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We highlight a lot of whacked out electronic music videos at Synthtopia - but this delicate and subtle performance from Priscilla Ahn is, in many ways, even more amazing.
Check out how Ahn uses a looper to create a dense, structured loop performance, while also making the technology completely transparent to the audience.
“I put Priscilla up [...]

 

Musikmesse: This could be incredibly cool if they get it right - one of the most revered effects ever made, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo, has been reborn as the BOSS RE-20 Twin Pedal.
Features:

Roland and BOSS have recreated the legendary spacious, analog tone of the original Space Echo.
Faithful modeling of the RE-201’s tape [...]

 

NAMM Update: A new looping unit from BOSS was turning heads at the recent Winter NAMM Show. BOSS calls it “the most feature-laded looper in the company’s history.” (We’ll take that as feature-laden!)

The RC-50 is housed in a seven-footswitch floor unit, and allows three stereo loop tracks to be manipulated simultaneously. Each loop track [...]

 

At the NAMM 2004 Summer Session, Boss introduced the RC-20XL Loop Station .
Whether for use onstage or at home, the new RC-20XL allows musicians to create multi-layered performances in real time. Loops and riffs can be stacked repeatedly until the 16 minutes of recording space is full.
The RC-20XL picks up where the RC-20 leaves off, [...]