Re: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR LOOPER(S)

["Jeff Duke" <echohead@embarqmail.com>]

Rick and all,
On the DL-4 I wish that it had more delay time in the regular models at 
leasts as much as the looper,
in lieu of that I wish it had variable feedback on the looper, I love your 
1/4 time switch idea. More sound mangling
 options!

On the Boss DD-20 I don't like that it has
1- no expression pedal control
2- no feedback on the looper
3,4- no forward, reverse, half speed, double speed switchs
5- except for some tricks talked about on this list you can't go back and 
forth between ( i wish all of the presets)
two or more presets, modifying them as you go.
6- I wish that you could stop, start the playback of a loop with the push 
of 
a button (no stutters on this one)

That said the two of them together are a blast. Good topic Rick!

Jeff
http://www.thisphase.org/lips.html



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Walker" <looppool@cruzio.com>
To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 1:53 AM
Subject: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR LOOPER(S)


> I"m being approached continually by newbies and asked
> about my recommendations about what to buy when getting
> started with live looping.
>
> I have my own personal favorites in different price ranges (and I'm 
>mostly
> talking about hardware here,  though do alert people to how many options 
> are
> available through cool new software solutions).
>
> One thing I thought might be valuable as a resource is to find out
> what people DON'T like about their favorite loopers and what,
> in a perfect world,  the loop manufacturers would add to an
> existing looping pedal (or software solution).
>
> It's nice to know what the drawbacks are in a pedal when you are trying
> figure out if you want to buy it or not.
>
> I'll start off by listing one of my favorites stomp box loopers:
> The Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeller/Looping pedal (street price $250):
>
>
>
> WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT THE LINE 6 DL-4:
>
> I love this pedal but wish to hell that it was a true stereo pedal 
>rather 
> than
> a sum to mono pedal that purports to be stereo.
>
> Additionally,  I wish it had midi synchronization.
>
> I know that all units that do midi synchronization cost a lot more, so
> it makes me wonder.   Does adding midi sync capability truly
> add that much to a floor model live looping device?
>
> And one last wish:   I think it would be cool if it had a 1/4 time switch
> as well as a 1/4 time switch for the loops (which would allow one to
> do things that are 4 times as fast or 4 times as slow depending on
> how one started recording (in 1/4 time bandwidth or full time bandwidth)
>
> I know that this would add so many artifacts that the loop would sound
> really weird and non-naturalistic:   That's why I wish it had such a 
> feature
> which seems not too difficult to program.
>
> Now the Line 6 people have, in the past, been completley uninterested in
> adding features for the sake of the looping community.   The live looping
> community is just a small fraction of the people who buy this
> pedal (mostly for it's digital modellings of all the cool delay units of 
> yesteryear).
>
> Still,  this is what I"d add.
>
> What do you all think about your favorite pedals limitations?
>
>
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