Re: Help: RC-20XL or Digitech Jam-Man? Quantize feature?

[Brian Kupferschmid <apparitionapparition@yahoo.com>]

To me, it sounds like your need of the quantizing
feature is more important that the ability to store
and save loops, to which I'd say get the rc20xl. 
--- Brent Santin <woodenflutes@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I plan to loop live (flutes, keyboards, vocal
> sounds),
> i.e. on stage.
> 
> I've been playing with a very basic looping pedal,
> and
> am really enjoying the results (it's a cheap ZOOM
> pedal which is basically is an endless digital
> delay).
>  I regularly set it for about a 2 second delay
> (although it can go up to 6 seconds), then record a
> short sound like a click and listen to the click
> repeat so that I can get a feel for the timing.  I
> then layer sounds & beats on top of this.
> 
> If find that if I use anything longer than a 2
> second
> digital delay, it's too long between my reference
> clicks to feel the beat, so I keep the delay time
> short.
> 
> The problem with this short time is that while it's
> good for building rhythms, there's not enough time
> to
> put down a good bass line or even more than one
> chord.
> 
> So, I've been considering a looping pedal with a
> built
> in click track/metronome so I can reliably keep my
> timing over loops that might be up to four or eight
> bars of 4/4 in length.
> 
> I need some help in deciding between the Digi-tech
> Jam-Man or the BOSS RC-20XL.  Those are the two
> looping pedals in my price range with a built in
> click-track.
> 
> Right off the bat, the Digitech seems to have better
> features for the money (especially the flash memory
> &
> USB connections, XLR mic connector).
> 
> But it is missing one feature that the BOSS has: the
> QUANTIZE function.  I assume that when I press the
> STOP RECORDING pedal, this function clips or edits
> the
> end of the sample to match the nearest beat of the
> click-track, thereby keeping the sample in sync with
> the click-track. i.e. If I recorded a a one bar 4/4
> sample that, but was slightly late in hitting the
> STOP
> pedal, QUANTIZE would chop the extra few
> milliseconds
> off the sample so that it would end properly on the
> "4" beat.
> 
> How important is this feature?  It seems important
> to
> me (just from reading).
> 
> The Digitech Jam-Man does not offer this function. 
> So
> does that mean if I do not hit the STOP RECORDING
> pedal at the exact end-beat the click-track
> provides,
> my loops will eventually drift away from the
> metronome
> timing?
> 
> This is my main concern.  I need my loops (I guess
> the
> foundation loop, anyway) to be dead on with the
> internal click track of the pedal.  If I need the
> QUANTIZE function for this, I guess I will have to
> go
> with the BOSS, even though it offers fewer features.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your advice!
> 
> 
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