Re: MASTER LIST of Least Costly Live Looping Solutions

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Kevin Cheli-Colando wrote:
> The SOS of the DD20 is really a bare bones looper.  You press the
> pedal to record your first loop, press it again to close it and start
> it repeating.  Press the pedal again and you record as long as you
> hold it down.  No feedback control or undo so its really a one way
> kind of thing-forward to more.  


Thanks Kevin, that's a really neat review.

I would add that a short press of the pedal erases the loop that's playing,
with that feature the  SOS becomes gigable. 

The thing is, are there any hidden difficulties with the SOS mode?
(typical of Roland/Boss)

>From the manual description, it *could* work smoothly as a "bare
bones looper", or it might be that there's stuff like a gap
before playback commences.

I'm not familiar with the RC-20XL either, but I've seen a lot of people
use it just to tap in single loops and overdub in a live situation.

..but all I hear about DD-20 is that the Delay Mode is more useful,
no-one seems to actually use the SOS....which casts some doubt as
to whether there's some problem with it. 


andy