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visserman
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 Posted - 11/28/2006 : 18:52:20
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When using this option on the DD6 one can record one small phrase up to 5.2 seconds, just long enough to put down a bassline,riff or small chordsequence.
Now the DD5 can hold up to 2 seconds, but what I find is that the unit speeds up your phrase, well that is when you play something which may be a little longer than 2 seconds. [I can get it too work, but usually I do have to play an idea a few times, or just change the idea so it will fit better]
Question is: How does this happen? Could it be that the 2 seconds are so short and the whole thing gets compressed and therefore it plays back faster than how you played your orginal idea?
Does anyone have any solutions how to solve this problem? One thing which does seem to help is to only play fairly fast phrases into the DD5, at least they seem to come back as how you played them originally.
Do many of you here use the holdfunction on their DD5 or 6? How do you find it? Do you have any other pedals which have a similar hold-function? How do these compare to the two Boss ones?
Apart from the DD5 with its 2 sec. of holdmemory I also have Digitech PDS 1002, same 2 sec. but this one reacts in a different way, and it easier to control. Perhaps I am asking too much really and want to treat the hold function too much as a sampler which it really isn't??. Still, one can have some great fun when you hook up a few of those machines to a mixer and just play, putting in different ideas into them from time to time. |
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 11/29/2006 : 00:06:05
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| i rarely use that function on my DD-5, but i find that it plays back at regular speed. i think its meant more as a sampler type thing. The DD-6 is a lot easier to use as a looper. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 12/01/2006 : 20:21:54
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Yes Strat I can see your point, after a while I realize that the phrase is not sped up, it just comes back very quickly, but that is because of the short looping time.
Got a DD-2 today and I really like the hold function on that one, in a way it is so much easier with the DD2 to play through whole chordprogressions: Just play a chord, hold and play over the chord the DD2 is holding for you, after a while progress to next chord. Only downer is that you do have to keep your feet on the pedal all the time.
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StratoSphere
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Posted - 12/01/2006 : 21:35:36
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ya i think what it just sounds faster because when it repeats from the end of the loop back to the start it just kinda kicks in right away. and yes the DD-2 is great for just laying down a chord or note, and having fun with it. and what you said about the having to hold down the switch is true. the PS-5 is bad for that too in the "T-arm" setting. im glad Boss pedals are good for 100 000 stomps. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2006 : 22:04:38
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Yesterday I got hold of a DOD DFX94 which is a delay/sampler with a max.delay time of about 4 seconds, so similar as a DD6.
Had only a little bit of time with this one yesterday but I could already see that it is more diverse than the DD6.
The quality of the delay is similar to the DD2, a little noisier perhaps but it can also do the pitchcontrolthing when you change the delaytime while you hold a chord.
Here are some links about people who use this box as well:
http://www.loopers-delight.com/LDarchive/200002/msg00036.html
http://www.loopers-delight.com/LDarchive/200002/msg00028.html
I know were are talking Bosspedals here, but I just felt that the DOD DFX94 falls into same category as the DD5 and DD6 since it is both a delay and sample pedal, and anyone reading this may be interested in checking the DOD out as well. |
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DD5 and DD6 in HOLD function
