Re: looper's missing delay presets -- why?

[improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel)]

>I find it very frustrating that usual looping devices (such as EDP, Zoom
>2100, etc.) do not include a possibility of delay length preset.  I like
>to use precise strange and long delay times for my looping compositions,
>and tapping is sometimes too inconvenient, especially when on stage.
>
>Any ideas why this feature is usually neglected?
>
>petr  (pepetr@yahoo.com)
>
The JamMan will do this when under external MIDI clock control. You select
the number of beats from the front panel, tap to start recording and it
automatically stops when X-beats later. You're limited to multiples of 4
beats, but it does work fine.

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