RE: ZVEX Lofi and "what you don't like about your looper" thread

[max valentino <ekstasis1@hotmail.com>]

Sorry tcome in so late on this thread...the month of Dec found me with more gigs than any of you really want to know about...and so busy that responding to emails was quite out of the picture....
 
I was wonderin' if any of you have had much exp. with the Zvex lo-fi looper. I am quite intriqued with this as I really am looking for something of a "loose cannon" looper; something which will not produce pristine audio, and will, in fact, not behave in any predictable or prescribed way (As most fx devices will).  I do understand the limitations of the device...but actually find those somewhat "embraceable".....
I am looking for something that, as opposed to treating a loop with fx, will somewhat mutate and mangle the audio which is being looped (in my case, bass). For Ods and such I can alwys re-sample that into another looping device. 
 
Which brings me to the list of what you don't like about loopers.....
I have an EDP...hardly use it, tho it does incredible stuff, as I find it's sound quality just too digital.  I love my old Lexi JamMan just for the opposite reason; quite fantastic sound on bass!The JamMan has an upgrade Bob Sellon Chip and so hardly even resembles the original unit.
 
I had a cpl of DL4s which I found the digital artifacts to be too harsh to justify usage.....but recently picked up an Akai Headrush E2 which I love.
 
The JamMan and Akai both have limiations (no midi on the HR, limited sample time limited bandwidth),but rather than complain and get frustrated with these limiations, i choose to embrace them...finding the limiations of the devices to be a way to enhance creativity...makingthe most with what you have, so to speak.
 
Max

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