Re: Any opinions on Line 6 DL-4

["Nic Roozeboom" <nicroozeboom@hotmail.com>]

>I can get a used DL-4 pretty cheap, I haven't tried it out. Anyone here 
>have
>an opinion on it?
>
>Carl Jacobson
>

I for one love it. I would give it high grades particularly on (stereo) 
sound quality and usability in a live situation. My usage is mainly for 
its 
loop delay but also the other "regular" delay & echo effects are great.

It does have some idiosyncrasies such as unsuppressed artifacts when 
changing the delay time (although this can also be used as an effect in 
itself). Also it's a fixed-level input which can lead to clipping when 
overdriven (a compressor/limiter on the input might help here) but I have 
no 
problem as my setup is tweaked to a fixed output on the driving device 
anyway.

I use it with an expression pedal (an old Roland one I still had, RC-5 I 
think it's called), of which the main benefit is being able to gradually 
change between two different presets (one combination of the knob controls 
on toe, another on heel, and all graduations in between - this is a great 
feature!)

The 14 second maximum loop time (28 in half-speed mode) might be 
considered 
a limitation - I consider it a price trade-off (comp. e.g. the rack-mount 
60sec version at what .. 500$?)

I have it featured prominently on some tracks on my band Fractal's website 
if you care for a listen (fairly long tracks mostly):

http://home.pacbell.net/adrian_c/music-nat-anthem.html (no looping but 
uses 
the sweep echo setting with expression pedal to create the delay change 
artifacts I just mentioned)

http://home.pacbell.net/adrian_c/music-echo.html (loop delay)

http://home.pacbell.net/adrian_c/music-consolation.html (loop delay)

Offering no (hypocritical) apologies for the blatant plug;-). Hope this 
helps!
Nic

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