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RE: new to looping, have question about rc-20
Hi there Andy
This is Phill Wilson, Im from the UK,
I can totally empathise with your situation , it wasnt much more then a
year ago that I first bought an RC20 as my beginnings of a loop rig.
Isnt it just the way, that as soon as you get a new piece of kit, you
find
you want ot do something just a little bit more then what you can easily
do
with it, trust me , as a brand new EDP user I can say it never seems to
let
up.
I have however , thought up a pretty cost effective work around for you.
if you bought an A/B box and placed it before your RC-20 with the single
jack connected to your guitar. You could connect the A line to your RC-20
then into a (passive) volume pedal and then run line B past the RC20 to
connect up with line A either at the input of a stereo FX(If you got em!)
or
into the second line of your amp(if you got one of them) or failing that
into a splitter Y shaped cable (you get them from most music shops and I
imagine Radioshack type places).
In practice you could then play and loop till your hearts content, then
switch from A to B and carry on playing whatever you dont need recorded,
then simply reduce the volume of the RC-20 whilst you play
on..........Voila!!!
hope this is a help?
Keep up the good work
Phill
>From: "Andy Morris" <apmorris59@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: new to looping, have question about rc-20
>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:30:45 +0000
>
> First off, I'd like to say hello to everyone. I am new to the list
>and
>somewhat new to the art of loops. My name is Andy Morris, I am from the
>state of Maryland. I have been playing guitar for about six years now and
>I
>first got turned onto the idea of looping by messing around with delay
>and
>feedback. Once I realized that this provided a small similarity to
>looping
>I wanted to be able to loop longer phrases and overdub on top of that.
>That's when I learned buying a loop pedal was perfect for me.
> So after saving money for a couple of months I bought a Boss RC-20
>about
>a month and a half ago. I have noticed my playing has improved at a very
>satisfactory rate since than. I have been able to practice my soloing and
>work out new phrases to add to my music. I am still learning, but than
>again aren't we always? I am excited about being able to develop my
>abilities in this new way and since playing I have noticed a few things I
>would like to change if I could. One thing I like about a pedal like a
>Bommerang as opposed to my rc-20 is the foot roller volume control. If
>you
>want to fade out your loop on the rc-20 you have to bend down and twist
>the
>knob. Not practical as I'm sure you all know.
> I would like to be able to adjust the volume of the loop with a volume
>pedal without turning off the volume to my guitar. This way instead of
>just
>hitting stop I can fade out and segue to something totally different and
>it
>would sound alot better. So my question is if anyone out there knows what
>I
>can do to achieve this, especially if you use the rc-20, let me hear your
>ideas. Once again, I still want to be able to play my guitar while I am
>fading the loop volume out.
> One other quick question, if anyone is reading this post that works
>with synthesizers I want to buy a small keyboard synth that I can place
>next to my set up. If anyone has used one in a good price range of $300
>to
>$400 I'd also like your suggestions. Thanks alot, look forward to being
>part of this mailing list. Peace.
>
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