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

["Ian Popperwell" <popperwell@iname.com>]

Yes, good idea - it at least then means that we take responsibility for 
communicating it rather than complaining about what "might have been".

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR LOOPER(S)


guys and gals,
why donīt we send this wish lists directly to the
respective companies?
Luis
--- Ian Popperwell <popperwell@iname.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I also wish the DL4 had:
>
> 1. More delay time.
>
> 2. More looper time (like the Echo Pro.
>
> 3. A way of going into reverse whilst a loop is
> playing without, on the first press going into half
> speed.
>
> 4. A clip to hold the 9V lead in place.
>
> 5. A loop fade out option.
>
> 6. a global tap tempo, so that tapping tempo in one
> programme means you can change programmes within a
> piece without havingt to retap tempo in.
>
> 7. Mechanically quieter footswitches.
>
> 8. Tap tempo (probably external footswitch) for the
> looper.
>
> Wishes are great aren't they!
> Ian.
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Sean Mormelo
>   To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>   Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:15 PM
>   Subject: Re: WHAT DON'T YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR
> LOOPER(S)
>
>
>   On my DL4 I wish there was more time available and
> I wish the switches, both internal and external were
> more robust. I replaced all switches connected to
> the board and external metal swtiches on the unit.
>
>
>   On the RC50 I wish there was a dedicated guitar
> and instrument OUT instead of only instrument In.
> And the Mic out was an XLR. They way Roland did it
> to my mine was not professional.
>
>
>
>
>   On Dec 29, 2007, at 4:32 AM, Jeff Duke wrote:
>
>
>     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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