Re: Re: ...what to go for then?

["Charlie Milkey" <pilotcp@gmail.com>]

good summary mark, i second the lexicon jamman, mainly because i am
selling mine, and i believe there are a few others selling theirs :)

for a first looper, i'd suggest an RC-20 or maybe rc-20XL, those are
nice, and for a lot of people who are kinda interested in looping but
not really, i suggest to them the boss DD20 or line 6 DL-4 mainly
because if they don't like it, they still have a decent delay pedal
(the lexicon jamman has a delay function too!)

otherwise, it seems like laptop looping might be the way to go for a lot :)

Charlie


On 8/7/06, mark sottilaro <zerocrossing2001@yahoo.com> wrote:
> One thing I've found over the years is that  you'll
> learn more about people when you read non professional
> reviews than you learn about the gear... in many
> cases.  Don't worry, someone somewhere will hate
> everything and they tend to be vocal.
>
> From what I can hear about the RC-50 is that if you're
> not syncing it to a drum machine it seems like a
> pretty good box.  Not my bag, but I bet good music can
> be made with it.  Am I wrong on this one?  I've kind
> of stopped following the threads after "it doesn't
> sync well."
>
> The talk about the JamMan faded so fast I have no idea
> what it does... nor do I care.  The Lexicon JamMan is
> still THE JamMan for me.  Get one, they're great....
> unless you're one of the people who hate it.
>
> Bad reviews on the EDP?  Again, not my bag but it
> executes what it does really well.  Maybe it is my
> bag, as I now seem to be very happy with a software
> emulation of it running from a laptop.  I'm sure it's
> not the same but it does what I ask it to do.
>
> I love the Repeater... but it honestly hasn't seen a
> signal for a month... will it hit my closet? (ebay)
> Perhaps...  My heros seem to have foresaken their
> hardware gear for laptop versions.  Still nothing
> touches what this sucker does in software or other
> hardware.  Does it have warts?  Sure, but show me some
> gear that doesn't.
>
> Looperlative?  For sure get a laptop.  It's cool, but
> for the cash you'll be better off with a decent laptop
> and Mobius.  If you're totally anti laptop then this
> is as good a choice as any.
>
> 2880?  Haven't hear anything bad about that... except
> you only get a loop at a time but surely with all
> those tracks...
>
> The thing about your first looper is that it will be
> like your first girlfriend/boyfriend.  You shan't
> forget them, but they will often tell you many things
> about what you don't want as well as a few that you
> can't get enough of.
>
> Mark
>
> --- "tunga.muzik" <tunga.muzik@terra.com.br> wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I´m also new to this community, been playing guitar
> > for 15 years now and have been invited by some DJs
> > to perform live with them. Obviously I need a
> > looper, and I was just about to go and get a RC-50 ,
> > but that was before I read reviews on
> > harmony-central, musiciansfriend.com, loopers
> > delight, etc.....I was excited about going stereo,
> > having 3 phrase tracks, such long recording
> > time......bla, bla, bla...........but as I would
> > have it mainly for live performances, just put it
> > aside for this moment.
> >
> > RC-20XL is mono, seems to degrade sound quality as
> > more phrases are added onto previous recorded ones,
> > has the 2 seconds pressed pedal waiting time to
> > change recording/dubbing functions......sounds not
> > pro enough.
> >
> > Also read a lot about some little issues on Digitech
> > JamMan, Boomerang, Electro Harmonix 2880,
> > etc.......even the Gibson Echoplex Digital ProPlus
> > got bad reviews.
> >
> > Sincerely....I got lost in the middle of everything,
> > so it got cloudy for me to define what should I buy
> > at this moment, what will give me condition for a
> > reliable and creative live performance, and also be
> > a smart option regarding the cost X benefit X
> > technology X quality issue.
> >
> > Counting on your expertise people....thanks a lot.
> >
> > Peace.
> >
> > TUNGA
>
>
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