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How much do these gizmos cost? The price wasn't eveident to me on their website. -- Paul Richards ---- Charlie Milkey <pilotcp@gmail.com> wrote: > i don't know much about the FX tracker, but the vids on the site look > pretty cool :) > > i haven't heard much about the riff box on LD, but my guitar player > suggested it, as i like to play with ambient music, and i was getting > frustrated by the fact that i couldn't find any looper (with any > substantial time) that could fade out loop A while going to loop B...i > wanted to be able to go from--for example--a few volume swells in A > and then while thats fading out, start constructing a loop in E, so > there are no seams of dropouts, like my lexicon jamman...or even if it > wasn't ambient, both my guitar player and I use loopers of some sort, > and i feel our music builds...it starts out with a little guitar or > bass line, and it gets more and more complex as the song goes on, so > when i want to go somewhere else in the song, or change the loop in > some way, the jamman only allows you to stop the loop, and the riff > box allows for fading out so there isn't a complete dropout of half > the song...i can't believe that a lot of loopers don't offer that > option...plus my big stipulation was that it had to be rackmounted, > but i gave in to the riffbox because it did what i needed it to do, > and it has MIDI capabilities and everything can be controlled through > MIDI, so i am getting that, putting it in a rack shelf, and > controlling it via a behringer FBC1010 or a similar pedal...those two > expression pedals can even work as a clean volume and loop volume as > well, so it can all be completly controlled via MIDI, so i am psyched > to get it...i just need to sell my jamman to afford it :) i have a guy > who said he'll by the jamman in august, which is rapidly approaching, > so i hope to have it soon :) > and i will let everyone know about it when i get it... > in the meantime, everyone should check out the manual and read through > the presets, with all the cool things it can do :) > > Charlie > > On 7/28/06, Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com> wrote: > > Has anyone used the Riffbox's partner, the FX-Tracker? Seems very > > interesting, effect parameters adjusting to note intensity, number of > > events, etc...and looping capabilities too, though no details except >"60 > > seconds". The company also seems promising in that they aim to provide > > firmware upgrades, a la the Looperlative. > > > > Charlie, I'd love to hear your take on the RiffBox when you get it, I > > saw some reviews in the archives but I'd like to hear more. > > > > (okay, okay...check for relevance...change the subject line...review, > > edit, review, edit...hell with it...SEND!). > > > > Daryl Shawn > > www.swanwelder.com > > > ...i am eagerly awaiting my > > > purchase of a riff box specifically for these fadeout situations, the > > > riff box has a preset where you can fade out loop A while > > > simultaniously recording loop B (without overdubing A). I was > > > originally excited for it for ambient music, to smoothly shift (and > > > blend) from one key to another, but it could be a good safeguard for > > > when loops go wrong too :) > > > > > > Charlie > > > > >