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Re: looping pedal with decay?



If I read you correctly, the Gibson EDP does what you want and tons more! 
I upgraded from a Boomerang plus which does have the decay but you pick it
ahead of time (i.e. 20 reps, 10, 1 or infinite I beleive)

my 2 cents...

Plish

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> The only things that I know of that will do what you
> describe are delay pedals.  I think the Giga delay
> would be your best bet, but I'd also read somewhere
> that this one artist(I can't remebmer his name) uses
> Eventide rack mount processors set up with an
> algorhythm that was set with a 95% feedback so that
> his loops would decay over time. That sounds more like
> what you want, but that stuff is way expensive.  Other
> than that, sounds like all you need is a digital delay
> unit with copious anmounts of time and to be able to
> set the  feedback setting as needed to make the loops
> decay over time.
> --- radio radio <radiotelevision@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I want to buy a pedal and get into looping but am
>> having trouble
>> figuring out which one will best meet my needs (and
>> budget). I've
>> learned a LOT from this web site, but still can't
>> quite figure out
>> everything and would really benefit from a human
>> (albeit
>> computer-mediated) interaction. Thanks in advance
>> for taking the time
>> to read this and respond - I hope that I will be
>> able to "give back"
>> some day when I know something worth while. Until
>> then, I guess I
>> should donate to this site if I get any responses.
>>
>> From what I've read and thought about, it looks like
>> what will be the
>> most important distinction for me is that the loops
>> will be able to
>> decay. In other words, you can lay down a loop, lay
>> down another one
>> on top, and then another, and so on, and eventually
>> the first one dies
>> out, then the second one, and so on. I imagine this
>> working like a
>> delay pedal in which you can set the decay (or is
>> that called
>> feedback?). So you could "morph" over time into new
>> things, without
>> being stuck with your original loops, and without
>> having to open a new
>> loop and start from scratch with only one new track
>> each time  you
>> wanted to change it up.
>>
>> The three pedals I've looked into are:
>>
>> BOSS RC20xl, Digitech Jamman, and BOSS DD-20 giga
>> delay
>>
>> I thought the BOSS was it, but now I'm thinking that
>> it doesn't allow
>> this thing that I described. I can't tell if you can
>> do this with the
>> Jamman or not - does anyone know? You could do this
>> with the DD-20,
>> but I can't tell if you'd be able to set a
>> loop/delay time up with
>> your foot or not (versus having to set it to a
>> certain number of
>> seconds and then hope you can keep your riff to that
>> length) or if
>> there would be other difficulties that I'm not aware
>> of if you're
>> using this as a looping pedal when it's built to be
>> a delay.
>>
>> Should I be considering a different pedal? I don't
>> really need a delay
>> pedal - I want a loop pedal that decays. I don't
>> really need to be
>> able to save my loops - I just want to be able to
>> set them up on the
>> fly. I don't need to be able to save them on my
>> computer. I don't need
>> to be able to plug in a separate mic or instrument
>> in addition to the
>> guitar, although that would be a definite bonus for
>> me. I don't need a
>> long amount of time - I'm guessing 23 seconds is
>> plenty. I don't know
>> if I need the ability to set up separate loops or
>> not - I certainly
>> wouldn't mind, but I don't know enough about using a
>> looper yet to
>> know about that. Also, how important is
>> 'auto-quanitze'? Lastly, I
>> don't have a lot of money to spend, so the echoplex
>> is right out. The
>> boomerang is also too expensive, and anyway I'm
>> affraid of the noise
>> issues that people have written about with that one.
>> I haven't really
>> learned about any other pedals out there.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>> Eben
>>
>>
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