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visserman
Platinum Member
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 Posted - 02/26/2008 : 12:01:50
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OH well, how did I discover this then you may wonder?
Or better "What the hell have you discovered now?"
Yes, sounddegration when you use sound on sound and let the loop play for about one hour.
Do I really do this then?
Yes, okay cut the nonsense and let me explain:
I use the DD6 in the sound-on-sound mode, put about 4 diffenerent sound in there, and use it as part of the song. Works wonders but.....................once you put all your sounds in there they sound great, but after time they become grainy.
FOr the record, I have an early DD6, and have a feeling that boss may have changed chips over time to overcome this design fault, but not really sure, so please check for me if you can.
HOw to check? Good question!! Put in a chord plus a bassline and a riff, leave pedal on for one hour [if you do not like to play with this for one hour, just leave pedal and put volume down]
Please report what your results are as I will be very gratefull.
Do not really fancy getting another DD6, but would like to find out how later pedals are.
Oh well far too many words, so over to you hardcore bosslovers and experts.
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 02/26/2008 : 13:48:18
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Hi visserman & guys
That's a very interesting & unusual finding.
While I don't have a DD-6, I sometimes rum my Line 6 DL4 for many hours playing the one overdubbed loop,
while trying to figure out some riffs, or new parts for a song.
Did you find it in a similar way?
Regards Dr. Bob
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August West
Bronze Member
USA
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Posted - 02/27/2008 : 15:47:26
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| I tried this out last night, putting two riffs on top of each other for about 90 minutes. It sounded almost like someone turned on a fuzz pedal with a mild fuzz setting. My DD-6 is new (this year) so it doesn't sound like the issue is the age of your pedal. |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
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Posted - 02/27/2008 : 16:20:43
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| I'll try it too with my dd-6 and digitech jamman, tonight. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2008 : 11:58:16
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Originally posted by August West
I tried this out last night, putting two riffs on top of each other for about 90 minutes. It sounded almost like someone turned on a fuzz pedal with a mild fuzz setting. My DD-6 is new (this year) so it doesn't sound like the issue is the age of your pedal.
Thank you very much for your efforts, this is exactely the kind of response I wanted to hear. What you described is the same as what I hear after a while. Thanks again!!
Yes it is very strange, and it must be a kind of designfault as the DD6 is not really a dedicated looppedal, so I guess we ought to inform Boss about this issue, but having said that, not many people will the use the DD6 as a dedicated looppedal. |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03/03/2008 : 13:51:49
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Maybe something to add to the DD-6 page here on bossarea.com.
Does this only happen if there are more than one sample stored in the pedal? |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 03/04/2008 : 16:02:22
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Originally posted by bossarea
Maybe something to add to the DD-6 page here on bossarea.com.
Does this only happen if there are more than one sample stored in the pedal?
That again is a good question bossarea, I do not know at the moment, as I put quite a few sounds in the DD6. I will try it out with just one sound.
Overal I am quite impressed with the soundquality of the loop as when you start off. Really the loop function is called Sound-on-Sound, and anyone who has experience with Sound-on-Sound and tapemachines will acknowledge that the soundquality gets less and less the more sounds you add. The DD6 is fine, no matter how many sounds you use, but after a while the whole sound becomes somewhat grainy and fuzzy.
Thinking about it, perhaps Boss could use a betterquality chip to improve this, but then they may feel that not too many people will use the pedal just for its loopfunction.
I would like to ask more people to try their DD6's out and tell us what you hear.
The DD5 does not become grainy, but then the DD5 does not have the Sound-on-Sound feature, so you can only put one little idea in there, and the loopsound is much shorter.
Longer looptime, more complex technology, more expense??? |
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sp-1
Platinum Member
Germany
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Posted - 03/04/2008 : 18:48:58
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| Indeed after an hour or so the sound is getting nasty, mine is from june 2007. |
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visserman
Platinum Member
1072 Posts |
Posted - 03/11/2008 : 13:28:04
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Using only one sample seem to make a difference. Need to try it for longer with one sample because of lack of time.
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DD6 and sounddegration in sound-on-sound mode
