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Kris,
Thanks for the reply. Here's how I determined the
thinning of the sound:
Epi Les Paul direct to Boomerang, Boomerang direct
to Marshall amp (same results are the same with my Fender Princeton amp,
too).
I play, and notice the usual thick, rich
tone.
I tap "record", and "record" again to end the
recording. The loop immediately starts to play back, and I notice that the
tone is very noticeably thinner (seems more trebly and less bass).
To the average ear the difference would be slight,
but I'm sure any of you guys would notice it immediately. I just happened to notice the same thing during my lesson the
other day when my instructor used his RC-50. Slight difference but
noticeable.
I remember about a year ago trying Mobius through
my computer, and noticed no difference in sound quality at all, but the playback
was through my Altec Lansing computer speakers.
One other thing that I notice about my 'Rang is
that right out of the box, the center switch setting produces an incredible
amount of hiss. I kind of ignored that and just figured it was a 'Rang
idiosyncrasy. The other two settings are nice and quiet, though. Perhaps I need
to send it back to Mike N. for a checkup.
Brian
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:43
AM
Subject: Re: Sound quality of various
loopers
I have never experienced this with any of the
looping devices I've owned and used: Boomerang, RC-20, Echoplexes,
RC-20. The Boomerang tended to generate a bit of hiss for me, but I was
able to minimize by ensure my levels were relatively hot on the unit.
Where are you running the Boomerang in your
signal chain? You ran an A/B test and demonstrated the Boomerang is
actually contributing to the thinning? It could be a signal chain gain
thing. Though not stellar, I recall the specs on that unit (bit rate and
frequency range) were enough to not significantly alter the tone of
your instrument.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 8:43
AM
Subject: Sound quality of various
loopers
Hi folks,
I haven't posted in quite some time, but now
I'm back to bother you all with my silly questions.
I use a Boomerang, and although it's an easy
unit to use I've noticed that there is a noticeable "tinniness" to the
playback. Of course, I have it set for highest quality.
I've also noticed this on other looping
devices. For example, my guitar teacher has an RC-50 which he just has
hooked up to a little practice amp, I still notice a slight thinning out of
the playback sound.
Is this common to all looping devices? Is there
any way around this such as compensating with some kind of eq?
Thanks, and I apologize because I know my
questions are very basic.
Brian
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