Re: Digitech RDS 800

[Kim Flint <kflint@annihilist.com>]

Hey all you RDS8000 fans, how about if one of you collects all the great
info that's been posted lately and make it a web page for the Looper's
Delight website? Then people can easily learn all about it and the story
will be available forever.

Remember: The Looper's Delight site survives and prospers by volunteers
helping out. The few of us working on this can only do so much, so if you
can think of some way you might contribute, please do!

Believe me, if I were the only one doing this, it would really suck. Big
thanks to everyone who has put in a little time (or a lot) to help out!

kim


>ANET@aol.com wrote:
>
>> I own an RDS8000 as well as a JAMMAN.   The RDS8000 would be best 
>described
>> as an early entry into digital looping by Digitech.  They made two 
>models, a
>> 4 second machine RDS4000 and the 8 second RDS8000.  These units are fun,
>> reliable and very rugged and are best used for setting "static" looping
>> conditions such as preset delays for vocals from the microsecond range
>>to the
>> millisecond range with one or more "echos" added to the mix.   It has a 
>very
>> nice flanging capability, and as mentioned earlier up to 8 seconds of
>>looping
>> capability.  I haven't used it in a while but I think you can record an
>> infinite number of loops over the delay pattern.  Unlike the Jamman, you
>> cannot set up a tempo dynamically (no tap tempo).  However, the range of
>> delay from the smallest to longest is controlled by a pot. and a range
>> selector. The selector gives the range such as 1ms 2ms 1 sec  2sec 4sec 
>and
>> 8sec and the other which allows you to vary that range from the 
>smallest to
>> the next level, for example 1ms to 2ms range is selectable when the 
>selector
>> is on the 1ms range and the pot. is rotated from the left to the right. 
> I
>> haven't tried it yet, but I wanted to use the RDS8000 for a poor man's
>>stereo
>> by placing it on my stereo mixer using a mono signal (such as my 
>vocals) and
>> on one of the channels adding a slight delay to increase spatiality.  
>All in
>> all, a fun toy at a cheap price, I paid $125.00 6 years ago.
>>
>> HAVE FUN! I have a 7.6 sec. time machine by digitech,and i'll pass this 
>on.I
>> made a foot controller from a volume pedel and a few parts from radio
>> shack.since the device is operated by controlled voltage I hooked up a
>>9v power
>> supply to an on and off button, then it goes to a volume pot for range
>>of delay
>> then to the pot in the pedel for sweeping within the range set by the 
>first
>> pot!You plug it into the cv in jack on the back.I also use a roland
>>tr-626 drum
>> machine that puts out a +5v pulse,this sets the length of the echo to 
>the
>> beat.its so easy!Jeff


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