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Re: Any work done with the Boss DD-20?
Also, if you're thinking of getting your feet wet in
looping and you don't want to drop a bunch of cash,
perhaps consider software? There are a few really
good ones out now I hear, though I only have
experience with Agustus Loop (for mac OSX) I've used
it with Digital Performer 4 with a MOTU 828 as my
interface. If you're already doing digital HD
recording it might be a good way to start looping
cheaply.
Mark
--- ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote:
> Carl,
>
> In a message dated 04/19/05 9:59:34,
> RobotFan@aol.com writes:
>
> > It would be very nice to have stereo, but the Loop
> Station seems to be much
> > more of a looper (the DD-20 has looping as more of
> an afterthought, yes?).
> >
> I would rephrase it more like this:
>
> The Loop Station was designed with ONLY basic
> looping in mind. It also lacks
> the feedback control of a traditional delay so it is
> impossible to gradually
> fade out old material while still adding new licks.
> But, you can also store
> loops too (which is pretty darn nice).
>
> The GigaDelay is designed as a traditional delay
> that can do several things,
> looping included. Not an afterthough -- just one of
> the tricks in it's bag.
> What it lacks is the long delay time of the
> Loopstation and its loop storeage
> abilities mostly.
>
> Neither device was a total design success in my
> opinion. The lack of feedback
> control on the former was an unforgiveable mistake
> and a real disapointment.
> I owned an RC-20 and traded it in on my first DD-20
> withing a very short
> period. Also, the stunted maximum delay time (at an
> indivisible prime number of 23
> seconds) of the later was an assinine blunder at
> best. If it was only a second
> longer at 24 it could at least be evenly divisible
> by 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, or 8
> allowing easier setup of multiple layers of short
> and long loops. I'l explain . .
> .
>
> The one really neat trick of the DD-20 is it's
> ability to set up one delay in
> a preset bank (say one second at 98% feedback) and
> another (at say at sixteen
> seconds with 100% feedback). You can start playing
> on the first delay seting
> up a rhythmic figure with a one beat-per-second pace
> and when you step/switch
> to the next bank with the longer delay (we're still
> talking about just one
> DD-20 mind you) the shorter delay KEEPS repeating
> what was last played into it
> just as long as the feedback will allow it to go.
> This shorter delay can act as
> a rhythmic guide to set up a sixteen beat (4/4,
> four-bar) phrase in the second
> longer delay. Get it? Plus, you don't have to stick
> with even numbers. You
> can do it in fives or threes or sevens -- you just
> have to do the math and hope
> that the rather limited digital readout will do
> enough decimals.
>
> The DD-20 has five memory banks/slots that you can
> store delay settings to
> and step/switch through in series. This is pretty
> darn cool if you ask me. It
> will also do tap-tempo stuff if you don't want to
> play to a numerically preset
> delay time. It's just a little harder to make it all
> work with multiple pedals
> if you do though. Another caveat: the manual was a
> little hard for me to
> figure out at first. I had no end of grief trying to
> figure it out.
>
> Best regards,
>
> tEd ® kiLLiAn
>
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