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Boss RC loop station
anyone got one? are they worth it
Wed 18 Jun 2008 22:00
check out

http://www.loopersdelight.com/loop.html

ts totally devoted to looping devices and tricks- good reviews of all the different models on the market

also http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=6988746

a chap called andre lafosse- amazing stuff with a looper pedal- like glitch/turntablism with a guitar

I've been using something called sooperlooper- its a software based looper that i run my guitar and voice thru in ableton live- a recipe for disaster and it has gone wrong disasterously and embarassingly at times live - but the possibilities are amazing and is starting to work a lot better as i understand it more
Wed 25 Jun 2008 23:44
used to have a line6 dl4 (before it died) and used to use to use the looper on that. was pretty cool as you could reverse it and stuff, never known a second guitarist to be able to play backwards.

they can be used creatively and also help to improve your playing, and if you did want to reverse things and all that, you'll end up learning your songs better so you need to know the parts backwards...
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rag doll girl
Thu 26 Jun 2008 12:41
i've ordered one so i'll see how i like it.
Wed 16 Jul 2008 22:13
Hi Ben, Hope you're good. Just came across you're blog.

Personally I love the RC2 pedal. It is a great asset to have - whether you like to play at home and have some immense jam sessions, or, to use at gigs. It is especially very beneficial if like me; you are a soloist and have not got a band to back you up. I find it can be difficult to hold the attention of an audience for long periods of time with just vocals and a guitar...I think the pedal can add variation to a set and 'break it up' by providing the opportunity to incorporate different instruments like percussion, vocals, keyboard or any other instruments which take your fancy. I’ve recently found it very effective to create impressive harmonies with your own voice.

The downside is that it is quite difficult to master…I am still attempting to get the hang of it, as exemplified by Chris (thanks for that)…but as soon as you have, it’s very beneficial - as you potentially have a band at you’re fingertips.
There’s also the big danger of a performance going ‘tits-up’…one chord out of beat and you’re screwed for the whole song. Also I agree that It shouldn’t be relied upon…it can be over-used. I think if you were to use it in a set keep it limited to one or two songs.

Best £110 I’ve spent in a long time…adds a whole other dimension to song writing and performances.

Zoe
Tue 29 Jul 2008 11:30
Just bought an RC2 loop station off of ebay for £85. Can't really afford it but it was a good(ish) price.

Just because I'm bored, I thought I'd update everyone.
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Tue 29 Jul 2008 22:50
Reply to Post 24273 by zodgeapina in Boss RC loop station Hi Ben, Hope you're good. Just came across you're blog.

Personally I love the RC2 pedal. It is a great asset to have - whether you like to play at home and have some immense jam sessions, or, to use at gigs. It is especially very beneficial if like me; you are a soloist and have not got a band to back you up. I find it can be difficult to hold the attention of an audience for long periods of time with just vocals and a guitar...I think the pedal can add variation to a set and 'break it up' by providing the opportunity to incorporate different instruments like percussion, vocals, keyboard or any other instruments which take your fancy. I’ve recently found it very effective to create impressive harmonies with your own voice.

The downside is that it is quite difficult to master…I am still attempting to get the hang of it, as exemplified by Chris (thanks for that)…but as soon as you have, it’s very beneficial - as you potentially have a band at you’re fingertips.
There’s also the big danger of a performance going ‘tits-up’…one chord out of beat and you’re screwed for the whole song. Also I agree that It shouldn’t be relied upon…it can be over-used. I think if you were to use it in a set keep it limited to one or two songs.

Best £110 I’ve spent in a long time…adds a whole other dimension to song writing and performances.

Zoe


if it's of interest to you. other loopers work using tempo/bars/beats rather than time.

for example with the electro harmonix 16 second-delay (doesn't do what it says on the tin, far more), you can hook up say a drum machine to it using the MIDI in, set the tempo using the drum machine.
then what you do is have the beat from the drum machine only coming through your monitors and play to that, giving much better timed loops and less risk of everything going wrong on stage : )

probably sounds more complex than it is in reality and can get a pricey if looping isn't a central part of what you do.
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rag doll girl
Wed 20 Aug 2008 19:49
Check out a band called Minus The Bear. Lead Guitarist uses 3 of them at once.
Fri 12 Sep 2008 13:05
Has anybody looked at the RC-50 too? It's about double the price but looks to me like it would be worth it. You could record/turn on and off riffs for a whole song, verse/chorus and turn them on and off independently. Could be a useful tool couldn't it?

Maybe I've got more money than sense but I might have a look at one of these