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Re: Loop Station, DD-20 or Line6 DL4?
I say get the DD-20 as it's the only one of those
devices that does stereo looping (I loop a lot of
keyboards and my guitars all run through stereo
effects) AND gives you the ability to control the
amound of feedback. This is key for long morphing
loops.
Mark
--- RobotFan@aol.com wrote:
> First a little about what I want to do.
>
> I'm a keyboard player and for the past few months
> I've decided that I could
> benefit from real time looping in live performance.
>
> I have always been able to make interesting solo
> music without sequencing or
> looping in the past. However, I think that I would
> like to add another
> dimension. What I wish to do is lay down basslines
> and rhythmic chord progressions
> and solo over them.
>
> That's pretty much what you all do, right? You just
> primarily use guitars to
> do it.
>
> Anyway, to get my feet wet, I'm looking for an entry
> level device that I can
> control with my feet. I think that I've narrowed it
> down to these three
> units:
>
> Boss Loop Station RC-20 or RC-20XL
> Boss DD-20
> Line6 DL4.
>
> I had considered the Headrush but discounted it as
> just not enough for what
> I want to get done.
>
> Having stereo capability would be a great help and
> in that respect the DD-20
> is in the running.
>
> The sheer length offered by the Loop Stations
> intrigues me, however, I don't
> know if I even need such long looping capabilities
> yet.
>
> The price of all these pedals is within my budget
> (if only just).
>
> Even though I can find a lot of information
> concerning the Loop Station and
> the DL4 (even video demos) there's really not a
> whole lot of online info where
> the DD-20 is concerned. At least not when used
> exclusively for looping.
>
> I've searched the archives here on Looper's Delight
> and found only sparse
> references to the DD-20, so I decided to get
> proactive and make this post.
>
> Thanks in advance for all the help I'm sure that
> I'll get.
>
> Carl
>