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Re: BOSS RC-50 users on the list



Thanx Petri,i dont know who makes such strange decisions,The digitech
switches on tha past loopers were way quieter almost like the boss
ones!
but this things should be called the jamman "clack" looper!
Luis

On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Petri Lahtinen
<kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
> I asked my hardcore-guitar effect, guitar player friend who has done all
> kind of modifications, his answer was that there is little left to do.
>
> Maybe somebody else has different opinion?
> I accepted his and went to another looper, RC-30, switches are soooo 
>quiet.
>
> :-)
>
>
> 2011/5/18 Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>
>>
>> anybody has recomendations on quiet switches that would work for the
>> Digitech Jamman stereo?
>>
>> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Petri Lahtinen
>> <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > My main point of getting rid of it were the LOUD switches, and I dont
>> > have
>> > Leopard OS on my Mac's.
>> > If it reads "Windows XP" on the box, then it shoulda work on XP ;-)
>> > I tested it with Windows 7, in the store that took it back and gave me
>> > the
>> > RC-30, it worked fine on Win7 too.
>> >
>> > I just dont want to upgrade all my computers when I'm using one 300 e
>> > worth
>> > piece of machine.
>> >
>> > 2011/5/17 Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>
>> >>
>> >> I hear you Petri i was having problems with the software as well on
>> >> the macbook and then i tried it on the imac and it works quite 
>well,so
>> >> thats another reason i decided to keep it.
>> >> cheers
>> >> Luis
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Petri Lahtinen
>> >> <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > ("vast sea to dive in" was the sentence....)
>> >> >
>> >> > 2011/5/15 Petri Lahtinen <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think many limitations with these hardware loopers can be turned
>> >> >> into
>> >> >> possibilities.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I myself want limitations, the music itself is so vast se to dive 
>in
>> >> >> :-D
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Or maybe I'm just losing my friggin mind...
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Louie->The software on Digitech stopped working on my XP-machine, 
>so
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> unit became a piece of metal to me. RC-30's memory, you can access
>> >> >> it
>> >> >> as a
>> >> >> norma USB-memory.
>> >> >> No software needed. I think Digitech made a huge mistake by 
>closing
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> JamMan Stereo's memory by making it accessible only with their 
>piece
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> ****
>> >> >> software, that's programmed on Microsoft Silverlight, which is a
>> >> >> joke
>> >> >> in
>> >> >> itself.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Sorry, a quite a burst of sentiment, but those are MHO's, at this
>> >> >> time.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> :-D
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -Petri-
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2011/5/15 Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi Petr,
>> >> >>> yes i tried it but decided to keep the Digitech for what i do,it
>> >> >>> would
>> >> >>> have been nice if those 2 independent tracks could be different 
>in
>> >> >>> length as if u multiplied so i really didnt see much of an
>> >> >>> advantage
>> >> >>> i didnt like that you had to press undo for 2 seconds or to 
>change
>> >> >>> parts without the switch,for what i do is a bit tedious since im
>> >> >>> singing as well.
>> >> >>> But the switches are really nice,i might have the Digis changed 
>for
>> >> >>> quieter ones!
>> >> >>> Luis
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Petri Lahtinen
>> >> >>> <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>> > Hi Louie!
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I bought the RC-30 and its really good.
>> >> >>> > Silent switches, two tracks, the extra footswitch is small and
>> >> >>> > fitted
>> >> >>> > my
>> >> >>> > pedalboard well.
>> >> >>> > (FS-6) and with it you can do everything with feet. Well, not
>> >> >>> > start
>> >> >>> > the
>> >> >>> > rhythms, I mean the unit's own drum machine, that is.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I dont do ABC or any other song forms nowadays, so I dont mind
>> >> >>> > the
>> >> >>> > undo's 2
>> >> >>> > sec thing.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > I'm really pleased with it, it surely fills my small needs as a
>> >> >>> > looping
>> >> >>> > device.
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > -Petri-
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> > 2011/4/27 Louie Angulo <louie.angulo@googlemail.com>
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> Hi Petri,
>> >> >>> >> how funny that im doing the same thing!
>> >> >>> >> You arer absolutely right,that software is anoying,im 
>preparing
>> >> >>> >> for
>> >> >>> >> a
>> >> >>> >> gig this saturday and it took me almost an hour to get some
>> >> >>> >> samples
>> >> >>> >> transfered to the Digitech from their flimsy software,there 
>is a
>> >> >>> >> new
>> >> >>> >> firmware version which i installed prior to working with it,i
>> >> >>> >> dont
>> >> >>> >> know what that is meant for,i started importing wav files and 
>in
>> >> >>> >> the
>> >> >>> >> middle of working it crashed bad and lost it all, so i had to
>> >> >>> >> restart
>> >> >>> >> again.Prior to that i was rehearsing with it and as i was
>> >> >>> >> scrolling
>> >> >>> >> through the samples the digitech froze and cound not get it to
>> >> >>> >> do
>> >> >>> >> anything so i reboot it and found out i had lost every other
>> >> >>> >> sample
>> >> >>> >> in
>> >> >>> >> a slot,luckly i had made a jam list backup so i retransfered 
>all
>> >> >>> >> the
>> >> >>> >> files.
>> >> >>> >> what i do like about the digitech is the easy of scrolling
>> >> >>> >> through
>> >> >>> >> the
>> >> >>> >> samples,but that switch click is so loud that it gets recorded
>> >> >>> >> everytime i loop anything(i have my mic going into the loops 
>as
>> >> >>> >> well)
>> >> >>> >> I dont know why they replaced the old switches,they seem a lot
>> >> >>> >> quieter, think the Boss-RC30 will be better in that 
>department.
>> >> >>> >> oh dont waste your time trying to call them or suggest
>> >> >>> >> improvements,their support is nada!
>> >> >>> >> Im also getting the RC-30 perhaps today or tomorrow to try
>> >> >>> >> out,im
>> >> >>> >> just
>> >> >>> >> using this for small pedalboard type of bar gigs and no
>> >> >>> >> racks,the
>> >> >>> >> RC-30 has an essential feature for me like the independent
>> >> >>> >> tracks,is
>> >> >>> >> too bad they didnt assign the undo/redo with the footswitch 
>like
>> >> >>> >> the
>> >> >>> >> Digitech has,you still have to step on it 2 seconds 
>impractical
>> >> >>> >> if
>> >> >>> >> u
>> >> >>> >> want ot do A-B arrangments grrr!
>> >> >>> >> oh well lets see if it beats the Digi
>> >> >>> >> cheers
>> >> >>> >> Luis
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Petri Lahtinen
>> >> >>> >> <kollegavalmentaja@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>> >> > Hi and thanks to everybody for your responses!
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > BUT it seems that RC-50 is not available here in Finland,
>> >> >>> >> > anymore.
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > The Roland headquarters is Denmark that supply gear to 
>Nordic
>> >> >>> >> > countries
>> >> >>> >> > had
>> >> >>> >> > replied to my store, that they dont have any RC-50's there.
>> >> >>> >> > The chain of stores I use here in Finland, doesnt have not 
>one
>> >> >>> >> > unit
>> >> >>> >> > here. So
>> >> >>> >> > will it become a discontinued product that gets replaced by
>> >> >>> >> > the
>> >> >>> >> > new
>> >> >>> >> > RC-30...
>> >> >>> >> > who knows...?
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > SO I'm getting the new RC-30 for test drive next week.
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > Looking at the manual, it seems pretty straightforward unit.
>> >> >>> >> > Need
>> >> >>> >> > extra
>> >> >>> >> > footswitch, which is always annoying.
>> >> >>> >> > Probably nobody on the list doesnt have one of those, cause
>> >> >>> >> > its
>> >> >>> >> > so
>> >> >>> >> > new
>> >> >>> >> > unit?
>> >> >>> >> > Think it was 2011 January when the first units shipped.
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > -Petri-
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > 2011/4/26 Victor Eijkhout <victor@eijkhout.net>
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> On Apr 25, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Petri Lahtinen wrote:
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> > Were there RC-50 users on the list?
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Check. Just bought it a month ago so I'm still learning. 
>Fun
>> >> >>> >> >> toy
>> >> >>> >> >> though.
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >> Victor.
>> >> >>> >> >>
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > --
>> >> >>> >> > Petri Lahtinen
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> > http://www.petrilahtinen.com
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >> >
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >> --
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>> >> >>> >>
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >
>> >> >>> >
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>> >> >>> >
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