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Per Boysen wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Now and then I have been doing concerts with digital loop delays,
> playing
> instruments into them  and manipulating the loops on the fly. Since my
> old
> first generation delays and harmonizers broke down (bought in 1982) I
> have
> been renting a Lexicon Jam man for the gigs. But now I want to buy a
> decent
> live looping device to put in a rack together with some other stuff as
> a
> "permantent live looping" set up.
>
> I've been recommended:
> (1) Roland RC-20 Loop Station  (new device, don't know much...)
> (2) Gibson (Oberheim) Echoplex (good one, many loopists using it)
> (3) Lexicon PCM-42 (the classic - maybe obolete for live use these
> days)
>
> Have you used any of these devices? Or maybe you can recommend some
> better
> choice? I'm looking for fast and easy foot pedal functionality since
> the
> device is gonna be used as a tool for live improvisation. I also need
> "sound
> on sound" layering capability and the tap tempo feature. Many inputs
> would
> also come in handy - I would like to have a mic connected as well as a
> line
> in.
>
> Regards
>
> Per Boysen
>
>

Korg KAOSS pad
Boss RC-20
Akai E1 headrush
Lexicon Jam Man
Boomerang Phrase sampler


I've tried the Akai, and found it pretty cool, I know some players who
are very keen on the boomerang. In the past [long long ago] I used
watkins copycat and Klemt Echolette tape delays. These two are cool
because you can manipulate the playback by hand, though they take some
time to get to know what you can do with them, without breaking the tape
[they were not meant to be used that way] And, I guess,
hand-tape-manipulation is not real convenient for guitarists.

Dave Eager