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Re: Looping vocals




You can use one of those Radio Shack mic to 1/4" barrel mounted 
transformers with pretty good results...  THere are several loopers 
out there which have Mic inputs, too.... Boss RC-50, DIgitech GNX-3 
and GNX-4... the Electro harmonic 2880, which  by the way has 
independent gain controls for it's two inputs.


>Hi,
>
>I have a conundrum... I wonder if anyone can help.
>
>I'm a guitarist and beatboxer, and I used to own a Boomerang, which 
>I bought so that I could loop my voice. It was big, robust, easy to 
>use, etc... but the problem was that the sample rate was quite low 
>and it seemed to cut off a heck of a lot of top end, which is 
>essential for beatboxing. So... I tried two other pedals:
>
>The Akai E2 Headrush - I bought one and took it straight back, as I 
>realised it had no input gain control, which meant that I couldn't 
>use a mic straight in. I decided therefore that for a little extra 
>money I could have the Line 6 DL4, with its 24bit sample rate and 
>extra delay effects, which I could use in other applications. So...
>
>The DL4 - This is what I own now. It's great for guitar - Crystal 
>clear and easy to use, but I'm yet to try it with vocals.
>
>Here lies the question...
>
>Does anyone know of a way I can gain up a mic signal, without 
>colouring the tone? I also want an A/B/Y box so that I can switch 
>the input between guitar and beatbox or both. The ideal solution 
>would be an A/B/Y box with independent gain controls. Does anyone 
>know of such a thing?
>
>This has been the bane of my creative life for some time now. If 
>anyone can help, I'll give them my first-born iguana.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Neil x


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