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Re: Selling my hardware effect



Hey, Luis, was it you that is looking for a  Behringer FCB? I may be 
selling 
mine and buying one of those smaller Rocktron All Access units.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: Selling my hardware effect


> fair enough man you are even convincing me to start
> using a lappy!
> although i havent kept up with Mobious updates lately
> we gotta thank Jeff for doing it all for us!
> cheers
> Luis
>
> --- Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> wrote:
>
>> Well, I'll be clear. The Looperaltive is a
>> beautifully superior unit in my
>> opinion. And I am convinced Bob will continue to
>> update it until to far
>> surpasses the expectations of user. And a day
>> doesn't go by when I don't
>> look at my rack, see it, and feel great about owning
>> the unit.
>>
>> But the truth of the matter is that now that my
>> notebook is meeting all of
>> my looping and effect needs and more (and I also
>> have a backup notebook
>> system ready to go), the rack is really becoming
>> obsolete. I'd love to keep
>> the LP1 around, but I'm not sure when I'll use it.
>> Today, I'm thinking more
>> in terms of optimization, utilization, how much time
>> I really have in a day,
>> and really using what I have. In the last month, I
>> have been cleaning house
>> and selling virtually all the gear I own that I
>> don't use or plan to use for
>> an upcoming gig. I have this rack and a couple
>> Rocktron Velocity guitar
>> cabinets, that about does it.
>>
>> So, I am not quitting on the Looperlative because of
>> any fault of the unit
>> or because I don't think highly of it, but because
>> the laptop has finally
>> proven its case for me...and thanks to Jeff and
>> Mobius. If it weren't for
>> Mobius, I probably wouldn't have made the switch.
>> It feels liberating to
>> finally make the commitment 100% to a notebook
>> system, walk the talk, and
>> not have a hardware system in the back as a security
>> blanket.
>>
>> I know that in my conversation with other loopers,
>> like Rick, Ted, and
>> others, that they like to have more options
>> available to them and not set on
>> one particular unit. For example, Rick has an EDP,
>> LP1, Repeater, and some
>> floor units I guess. That works well for him, but
>> not for me. My life is
>> complicated enough trying to maintain a non-music
>> career in the IT business
>> and focus on my family, so simplicity in my gear
>> setup really clears my mind
>> and helps me focus. It is hard for me to focus on
>> the playing when I have so
>> much gear laying around that I have to maintain,
>> keep using so that I can
>> remember how to use it, etc.  I can't even describe
>> in words how good it
>> feels to walk into a gig with my guitar, notebook
>> computer, and an FCB.
>>
>> I guess it comes down to personal choice and the
>> philosophy one is trying to
>> maintain when it comes to creating good music.  I
>> admit my choice does not
>> come without risks, but I have addressed those with
>> a backup system, which I
>> bring to every gig. And if I didn't have that, I'd
>> do what any well-rounded
>> musician like myself would do, namely play my
>> instrument solo without any
>> gear or looping.  I can do that.
>>
>> Kris
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "L.A. Angulo" <labaloops@yahoo.com>
>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 3:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: Selling my hardware effect
>>
>>
>> > Wow Kris already quitting on your looperlative
>> whats
>> > up?
>> >> > http://www.krispenhartung.com/rack.htm  (this
>> >> sells as a system, wired,
>> >> > and ready to go inside the rack)
>> >
>> >
>> > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom
>> >
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