AETHERPHON, global theremin family

Yes, I was going to suggest loopers delight.  There is a section on
Tools of the Trade, where you can read about the various looper
hardware.
http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/tools.html

I have owned the boomerang, Jamman, and the echoplex digital pro.  I
sold all but the echoplex, preferring it's features, sound quality, and
user interface.  I have owned as many as 3 of them at a time.  

http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/echoplex/echoplex.html

The echoplex digital pro (EDP) has 198 seconds of loop time.  This can
be set to be 1 loop, or divided into sections so that you can have a A
part, B part, C part...., and switch between them.  It has a feedback
knob that determines whether the loop never decays, or decays at the
rate that you set.  This feedback can be controlled with an expression
pedal, so that you can dynamically control the decay.  

The EDP has UNDO, allowing you to peel off layers of the loop, or to
correct a mistake.  EDP has reverse, half speed (or double speed).  The
user interface is critical to live loop creation.  I find the user
interface with the EDP more natural to use than the other devices,
whether you use the EDP footpedal (7 buttons), or a midi pedal.  

EDP can be 'brothersynced' together so that several musician can loop
in sync, with the first one making a loop setting the base time.  The
other 'slave' EDP will sync to the 'master', in integer multiples, so
that the  slave can be the same time as the master, or 2x, 3x, 4x etc.
of the master.  In effect it is live multitracking loops.

The EDP has a 'Multiply' function allowing you to create a root loop,
and overdub multiples of that, so that again you create 2x, 3x etc of
the first loop, with varied overdubs.  

2 EDP can be slaved to get stereo loops.  I love the EDP, and still own
2 of them.  Once a loop is created you can 'Insert' into that loop,
replacing a section.

When making a first loop, it can be ended with 'overdub' allowing a
smooth seam on a sustained sound, rather an abrupt loop end/beginning.

bret


--- kkissinger@... wrote:

> To follow up, I did a little googling and found an interesting post
> on  
> the topic:
> 
> http://www.loopers-delight.com/LDarchive/200602/msg00733.html
> 


 
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