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got any good loopers in mind that could complement the line 6 x3L?

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DanielTulip said:
Since the x3 is stereo, you need something thats stereo.

The DigiTech looper sums to mono :(

RC-20XL is mono

RC-50 is huge

The looper, JM-4 iirc, from Line 6 would be perfect as long as you dont mind paying for more modelling lol

I did a search on this a while ago.....
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thanks. i thought the rc50 is a looper of epic proportions. it is massive. (and did i mention that it's more expensive?). :rollno:

well, i took a peek of the line 6 jm4 and IT IS AWESOME. and finally, a "true" SD card slot (whew! after a long while, somebody finally picked up on this. and, i mean, who else is using CF cards nowadays anyway). :hmm:

so i'm definitely gonna hook myself up to one of these. i don't really care paying for more modeling; i just wanna get a good clean (stereo) looper no matter what other bonuses are in it.

THANKS A MANY!!! :)
 
#4
DanielTulip said:
Since the x3 is stereo, you need something thats stereo.
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Well, you certainly don't NEED the looper to be stereo- if you're running into a single amp anyways, the stereo function of the X3 is negated.

I will say that stereo effects into a stereo looper (with a stereo amp rig of course) sounds pretty damn awesome. I messed around with that for a while, and having your loops pan and your effects ping pong or running different effects into each side really fills out the sound when playing solo.
 
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Bryan R. Tyler said:
Well, you certainly don't NEED the looper to be stereo- if you're running into a single amp anyways, the stereo function of the X3 is negated.

I will say that stereo effects into a stereo looper (with a stereo amp rig of course) sounds pretty damn awesome. I messed around with that for a while, and having your loops pan and your effects ping pong or running different effects into each side really fills out the sound when playing solo.
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very well said. appreciate your input. i will be keeping that in mind as well. thanks so much! :)
 
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One other thing to keep in mind is that the save/store function on many of these loopers is not particularly necessary. When I first got my Looperlative, I thought that having no storage space might be an inconvenience. What I found though is that looping is really a performance thing, and you don't need to save loops unless you're without a recording interface. Playing back your pre-recorded loops is basically like hitting play on a CD player- it's not particularly creative or exciting to hear or play along with.

Saving loops is cool to practice with; for example, if you need to learn to solo over 10 different chord progressions over the course of a week, keeping those progressions saved to play over can be a handy way to practice. But again, this is only if you don't have any sort of recording interface- otherwise, you can just record them onto your PC and burn a CD of it or just hit Play.

So savable loops are good as a practice tool, but when it comes to creating music or playing live, they aren't really necessary at all.
 
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Bryan R. Tyler said:
One other thing to keep in mind is that the save/store function on many of these loopers is not particularly necessary. When I first got my Looperlative, I thought that having no storage space might be an inconvenience. What I found though is that looping is really a performance thing, and you don't need to save loops unless you're without a recording interface. Playing back your pre-recorded loops is basically like hitting play on a CD player- it's not particularly creative or exciting to hear or play along with.

Saving loops is cool to practice with; for example, if you need to learn to solo over 10 different chord progressions over the course of a week, keeping those progressions saved to play over can be a handy way to practice. But again, this is only if you don't have any sort of recording interface- otherwise, you can just record them onto your PC and burn a CD of it or just hit Play.

So savable loops are good as a practice tool, but when it comes to creating music or playing live, they aren't really necessary at all.
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i don't have any of those hi-tech recording interfaces or what have you. but i have like stacks of 1-2gb sd cards (from my 'short-lived' photography days) and an sd card reader. so considering these, i thought maybe the memory thing could be the way to go when considering loopers. but i will still definitely think about other stuff that's out there that could be a match (or close match) to the jm4.

many thanks for the valuable insight. glad i threw this question out here. :)
 
#8
You don't need anything high-tech to record, mind you- a firewire interface can be under $100 and Audacity is a great little recording program that's completely free and about the easiest-to-use recording software ever. Just something to keep in mind :)
 

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