Question: I need a little RC-20XL help: Will not record.

BlackCat

BlackCat

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I pulled this thing out of the box where it's been sitting for a couple of years. I recorded a couple of loops and it was working fine. At this point I may have screwed something up because I didn't reread the manual to refresh my memory and was pushing pedals more or less at random. Now I can't record anything new and I can't hear anything previously recorded.

I power cycled the pedal
Level and inst pots are half way up.
I can hear the metronome through the amp.

1. Input set to inst&mic
2. Select an empty phase.
3. Press the left pedal: the record LED does not come on.
4. Press the left pedal: the playback LED does not come on.
5. No playback on any phase.
 
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I'm probably a knuckle head but I've already searched the manual without success. I found a Roland pdf of factory reset procedures but it doesn't include the RC-20XL
 
I'm reading online that faulty power adapters can cause malfunctioning while still supplying power. Batteries or a new adapter fix it supposedly.

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Modern Saint said:
If you pressed both pedals down at the same time, do the LED's flash?
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Some of them do. The loop quantize, write, and exit LEDs flash. The record and play LEDs don't.

Also I noticed the stuff about the power supply but I'm using batteries.
 
BlackCat said:
Some of them do. The loop quantize, write, and exit LEDs flash. The record and play LEDs don't.

Also I noticed the stuff about the power supply but I'm using batteries.
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Well crap. You're right, I searched for about an hour last night for a reset procedure for you, found one for every model but that one.

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MonkeyZero said:
Well crap. You're right, I searched for about an hour last night for a reset procedure for you, found one for every model but that one.

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Thanks Dude!

At least I know I'm not loosing my marbles.

I'm going to email their help desk. (which I notice is open like three days a week).
 
Just in case I can't resolve this issue can I get some recommendations for a low end looper?

I don't need any advanced features. It's strictly for home use. Working out solos and such.
 
I tried it without anything plugged into the instrument input. Record and playback lights came on as expected. Plugged in the guitar: nothing.

It seems to work (more or less) with the guitar plugged into the mic input.
 
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