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Did anyone pick up the ext. switch for this box yet? >From: Paolo Valladolid <paolovalladolid@yahoo.com> >Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >Subject: EH16 Reissue First Impressions >Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:31:09 -0700 (PDT) > >Mark Sottilaro covered the MIDI features and other >features in greater depth in his review: > >http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/eh16II/eh16II_review1.html > >The following is my own impressions. > >The user interface is very nice. The blinking LEDs >really help a lot, just like Mark reports, especially >the ones that blink at the tempo of the loop, so that >when you overdub a new loop, it is easy to match what >you play to the tempo of the loops that are already >running. > >I also appreciate the signal level LEDs for the Input >Gain slider. Set is so the input triggers the green >LED but not the orange LED (which signals overload). >Very straightforward and helpful, unless one wants >intentional distortion. > >For my little test of the unit, I followed the "quick >start" portion of the manual: > >http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/eh16II/eh16-manual.html > >I recorded loops of my guitar and my Saxxy (an >electric kazoo sold at Sharper Image stores), >following these instructions. The "Fine Tempo" slider >is fun to play with in both Tempo-only mode (speed >up/slow down the loop without changing pitch) and >Pitch&Tempo mode. By combining the use of this slider >with the Depth and Speed controls (these two control >the built-in chorus/flanger effect which is always on) >I quickly got sounds just like Nels Cline. For >example, I overdubbed loops of myself playing high >notes on the guitar, then slid the Fine slider down to >get even higher-pitched sounds just like those >old-fashioned music boxes that you wind up. Sliding >the Fine control to the other extreme produces dark >and scary sounds. > >Conclusion so far: > >I find it a very good tool for solo improvisation. I >cannot comment on how it would help a pop songwriter >type, because that is a different genre. > >My main concern is how to incorporate a looper into >group improvisational situations, especially >nonidiomatic free improv a la Derek Bailey. I have >been trying to do this with my Line6 DL4, in my role >as the "sound alchemist/electronic doodad player", >with limited success as I have struggled to get it to >respond quickly enough to sudden changes in dynamics, >tempi, etc. I have had an easier time incorporating >synthesizers with and without computer control >(arpeggiators, sequencers). > >It seems like using the Fine slider to adjust tempo >and pitch on the fly will be my main way to use the >EH16 in free improv. This seems to be what Cline and >Bill Frisell do with their older versions of this >device. I will try this at tomorrow night's jam >session and see how it goes. If it works out as I >hope, I may put up the DL4 on eBay as well as the >Line6 expression pedal I bought for the it. > >Paolo > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. >http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >