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Thanks! read all the reviews, which were very helpful. > From: Douglas Baldwin <coyotelk@optonline.net> > Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:25:05 -0500 > To: Aptrev@aol.com, Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: basic loop equipment > Resent-From: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Resent-Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:27:19 -0500 > > I'd vote for the RC-20 too. Simple, easy, rugged, and small - you can > probably fit it in your gig bag with a couple of cables. Plug your guitar > into the RC-20, plug the RC-20 into your amp. Then press one pedal with >your > foot to record, press again to stop, and - if I remember correctly and if > I'm reading the various user comments correctly - it immediately begins >to > play back. There will be a very small learning curve to do this much, >which > will fulfill your needs for a looped accompaniment, and then you can get > into all the other cool things it does, bit by bit, day by day, week by > week. > At my guitar instruction studio, one of my instructors uses the RC-20 > between students, and he rapidly lays down chord progressions and > single-note lines for practice and study. When I walk past his room, it >is a > stone gas to hear songs being born on the spot, and brilliant lead lines > played atop clever progressions. > Be warned: you might have the uncomfortable realization that your sense > of rhythm is not yet adequate. If you speed up from the beginning of your > loop to the end, it will be obvious (and the built-in metronome will help > with that). And if you don't press the pedal at precisely the right >point, > there will be a herky-jerky feel between repetitions (although the > "quantize" function will help with that). But this is part of the beauty >of > using any looping or long delay device - they function wonderfully as > "instant feedback tools" that allow you to live with your actions - over >and > over again! Instant karma indeed! Your dharma is to improve, and the >quality > of your work will spread into all aspects of your playing. > So I'd vote for the RC-20. > Be sure to click on > http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/RC20/boss-rc20.html to read Loopers > Delight reviews of the RC-20 and to link to other reviews as well. > Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large > coyotelk@optonline.net > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Aptrev@aol.com> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 6:37 PM > Subject: Re: basic loop equipment > > >> In a message dated 3/26/05 1:03:58 PM, sstemmler@above-the-fold.com > writes: >> >> << I want to be able to just "record a bit" and play. If there's >> something out there with a minimal of extras and -for me-easy to >> operate-that's what I'm looking for. >> >> >> Hi >> >> I second the recommendation for the Boss RC-20 pedal. >> >> Simple, easy, and rugged. >> Press the pedal and record, press again and immediately starts playing > loop. >> If you don't like - press pedal to cancel and try again, if you do like > you >> can save it and transfer to tape or computer later. And you can add to >an >> existing loop to make it richer in complexity and texture, in other >words, > fun! >> >> Some digital recorders don't even have a loop function or it is buried > within >> utility screen sub-menus so you have to stop everything to access. >> >> I have occasionally seen the older version RC-20 in used music stores in > my >> area for $200-$250. >> >> >> BobC >> >> >> http://www.cdbaby.com/rpcollier >> http://trundlebox.iuma.com >> http://tinyurl.com/yuru7 >> >