybe my copy is
> a misprint or something, because after the initial first
> few pages of disclaimers (and basic stuff about inserting
> batteries and plugging things into it) it seems to jump
> right to the middle of operating it and I get a bit lost.
> So, the manual for me has not been all that helpful.
>
> Oh well . . .
>
> Yesterday I bought an RC-20. I haven't checked out
> the manual on that yet but I'll be using the two pedals
> this weekend on my first gig out in a while without
> my usual half ton of gear. My setup will just be guitar,
> amp and a few pedals for the first time in many, many
> many years. It's like going out naked. No guitarsynth,
> no MIDI, no EDPs, no Vortexes, no Moogerfooger, AirSynth,
> SP-303 . . . no nutin' (comparatively speaking).
>
> And, since it's just the one amp, I'll be performing in
> mono for the first time in ages too. Stan Card would
> be proud. However, since it's an art gallery gig I can't
> be that loud (heheh). Sorry Stan!
>
> Anywho . . .
>
> I hope this thread continues 'cause I too have found
> very little help on the web about the DD-20 -- especially
> in regards to operating it in something other than the
> basic "sound on sound" (SOS) mode. This thing about
> multiple loops that Eric wrote about the other day
> has me intrigued. I wanna delve deeper and make
> the most of this little box in my new "HO-scale" setup.
>
> The DL4 was a lot of fun . . . with some weird and wacky
> capabilities . . . but it had reliability issues (for me) and
> the sound quality was less than stellar (even in "bypass"
> mode). One really great thing about these Boss pedals
> is the squeaky-clean audio. What goes in seems to come
> out exactly the same -- and there seems to be a lot of
> "headroom" too. It doesn't clip or crap-out on a strong
> pre-amped signal. I like 'em a lot . . . so far. But, I need
> to learn more. More info would be very helpful.
>
> Anybody who wants to pipe in with some "tips 'n' tricks
> for the DD-20 (or the RC-20, for that matter) will definitely
> have MY gratitude.
>
> Best,
>
> tEd ® kiLLiAn
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