Re: Let's play a game- it's called Imagine The Perfect Looper

[bradm <bradmcmail@yahoo.ca>]

--- On Thu, 6/12/08, nick ingvoldstad <nickingvoldstad@gmail.com> wrote:
> I read the "building our own looper" thread and
> would like to bump that
> idea.  So if this were the greatest dream you ever had, in
> which The Perfect
> Looper were to be coming in the mail this afternoon, and
> you DIDN'T wake up
> before getting to play with it... what would playing with
> it be like?  Its
> features, its interface, its structure, everything.

To me, "perfection" means it exactly meets the defined requirements. The 
problem is that different people and different situations will have 
different requirements. Here are mine:

- intended for guitar players
- single-width floor stompbox (see Guyatone's Micro Effects series)
- powered by 9V battery or standard Boss adaptor
- 30 seconds looping time
- true bypass (ideally)
- minimal controls: single footswitch, volume control for the looped 
output, one or two LEDs
- single loop only, no modulation, no overdubbing capability
- cheap: US$100 each (want multiple loops? buy two)

> Which features have annoyances or limitations?

For me (admittedly I'm a beginner), there are a lot of products that do a 
lot (e.g., the Boss RC-2), but the more they do, the more complicated the 
interface gets, and the more cramped things get (e.g., the Boss RC-2). I 
want something that's single-use, easy to operate, and cheap (again, see 
Guyatone's Micro Effects series, or Danelectro's effects "food" line of 
pedals).

> What do you wish your device did?

Not much; see above.

Aloha,
Brad

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