Members dmtnt Posted February 23, 2007 Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 Looking at pickup up a looper, particularly the Backline Riffbox. Anyone have one of these? What I'm looking for it to do initially is to record a single sustained note, then hold it with natural decay while I switch presets and play over it. To clarify a bit more, in one song we play, the guitar lead ends on a distorted open A note, then a clean guitar starts playing over it while the A note sustains then decays naturally. Will this work?? I like the Riffbox since it's midi-controllable so I can rack mount it and control it with my existing midi pedal. Sorry if these are ignorant questions, I've never used a looper before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wilbo26 Posted February 23, 2007 Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 Backline has an account here so he should pop in and answer any of your questions about the Riffbox. I'm going to guess it could easily do what you want though. If all you need is to sustain a single note you can probably pull that off with a lot of different delays that have a hold function and trail off after the pedal is disengaged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members musicman666 Posted February 23, 2007 Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 looks v interesting but it seems to me like it might bite you in the ass when you least expect it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funky Chowder Posted February 23, 2007 Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 Looking at pickup up a looper, particularly the Backline Riffbox. Anyone have one of these? What I'm looking for it to do initially is to record a single sustained note, then hold it with natural decay while I switch presets and play over it. To clarify a bit more, in one song we play, the guitar lead ends on a distorted open A note, then a clean guitar starts playing over it while the A note sustains then decays naturally. Will this work?? I like the Riffbox since it's midi-controllable so I can rack mount it and control it with my existing midi pedal. Sorry if these are ignorant questions, I've never used a looper before. While the Riffbox does look to be a great unit, you might accomplish this with a delay pedal that allows delay trails after the pedal is engaged. Just hit that open A, engage the delay for a fairly long delay, set feedback to taste, disengage the delay, then while the note is still fading out, switch to your clean guitar and play the next part. Granted, it might be a little of a tap dance, but it seems like a relatively inexpensive route. Then again, maybe I'm missing something? Doh, Wilbo beat me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dmtnt Posted February 23, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hmm, didn't even think of using the delay for this. Doh! Time to dig into my G-Force manual. Anyway thanks for the input guys, I still may look into the Riffbox. I'm trying to do a bunch of 2-guitar cover songs with only 1 guitarist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chump5150 Posted February 23, 2007 Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 I have a RiffBox that's up for sale in my sig. I agree with the previous posters that a cheaper delay with trails should be able to do something close to what you're asking. Same for the RiffBox. I'm not sure that "natural decay" could be accomplished live by either method, if what you mean is a seamless gradually decaying note without noticeable "steps" as the note fades out. You could do that with the RiffBox or most loopers by prerecording the actual note and kicking it on at the right time. The RiffBox is EXTREMELY flexible with 80 secs of pristine mono recording time, but the big disadvantage it has compared to other loopers like the RC-2 and Digitech Jamman is that you can't store multiple loops onboard. HTH, maybe Backline will chime in with an opinion... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dmtnt Posted February 23, 2007 Author Members Share Posted February 23, 2007 I have a RiffBox that's up for sale in my sig. HTH, maybe Backline will chime in with an opinion... PM on the way for the RiffBox. Gary just replied to the e-mail I sent him this morning, it'll do exactly what I need it to do + way more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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