RE: Batt'ries.../laws which discriminate against loopers

["ARTHUR LEE MUSIC" <arthurlee@arthurleemusic.com>]

Dude,
To make a Boss RC-20 work "right" try running your signal into an A/B
box or a mutable tuner like the Boss TU2 and then go into the CD-IN
(Aux-IN) jack on the back of the RC20 instead of the Vocal or Instrument
inputs that suck and color your sound. You'll need to boost your input
level to a line level signal which you can do with any type of mixer.
"Rolls" has a tiny little one for cheap that I've used if you are
looking for portability. With this set up you can mute the sound from
coming thru the unit when you are not recording your loops to eliminate
any phasing problems and your tone will be all good. I did that for a
while until I got an EDP which takes care of all those problems plus so
much more.

Thanks,

Arthur Lee

       www.arthurleemusic.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Nelson [mailto:psychle62@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 10:42 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Batt'ries.../laws which discriminate against loopers

--- Jeffrey Lomas <jeff.lomas@oasis-open.org> wrote:
> The DL-4 manual says it has a battery life of 30
> hours.  I think this is
> pretty accurate based on my earlier experiences.

I couldn't find any C's, so I went with the RC-20. 

Plusses: it's smaller, longer loop time
Minuses: no half speed, no on-board delay, ugly color

And even with the best intentions of staying as
small/simple as possible, after a short trial run, I
added a volume pedal to the (micro)rig.

Also, as I feared, the little plastic speaker on the
Smokey sounded like crap with the acoustic, so I had
to use the Pignose. (The Smokey actually sounds good
driving a 4x12 cabinet, but that sort of defeats the
purpose...)

I think I'm gonna do it again today with the DL4.

HOWEVER... The thing that complicates it is that
Portsmouth has an ordinance which forbids amplified
busking. I know a guy who used to drag his entire drum
kit out there on the sidewalk and he was within the
law. Technically, a screeching set of highland
bagpipes or a grand piano would be OK, but using a 1
watt amp to play loops at a volume matching the
unamplified acoustic guitar is a no-no. I know the
purpose of the law is to keep the noise down, but it's
frustrating... So, if I go across the bridge to
Portsmouth, I need to stay discreet re: the amp, and
the Pignose, while only the size of a shoebox, was
making me a little paranoid, even though it was
semi-concealed in a little backpack. Plus, the
skeeters had come out by then, so I didn't stay long!

> I don't use it with
> batteries anymore, because I have a tendency to
> forget to unplug it :).

That won't be a problem; I'm not planning on leaving
it in Market Square! :-) (A couple of my electric
guitars have jack-switched active electronics, and
when looping at home, forgetting to unplug *can* be a
problem!)

-t-

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