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Saybolt,
if you're using mics as signal sources, you
won't get around using a mixer. As to the looper to choose, everything we heard
suggests the soon-to-be-released (?) Electrix Repeater. The best time to add
effects is normally after the looper, but if you're short on effects (most
people are), it also makes sense to loop signals with effects already
added.
Depending on how many effects (and which looper)
you're using, there are different "optimum solutions". Using the
repeater (which offers four ins and four outs), I'd suggest (using three
effectors): Microphones into small mixer (i.e. Mackie 1202 VLZ Pro), the Alt 3/4
bus to the repeater (ins 1&2), the repeater outs 3&4 used with a
stereo/twin mono effect (i.e. Ensoniq DP2), the outs 1&2 sent to the mixer,
the other effects fed by the auxes (say, a vortex and another weird thing) and
returned to the mixer, and the entire mix to the dj console. This way, you can
connect four microphones (mixer channels 1-4), the repeater (stereo channel
5/6), and the two effects (7/8 and 9/10). Any source (microphones and the
effects fed by the auxes) can be looped, the loop can be processed by the DP2,
and any audio source (including the loops) can be processed by the two other
effects. And you still have one stereo channel available, so the DJ can send you
his output, which you can in turn include in your sonic madness. Anything is
sent to the repeater via the Mute/Alt buttons, and can still be present in your
main outs or not (assignable).
Of course, this works with other loopers too, I
use a DL4 in a similair configuration with a larger console. Feel free to ask if
you've got any questions left...
Rainer
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