Re: looking for simple live looper not based on tempo....

[Scott Hansen <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>]

hi new member-my looping experience is "new" also, but if you
are going to use a looper live, i would recommend a foot-pedal oriented 
thing.
if you get a rack delay/looper you'll have to get a foot controller 
of some kind. my first digital delay pedal, the yamaha dds-20m (from 
late 80's) did something like you wanted. it had a sample mode where 
you could sample
1.2 sec of material and play it back hitting the pedal button. it also
had 1.2 sec of delay.
i'm sure that some of the newer pedals, the boss dd-6 or the digitech 
x-series
delay would do something similar (i don't have them, just have read 
about them).
those both have 4-5 sec of delay/looping time.
some thoughts for you. i'm sure others will chime in.
s---


>hi all,
>
>i'm a new member. i got a question, sorry if you've gone
>over this before, i've checked the archives but didn't find
>an answer...
>
>i'm looking for a simple looper to do live loops not based
>on tempo. i'm trying to mimic the thing trey anastasio of
>the band phish does in songs like "ghost" and "sand" and
>"first tube"....
>
>i've looked at the boomerang and the new boss looper, but
>these require you to start the loop as well as stop. so now
>i'm looking at old-school rackmount delays, which don't
>require you to start the loop, only to hit the "hold"
>button to make it start looping.
>
>i've heard trey uses the ibanez dm-2000 for this stuff, but
>it only has a 2-second delay i think.
>
>anybody have experience with the following units? (i can
>get these units locally)
>- ibanez dmd-1000 (1-2 sec delay?)
>- digitech rds-900 (1-2 sec delay?)
>- ada delay (1 sec delay, profiled here:
>http://www.guitargeek.com/gearview/254/
>- rocktron powerplay fx/delay
>- digitech rds-8000 (8 second delay!!)
>
>right now i'm leaning towards the rds-8000. what should i
>pay for this?? any thoughts on these or other units?? any
>advice is VERY appreciated, email me privately or on the
>list, thank you!!!!!!!!!
>
>i'm looking for something to play riffs into live that will
>repeat it hypnotically ad infinitum...... thanks!
>
>dylan
>dylanhassinger@yahoo.com
>
>
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