Re: such a lame beginner

["Travis Hartnett" <hartne.t@apple.com>]

For a lot of money, you probably could.  I believe that the Rocktron All 
Access and Digitech PMC-10 can be used to send all variety of midi 
messages,
not just program changes.  An Echoplex, midi-addressable mixer and effects
processor, shouldn't take more than $3k or so...

The looping field is so small and has such weird needs that manufacturers
never cater to what would be useful to us (four buss 1U mixers pop to mind
right away...).  Finding one item that does even most of what you (we) want
is out of the question.  Particularly on a budget.

TH

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>From: James Pearce <jamesrp@statenet.com>
>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>Subject: Re: such a lame beginner
>Date: Tue, Aug 10, 1999, 1:47 PM
>

> heh, yeah the problem is that i wouldn't be able to control three 
>seperate
> devices as you suggest with my foot and one spare hand.  maybe it's my
> dexterity that needs improvement. heh, thanks..
>
> On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, Travis Hartnett wrote:
>
> [.Less than $300?  Sorry, no.  There's only two real-time performance 
>oriented
> [.loopers on the market right now, the Echoplex and the Boomerang.  Both 
>have
> [.their merits, but neither does any filter manipulation (and both are
> [.significantly more than $300).  Both have reverse features, the 
>Boomerang
> [.also has an option to play back a loop at half-speed with 
>corresponding loss
> [.in fidelity.  All of the sampler-based devices I'm aware of have some
> [.real-time performance issues (e.g. can't create a loop and overdub
> [.seamlessly, can't continuously overdub, etc).  For what you're 
>wanting, I
> [.suspect you'd need a good looping device, a mixer, and a filterbank in 
>the
> [.effects loop.  I'd suggest either sliding your Expectation slider way 
>down,
> [.or your Acceptable Price slider way up.
> [.
> [.TH
> [.
> [.----------
> [.>From: James Pearce <jamesrp@statenet.com>
> [.>To: "Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com" <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
> [.>Subject: such a lame beginner
> [.>Date: Tue, Aug 10, 1999, 12:10 PM
> [.>
> [.
> [.>
> [.> I'm just looking for some more (if not redundant from others previous
posts)
> [.> suggestions. I was almost willing to run out and buy a headrush but 
>after
> [.> hearing that there is no infinite loop option I've now begun looking
> [.> elsewhere. And as always affordability is a must (anything less than 
>300).
> [.
> [.
>
>  [.jamesrp@statenet.com.]
>