faux DL-4 sync

[John Mazzarella <jmazzarella@erols.com>]

Hey,
     Here’s a cool looping trick that I stumbled upon this week.  I use
a Behringer 802A mixer.  I have my DL-4 and Adrenalinn routed through
aux send 1.  I send the signal from my acoustic guitar into the DL-4 and
then process the loop with the Adrenalinn.  I’m also using a Korg
Electribe ER-1.  I have the Adrenalinn synced to that.
     Here’s what I do: I start with a pattern from the ER-1.  I then
play a 2 or 4 measure chord progression along with the pattern on my
acoustic into the DL-4.   Now the Adrenalinn will sync all of it’s cool
filter sequences and what not along with the pattern from the ER-1.  Now
I turn down the aux send from the guitar, and play straight unaffected
guitar along with the Adrenalin processed loop.  The beauty of the
approach is that if I play along with the ER-1 the Adrenalinn will keep
syncing.  It’s a great combination of trip hop beats, cool filter
sequenced parts, and earthy acoustic textures.  When I want to go to a
different part of the song I just stomp the loop off.  When I get back
to the original verse part I turn it on again and because the Adrenailnn
is still synced to the ER-1 my filter sequence is still pulsing
perfectly in time.  This is sort of a cheaters way of getting the DL-4
to sync with a drum machine, until I get an EDP.
     I road tested it at a coffee shop gig last night and it worked
great.

John
www.johnmazzarella.com