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Mark, I had a personal demo of the REPEATER at the Frankfurt MusikMesse...it's simply AWESOME ! ! ! You're going to love it...hold on, don't waste your money, get something SERIOUS,,,,,,,,,Italo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>; <jamie@electrixpro.com>; <Damon@electrixpro.com> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Repeater Update > I've lost my last bit of optimism. The Repeater, at it's projected >price, > seemed too good to be true. In November you just had to tweak your powersupply > design and then the Repeater would ship. 8 months off? It's time to get an > Echoplex. Sorry Electrix. This is obviously vaporware. What was that thing in > the quicktime video of the namm demo? It seemed to be a working >Repeater, so > what's the problem? Fess up: you are unable to offer that product for $599 > list. It would have been nice if Electrix had been honest from the >start. > > Mark Sottilaro > Sr. Graphic Design > InVision Communications > http://www.iv.com > > Mark Landman wrote: > > > Jamie, Damon, Darrell, and other Electrix folks- > > > > No need to hide under the desk, my order is still in, and I'm pleased >to > > see the effort to ship a bug-free, stable product. > > > > No other company has developed anything as fully featured and desirable to > > the looping community since the introduction of the EDP, so hang in there. > > > > Best- > > > > Mark > > > > >Hi guys and gals, > > > > > > The following is an update from the President of IVL/Electrix on the > > >progress of Repeater. It will be posted on the site later today, but I > > >wanted you to hear it first. Warning: you may feel physically ill >after > > >reading it...I know I did, but do realize that we're dedicated to bringing > > >you the best looping tool possible, and it will have been worth the wait. > > > > > > If you need me I'll be hiding under my desk in a fetal position. > > > > > >Best regards, > > >Jamie Drouin. > > > > > > > > >******************************* > > > > > >I want to provide you with an up-to-date status report on release of the > > >Repeater product. This has been a difficult project for us. In order to be > > >able to provide you with a revised delivery date that was accurate and > > >achievable, we brought together the entire project team as well as the > > >engineering and project managers for a detailed planning session to: > > > > > >1. Ensure that all remaining tasks were identified > > >2. Establish a test plan to ensure no problems after product release > > >3. Provide a completion date which is realistic. > > > > > >The release date derived from this session was early June. I >apologize for > > >the further delay and understand the difficulties this creates for everyone. > > > > > >Please understand that the Repeater is a powerful, fully featured product. > > >A number of new technologies have been developed for Repeater >including > > >intelligent loop splicing, beat matching, pitch shifting and time stretching > > >and squeezing. All of these technologies have been completed and are > > >working well. > > > > > >Where we ran into unexpected delays was in the integration of these > > >technologies and achieving seamless operation of the complete system. > > >Hardware has been produced so the risks associated with production startup > > >have been overcome. > > > > > >Other breakthrough products released to the MI market in the past have often > > >encountered similar frustrating delays. When a major leap forward >like this > > >is undertaken, the risk of delays increases. > > > > > >We are determined that we will not release Repeater until we are confident > > >that all technical challenges and operating bugs have been fixed. We know > > >Repeater is going to be highly successful - we are committed to providing > > >trouble-free operation out of the box. > > > > > > > > >Philip Scott > > >President > > > > > >******************************* > > > > > > > > >Jamie Drouin > > >Visual Designer for Electrix > > >(a division of IVL Technologies Ltd) > > >6710 Bertram Place, Victoria, BC, V8M 1Z6 Canada > > > > > >email... jamie@electrixpro.com fax... 250-544-4102 voice... 250-544-4114 >