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Re: basic loop equipment

Would you consider the looping equipment everyone has been talking about
including the Sabine Backtrack to be "seamless" loopers?  I assume the 
RC-20
and Boomarang are.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Nelson" <psychle62@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: basic loop equipment


> Hi Stephanie,
>
> For what you're doing, I'd be willing to bet you'd be
> quite happy with the Boss RC-20. It's an entry-level
> looper without a whole lot of bells and whistles, but
> what sets it apart from the other loopers in its price
> range is its long sampling time, plenty to loop a
> I-IV-V backing part or a verse/chorus/bridge song that
> you could then solo over until the cows came home.
>
> There are two versions of the RC-20; the newest one is
> the RC-20XL that has a greater amount of memory and
> more features, but the original RC-20 still has five
> full minutes of recording capacity and can most likely
> be picked up very reasonably used.
>
> Also available for the purposes you've described are
> the little "phrase samplers" like the Sabine
> Backtrack, but I think you'd probably very quickly
> find that they don't sound very good and aren't as
> usefull overall as something like the RC-20. They're
> cheaper, but you'd definitely be wanting to upgrade a
> lot sooner.
>
> Another option that you probably already own would be
> to use your computer's audio recording capability to
> record backing parts which you could then edit to loop
> nicely while you play over it.
>
> Good luck!
>
> -t-
>
> --- Stephanie Stemmler <sstemmler@above-the-fold.com>
> wrote:
> > I am a BEGINNER guitar player. Wanted to play 12 bar
> > blues and then hear
> > that while I learn to play solos.  I was thinking
> > about cassette 4 track
> > recorder...but then saw stuff about guitar effect
> > pedals with loops.
> >
> > What's the best way to do what I want to do? I just
> > want a practice
> > tool---not a mega-recording station or something
> > like that.  Thanks!
> >
> >
>
>
>
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