Re: Loop pedal question
- From: "raymo" <ray.skinner@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 10:37:39 +1100
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On Mar 2, 6:24 am, "raymo" <ray.skin...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I'm looking into buying a loop pedal, perhaps this one (link below).
But I don't have an amp. I was looking to use some computer speakers
I have that use a regular headphone jack. My question is, I have an
acoustic-electric, so if I plug a cable into the guitar and then into
the pedal, can I buy some kind of jack plug connector that will allow
me to use the computer speakers (since the jack that goes into the
pedal is bigger than the smaller headphone jack).
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Boss-RC2-Loop-Station-Stomp-Bo...
Is this a good pedal by the way? Any other suggestions?
I don't know if this is a good pedal, but 16 minutes worth of loopage is
pretty cool. I've got a DigiTech JamMan, I love the thing. Because you
can
record multiple layers (guitar 1, guitar 2, guitar solo, percussive
strumming(muting)) you can come up with some really cool creations that
will
keep you entertained for hours. You'll never have to ask 'Does scale x
sound good in the key of y', because you'll be able to record key y and
play
x over it, then erase, and try something else.
As far as using your PC for sound is concerned, if you can plug a mic in
your PC, then yeah you should be able to plug the output of pedal into
your
PC (once you've used the appropriate sockets to downsize the 1/4 inch
guitar
lead).
However...You'll need some kind of software so that your guitar sound is
broadcast to you in 'real' time; as your strumming it. I have Adobe
Audition 1.5, and I can arm one of the tracks -- after selecting the mic
as
the source -- and can play away, with sound coming out of the PC speakers
as
if it were an amp. If I chose to do so*
Note though that
- I've never used it with the pedal you're talking about; but it works
with
my JamMan
- All sound cards are different
- *It won't sound a as good as a real guitar amp or PA; but it IS
obviously
better than nothing
Hope this helps!
Raymo.
Very helpful........actually I'm not going to use the speakers within
my computer. Rather, I have some Boston Acoustics external speaker
that come with a subwoofer. I plug them into my laptop thru the
earphone jack. So I'd plug them into the loop pedal, I just need some
kind of adapter to fit the bigger jack of the loop pedal. Would it
then be able to work real-time you think?
Yeah, I thought that's what you meant when you said PC speakers (I couldn't
imagine using the* PC speaker proper* for anything 'cept BIOS bleeps at
start up).
But if you're bypassing the computer all together, then I'd say it will most
definitely work (for some reason I was thinking you'd go via the computer,
which is of course superfluous to the configuration you're suggesting); as
it works with my JamMan no problem. Why not take your headphones in to the
store, tell them you just want to confirm something, and plug it in to your
proposed pedal, using the adaptor (costs about $1.00, and you'll need it for
your proposed config anyway)?
Raymo.
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