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Re: BOSS RC-50 users on the list



I hear you Petri i was having problems with the software as well on
the macbook and then i tried it on the imac and it works quite well,so
thats another reason i decided to keep it.
cheers
Luis

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Petri Lahtinen
<kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
> ("vast sea to dive in" was the sentence....)
>
> 2011/5/15 Petri Lahtinen <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com>
>>
>> I think many limitations with these hardware loopers can be turned into
>> possibilities.
>>
>> I myself want limitations, the music itself is so vast se to dive in  
>:-D
>>
>> Or maybe I'm just losing my friggin mind...
>>
>> Louie->The software on Digitech stopped working on my XP-machine, so the
>> unit became a piece of metal to me. RC-30's memory, you can access it 
>as a
>> norma USB-memory.
>> No software needed. I think Digitech made a huge mistake by closing the
>> JamMan Stereo's memory by making it accessible only with their piece of 
>****
>> software, that's programmed on Microsoft Silverlight, which is a joke in
>> itself.
>>
>> Sorry, a quite a burst of sentiment, but those are MHO's, at this time.
>>
>> :-D
>>
>> -Petri-
>>
>> 2011/5/15 Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>
>>>
>>> Hi Petr,
>>> yes i tried it but decided to keep the Digitech for what i do,it would
>>> have been nice if those 2 independent tracks could be different in
>>> length as if u multiplied so i really didnt see much of an advantage
>>> i didnt like that you had to press undo for 2 seconds or to change
>>> parts without the switch,for what i do is a bit tedious since im
>>> singing as well.
>>> But the switches are really nice,i might have the Digis changed for
>>> quieter ones!
>>> Luis
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Petri Lahtinen
>>> <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi Louie!
>>> >
>>> > I bought the RC-30 and its really good.
>>> > Silent switches, two tracks, the extra footswitch is small and fitted
>>> > my
>>> > pedalboard well.
>>> > (FS-6) and with it you can do everything with feet. Well, not start 
>the
>>> > rhythms, I mean the unit's own drum machine, that is.
>>> >
>>> > I dont do ABC or any other song forms nowadays, so I dont mind the
>>> > undo's 2
>>> > sec thing.
>>> >
>>> > I'm really pleased with it, it surely fills my small needs as a 
>looping
>>> > device.
>>> >
>>> > -Petri-
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2011/4/27 Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Petri,
>>> >> how funny that im doing the same thing!
>>> >> You arer absolutely right,that software is anoying,im preparing for 
>a
>>> >> gig this saturday and it took me almost an hour to get some samples
>>> >> transfered to the Digitech from their flimsy software,there is a new
>>> >> firmware version which i installed prior to working with it,i dont
>>> >> know what that is meant for,i started importing wav files and in the
>>> >> middle of working it crashed bad and lost it all, so i had to 
>restart
>>> >> again.Prior to that i was rehearsing with it and as i was scrolling
>>> >> through the samples the digitech froze and cound not get it to do
>>> >> anything so i reboot it and found out i had lost every other sample 
>in
>>> >> a slot,luckly i had made a jam list backup so i retransfered all the
>>> >> files.
>>> >> what i do like about the digitech is the easy of scrolling through 
>the
>>> >> samples,but that switch click is so loud that it gets recorded
>>> >> everytime i loop anything(i have my mic going into the loops as 
>well)
>>> >> I dont know why they replaced the old switches,they seem a lot
>>> >> quieter, think the Boss-RC30 will be better in that department.
>>> >> oh dont waste your time trying to call them or suggest
>>> >> improvements,their support is nada!
>>> >> Im also getting the RC-30 perhaps today or tomorrow to try out,im 
>just
>>> >> using this for small pedalboard type of bar gigs and no racks,the
>>> >> RC-30 has an essential feature for me like the independent tracks,is
>>> >> too bad they didnt assign the undo/redo with the footswitch like the
>>> >> Digitech has,you still have to step on it 2 seconds impractical if u
>>> >> want ot do A-B arrangments grrr!
>>> >> oh well lets see if it beats the Digi
>>> >> cheers
>>> >> Luis
>>> >>
>>> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Petri Lahtinen
>>> >> <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi and thanks to everybody for your responses!
>>> >> >
>>> >> > BUT it seems that RC-50 is not available here in Finland, anymore.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > The Roland headquarters is Denmark that supply gear to Nordic
>>> >> > countries
>>> >> > had
>>> >> > replied to my store, that they dont have any RC-50's there.
>>> >> > The chain of stores I use here in Finland, doesnt have not one 
>unit
>>> >> > here. So
>>> >> > will it become a discontinued product that gets replaced by the 
>new
>>> >> > RC-30...
>>> >> > who knows...?
>>> >> >
>>> >> > SO I'm getting the new RC-30 for test drive next week.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Looking at the manual, it seems pretty straightforward unit. Need
>>> >> > extra
>>> >> > footswitch, which is always annoying.
>>> >> > Probably nobody on the list doesnt have one of those, cause its so
>>> >> > new
>>> >> > unit?
>>> >> > Think it was 2011 January when the first units shipped.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > -Petri-
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 2011/4/26 Victor Eijkhout <victor@eijkhout.net>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Apr 25, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Petri Lahtinen wrote:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> > Were there RC-50 users on the list?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Check. Just bought it a month ago so I'm still learning. Fun toy
>>> >> >> though.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Victor.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Petri Lahtinen
>>> >> >
>>> >> > http://www.petrilahtinen.com
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Petri Lahtinen
>>> >
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>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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>> Petri Lahtinen
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>>
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> Petri Lahtinen
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