RE: Looping vs delay effects

[John Ott <John_Ott@ATK.COM>]

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>>From:         Neil Goldstein
>This may have been discussed before, but I hear people mentioning things
>like "if it had more delay, I wouldn't need a JamMan". IMHO, there is no
>comparison between the delay you get on an effects unit, no matter how 
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>delay, and a dedicated looping device like JamMan or EchoPlex wherein the
>player controls the loop start and stop point and *the material* that is
>looped. There may be looping  occuring in the delay effect but it doesn't
>have the flexibility for defining the *exact* loop one wants, esp regards
>what should be recorded and what should pass the delay line. This can be
>set up in patches or using real time control, but at some cost to
>spontaneity, as each tempo or phrase length would demand a different 
>tweak.
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>Though with that said, I love the happy "accidents" that happen playing
>with crossfading delays in the Vortex and using midi controllers to change
>feedback and delay time etc. in (my case) the Quadraverb 2.
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>This is said to hear what others have to say on this, more than my having 
>a
>strong opinion on the matter :-)
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>Neil
>ngold@teleport.com
>Portland, OR USA<
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Having more control is nice but my main reason to get the Jamman was
for longer Delay/Loop times.   The RP-6 has 5 different Loop modes
(changing
source and delay between two channels) It's main limitation is 800 msec
of
maximum delay per channel.  I've heard of people hacking more memory
to the RP-6, but I'd rather not do that myself.  I don't find that
control of 
the Jamman that much easier than the RP,  but I've only had the Jamman
for about a week.  I guess the main advantage is control of layering. 
Don't like the footswitch much ( need more controls)  Can anyone
recommend a MIDI-pedal they like for looping with the Jamman? 
(or the with echoplex for you more affluent  folks)   8-}  

peace
John
 
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