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Re: New Member - Buying Advice and Opinions Sought
There were a shitload of Harleys here this past weekend. Incredibly load
and traffic congesting. But they are cool peeps and the spend a lot of
money in Milwaukee. Unfortunately none of it made it to me.
Anyone else use the RC-50 and willing to share tips for effective use,
or undocumented yet effective strategies?
Thanks in advance,
Joe C in Milwaukee
Dave Gallaher wrote:
> Sorry, Joe,
>
> My Boss experience is with RC 20s, not 50s.
>
> Did you guys get all the Harleys back out of town?
>
> dave
>
>
> Subject: Re: New Member - Buying Advice and Opinions Sought
>
> Hello to all!
>
> I am a longtime songwriter musician and neophyte looper. I just ordered
> a Boss RC-50.
>
> Dave, Thanks for the two tips below. Do you have any other tips or
> links for using the RC-50?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Joe C in Milwaukee
>
> Dave Gallaher wrote:
>
>> I assume the Boss Loop Station you have is like mine, and therefore has
>>
> the
>
>> Autostart setting available. This will reduce 50% of your loop error
>> potential right off the bat if you are starting from silence. Select
>> Autostart; set the level to the point where a well-played note (but not
>an
>> accidental click or handling noise) will begin the loop. Then all you
>>
> have
>
>> to do is end on time, and it's much easier to hit the '1' following
>>
> several
>
>> measures of playing than it is to start dead on.
>>
>> Another technique: if you are going to lay a rhythm guitar pattern down
>>
> as
>
>> the bed, play it a couple times before hitting the loop. If you have
>any
>> discrepancy in your tempo between your starting point and the end of the
>> phrase, you can usually be rid of it after a go-round or two. Using
>> autostart, simply play the guitar pattern, stop for a four beat rest
>while
>> stepping on the record pedal, then begin on '1'.
>>
>> I have no experience recording with included clicks and drum rhythms, so
>> this advice may be useless to you if this is your mode.
>>
>> dave
>>
>>
>>
>> Subject: RE: New Member - Buying Advice and Opinions Sought
>>
>> Thank you all for your advice. I really appreciated it.
>>
>> I had it down to the following three --
>>
>> A) Boomerang with 2-channel Mixer -- not feasible, as the footprint and
>> extra setup for a mixer would detract from what I need it to do in the
>way
>>
> I
>
>> need it to work (get up on stage, set up, go quickly)
>>
>> B) Digitech JamMan - looked great, but realistically when live could
>only
>> record one phrase at a time (otherwise would have to stop and save)
>>
>> C) Boss Loop Station - expensive and finicky, with a large number of
>> complaints registered online, and even a known "glitch" that bothers
>some
>> people regarding a playback gap.
>>
>> In the end, I went with the Boss Loop Station, due mostly to the links
>> provided by members here, and their comments. In the scant hour I've
>>
> spent
>
>> messing with it, I've already been able to do two tunes that I couldn't
>do
>> solo (tough to do a 3-part harmony/bodhran song by yourself -- without a
>> looping station, that is).
>>
>> Now to practice!
>>
>> (yegods, laying down that first track so it repeats nicely, in a timely
>> regular fashion, is an ART! ... It took me awhile to figure out that
>the
>> tempo light switched red on the FIRST beat ... My brain keeps insisting
>>
> that
>
>> red must be on the FOURTH beat for some reason?!)
>>
>> If anybody wishes to pass me the links/references on "looping for
>newbies
>>
> --
>
>> how to lay an initial decent rhythm track in under 20 minutes!" then
>feel
>> free to e-mail me privately (so as not to spam the list with my newbie
>> stuff).
>>
>> Thank you all again for the advice. I appreciate it.
>>
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