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new toy need some help with

Unread post by jlee762000 » Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:31 pm

Hey yall i just bought a Boss rc-20xl loop station It creates 16 minute loops....I am still playing around with it....but was wondering for those with looping stations if yall could tell me some really cool stuff yall did so i could try it out or at least gain some ideas for my stuff.

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Unread post by mangold » Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:45 pm

is that the one thats like 300 bucks? ive been lookin at it too,is it hard to get the loops timed right?
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Unread post by jlee762000 » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:36 pm

yeah its the one and yes its hard as balz to get the loops timed any thoughts?

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Unread post by MattyTrane » Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:38 pm

keep fucking with it ...all new stuff takes some work, some more than others.

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Unread post by jeffro » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:14 pm

Listen to Keller Williams. Play his stuff.

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Unread post by mangold » Mon Jan 10, 2005 4:55 pm

jeffro wrote:Listen to Keller Williams. Play his stuff.
i obviously dont have a loop machine yet, but if i did i could imagine i could get a sick freeker loop goin... thats the perfect song to loop.
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Unread post by filmdude100cms » Mon Jan 10, 2005 5:37 pm

well i mean it takes practice man, my friend has one ive used it once, i was doin tims fills on bartender and looped daves part. and it gets weird at first then it comes to you.

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Unread post by jeffro » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:10 pm

praisedave wrote:
jeffro wrote:Listen to Keller Williams. Play his stuff.
i obviously dont have a loop machine yet, but if i did i could imagine i could get a sick freeker loop goin... thats the perfect song to loop.
That would be pretty sweet. Also, if you have as many instruments as Keller a nice Freekshow loop would be so much fun. But sadly, that would cost too much money.

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Unread post by mangold » Mon Jan 10, 2005 8:36 pm

jeffro wrote:
praisedave wrote:
jeffro wrote:Listen to Keller Williams. Play his stuff.
i obviously dont have a loop machine yet, but if i did i could imagine i could get a sick freeker loop goin... thats the perfect song to loop.
That would be pretty sweet. Also, if you have as many instruments as Keller a nice Freekshow loop would be so much fun. But sadly, that would cost too much money.
well, i think i would use a loop machine most by starting most songs by drumming a beat on the back of the guitar and then looping it. it would add percussion to the acoustic stuff i play and it would act like a metronome. i also had the idea of getting an old beater acoustic and putting bongo drum heads in the sides of it, big one of the bottom right of the guitar (for easy right hand access) and the small up up where say a preamp would bee, the body of the guitar would let them resonate really well, i just dont know if it would affect sound too much, i cant imagine itd be much more than a preamp.
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Unread post by Dancing Ants » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:54 am

i'm going to invest in one of these before 2005 is over, hopefully.
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Unread post by a1075dd63aa12 » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:09 am

i know you have to step on the pedal and play simultaneously so you dont get that gap of silence, there is lots of cool shit you can do with it, just experiment, scratch the strings slap the guitar and go

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Unread post by i am sam2 » Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:52 pm

ok ive got a tip for you beginners on the rc 20...i have it and i stll suck at doin it regularly because of the timing but if you use the auto start mode, it will record automatically when you start so just play the riff thru 4 times or whatever and press stop on the beat when the riff should star over...

then obviously just use the overdub function to start start over dubbing melodies or whatever. also cool to add some beats by turning the timer beat on the machine all the way down and then makin your own beat by tappin on the guitar(acoustic) or strings muted(electric). hope that helped
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Unread post by jlee762000 » Wed Jan 12, 2005 8:03 am

yeah last night i was slowly progressing to the 4 times through then press pedal. I had it at 3. Any more tips or suggestions? Has anyone played Ghost on it? I guess what i am trying to figure out is the fact my Crate Acoustic amp comes with effects and i have it so it echoes during my guitar slaps. But i cant seem to get the rhythm striaght.

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Unread post by jlee762000 » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:13 am

ok when u guys play on this do yall notice even with four beats it still sounds like it "starts" over you know the sound im talking about like a skipping record. What can i do? I am trying to use this to play ghost into beams of light
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Unread post by Kukini » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:22 am

make the transition at the end smoother...
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