Re: "hold" note uninterrupted (original poster)

[Sorceror777@aol.com]

thanks for all the responses so far! 
Anyway, to clarify something, I want a unit that has a pure "infinite" 
sustain/feedback function. The suggestions given involving loopers dont 
work, 
because this is for realtime (live playing, so software doesnt work 
either) 
application, and i dont have the time to create a bed of layers resulting 
in 
a final sustaining pedal point drone. I just want to play a note, STEP on 
a 
button, without having to hold it down, and have that note/chord drone. 
The 
cyclic nature of the guitar string doesnt bug me, its doesnt have to be a 
uniform sine wave drone (line a telephone dial tone), I just dont want to 
hear the loop-like/digital delay  'repeat' of the note/chord.

In a message dated 2/3/03 3:57:47 PM, Sorceror777@aol.com writes:

<< Im looking for a unit that will allow me to play one note, hit a button 
on 
the floor once, and it will sample and hold that note continuously and 
uninterrupted without any hint of decay or repeated attacks. Something 
like a 
digital sustain pedal (for a guitar rig), that does not repeat the initial 
attack like a looper does, but will hold a continuous drone of the note I 
play when I activate the unit. 

Also I do not want to have to hold the pedal down to keep the note 
sounding, 
I want to be able to hit the button once, which makes the note sound 
uninterrupted for as long as I want, play whatever I want unaffected 
(echo-free), and then when Im sick of the background droning note, I hit 
the 
button once again to deactivate the unit. 

The unit may be a simple stompbox or a rackmount, as long as I can control 
the feature via footswitch.

Anyone know of ANYTHING of this sort,
thanks
Jesse Malone


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