THE LOOPING/LOOPER/OVERDUB THREAD

[univalve]

Don't the Looperlative LP2, Pigtronix Infinity and Boomerang III do this?

LP2 is to my knowledge a 919.
No idea about the pigtronix and boomerang. Boomerang is too Big for my needs so i Never looked into it. The pigtronix is pretty New and Fell below my Radar. Will have a Look into the manual...

[Tristan]

You understand more about it than I do so if you could look into it that would be great.

So far the LP2 seems most interesting to me, I have no clue what an 919 is?

The Boomerang III only had the MIDI Sync functionality added later on so at first it didn't have it, I don't know how and whether it works though, I'm still interested in this one too though it is indeed rather big and seems a bit more difficult to control than the LP2.

As for the Infinity, as with all digital Pigtronix stuff I hate the way it's controlled with the three buttons and the extra footswitch that all have a non labeled multi functionality to them, way too difficult for on stage use I'd say.

My ideal would probably be a LP2 and Boomerang III working in tandem (LP2 for the weird stuff and the Boomerang III to be able to slave to it in multiple bars), everything controlled by an external (non computer based) MIDI BPM Sync Clock with adjustable BPM on a display as well as tap tempo which runs to the main looper and all my other tap tempo pedals (DMM550TT, Empress Phaser, Goatkeeper 3, Warped Vinyl) but I don't know whether that's even possible or on the market right now.

[Disarm D'arcy]

The Boomerang III only had the MIDI Sync functionality added later on so at first it didn't have it, I don't know how and whether it works though, I'm still interested in this one too though it is indeed rather big and seems a bit more difficult to control than the LP2.

It works perfectly. My band is Boomerang III powered. We loop in midi sync to MainStage on my laptop. Plug it in. Set up a tempo on MainStage. Assign it to the midi output you're sending to the BIII. BOOM it works.

[phantasmagorovich]

The Boomerang III only had the MIDI Sync functionality added later on so at first it didn't have it, I don't know how and whether it works though, I'm still interested in this one too though it is indeed rather big and seems a bit more difficult to control than the LP2.

It works perfectly. My band is Boomerang III powered. We loop in midi sync to MainStage on my laptop. Plug it in. Set up a tempo on MainStage. Assign it to the midi output you're sending to the BIII. BOOM it works.

This should work on the Timeline too. So far I've only sync'd delay times, I'll look into syncing the Looper.
(And I should probably look into the looper in general, and the whole pedal too. So far I made three presets, two mimicking sounds I used to get out of the Capistan and another one for swells. Maybe it's an idea to look into that thing a little more on the weekend.)

[AxAxSxS]

So I've tried the ditto, didn't work with my setup because I need stereo. Then I got the digi. Stereo, great right? except it made an awful click noise when canceling the loop. Real interested in the ditto x2. Who has one and how is it acting using the stereo?

[Glenouille]

This should work on the Timeline too. So far I've only sync'd delay times, I'll look into syncing the Looper.

Unfortunately the looper can be controlled via MIDI but cannot sync to a master tempo via MIDI which is a shame because this functionality was available on the old Damage Control Timeline.

[phantasmagorovich]

This should work on the Timeline too. So far I've only sync'd delay times, I'll look into syncing the Looper.

Unfortunately the looper can be controlled via MIDI but cannot sync to a master tempo via MIDI which is a shame because this functionality was available on the old Damage Control Timeline.

huh. stupid.

[Tristan]

Yep, by the way, I sold the Timeline, it wasn't really my cup of tea delay wise and I didn't want to invest in a Disaster Area switcher to get most out of the looper function which indeed can't be synced anyway.

Glenouille, you probably know this, is there a pedal / combination of pedals that can master sync everything including the looper (minimum 4 and up to 8 pedals) and has adjustable BPM Clock with a display and tap tempo functionality?

[univalve]

You understand more about it than I do so if you could look into it that would be great.

So far the LP2 seems most interesting to me, I have no clue what an 919 is?

919 was an announced Delay by malekko that never made it into the light. Last time i was at LP2 Website it looked like 2007 without any Progress so i lost attention. Is that Thing in Production now?

[univalve]

This should work on the Timeline too. So far I've only sync'd delay times, I'll look into syncing the Looper.

Unfortunately the looper can be controlled via MIDI but cannot sync to a master tempo via MIDI which is a shame because this functionality was available on the old Damage Control Timeline.

huh. stupid.

Dude, i could have told you. That was also One Big Hope for me...

[darthbatman]

seems tap tempo midi sync is for some reason one of the last great frontiers in loopers.
for what it's worth i have an echoplex sending midi clock to a korg volca.
my next loop thing might be to get a jamman solo xt and beatsync it with the korg and echoplex.

[Glenouille]

Yep, by the way, I sold the Timeline, it wasn't really my cup of tea delay wise and I didn't want to invest in a Disaster Area switcher to get most out of the looper function which indeed can't be synced anyway.

Glenouille, you probably know this, is there a pedal / combination of pedals that can master sync everything including the looper (minimum 4 and up to 8 pedals) and has adjustable BPM Clock with a display and tap tempo functionality?

Yes it can be done (with a combo of products), my board is like that. I will update the relevant thread over the WE.

[univalve]

Yep, by the way, I sold the Timeline, it wasn't really my cup of tea delay wise and I didn't want to invest in a Disaster Area switcher to get most out of the looper function which indeed can't be synced anyway.

Glenouille, you probably know this, is there a pedal / combination of pedals that can master sync everything including the looper (minimum 4 and up to 8 pedals) and has adjustable BPM Clock with a display and tap tempo functionality?

Yes it can be done (with a combo of products), my board is like that. I will update the relevant thread over the WE.

Looking forward to that!

[01010111]

With JamSync, the slave loop can be any integer multiple of the master loop. So if your master loop is 8 beats, the slave can be 8,16,24... up to 10 minutes long. The slave loop(s) can't be shorter than the master. If you want more functionality (saving loops, etc), the Solo XT also has JamSync and can sync up with other Expresses or Solos. This might be something you'd want to try in a music store first.


disclosure: I work for DigiTech.

That sounds EXACTLY like what I want. So if I understand correctly, if the master loop is 8 beats then slave loop can't be any shorter than 8 beats, AND the slave can be any whole multiple of 8 beats in length? If so, I'm going to start buying that naow! I tried to get them to hook this up at a guitar center and they wouldn't have any of my jibber jabber

You can record loops of different lengths with the Vox Lil Looper.

Don't get me started on the little looper

[phantasmagorovich]

This should work on the Timeline too. So far I've only sync'd delay times, I'll look into syncing the Looper.

Unfortunately the looper can be controlled via MIDI but cannot sync to a master tempo via MIDI which is a shame because this functionality was available on the old Damage Control Timeline.

huh. stupid.

Dude, i could have told you. That was also One Big Hope for me...

Yeah, thought so, but it's not a big deal for me at all. Might've been nice to have but not a necessity at all.