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thanks! --- Tim Nelson <psychle62@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Evan Meyers <evanmeyers@yahoo.com> wrote: > > true, but hitting and holding down a 'hold' button > > is virtually the same action as pressing a start and > > a stop. > > Nah, there's a subtle difference between the two. What > Dylan's talking about with the old-school DDL-based > looping (like with the DM-2000, the Digitech Time > Machines, Korg SDD-1000, etc.) is that when the unit > is doing its thing and you step on the 'hold' switch, > it will repeat the *last* cycle that hit it, the loop > length being dependent on whatever the delay setting > was. As long as the delay is happening, the loop is > automatically already open, and you're just > determining the *close* point. With this sort of > looping, you cannot overdub onto the loop. And you > don't have to hold the button down; a regular ol' > momentary-contact switch will trigger it with one tap > (unless you're using something like a DD-3...). > > The other devices he's looked at (Boomerang, RC-20) as > well as the Headrush and DL4 require the player to > determine *both* ends of the loop. (With the exception > of a loop exceeding 14 seconds on the DL4, which does > go into overdub at that point.) > > While most of Anastasio's looping was done with a pair > of Boomerangs, he did indeed use a DM-2000 as well. > > (Excerpt from GP interview with Trey Anastasio 9/94: > "I also have an Ibanez DM-2000, one of the first > digital delays they ever made. It's got this bug in > it. If you have the flange going and you hit the > infinite hold button, it totally freaks out. It makes > all these awful sounds. That's all I use it for.") > > -t- > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com