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yay! Boomerang good! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mikell D.Nelson" <mnelson@dmans.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 1:44 PM Subject: Re: updated boomerang > paul sullivan wrote: > > > Just wondering if anyone has seen the new version of the Boomerang in stores > > yet, and if so, what the best price available is. I called Alto music > > thinking they might have a group buy price for us, but apparently they don't > > carry them. If anyone has any info, could they please mail me off list? > > Hi loopers, plexifists, and Rangsters, > We have not gotten our supply of parts for the new V2 upgrade module to a > point where we are making "new" Rangs, though our manufacturing problems have > eased a little and we are shipping again. We are, however, selling the upgrade > to Rang owners. The price is on a sliding scale depending on how long you've > owned your Rang. The following letter pretty well covers what's up with the > upgrade. > > ============================================= > > Any and all Rangs can be upgraded by replacing the current > microprocessor with the 2.0 Module. Older units have an additional part > > that needs to be changed. If your AD/DA converter is an 1848, you will > have to upgrade it to the newer 1845. The new software will not > recognize > the old converter. In this case, your Rang will have to make a trip > home > to Texas because it takes a special tool to remove this part. > To check this out, remove the 4 front screws & 10 bottom ones; then > place the Rang on its face with the roller to the right and remove the > bottom cover. You'll be looking at the circuit board in all its glory. > The AD/DA converter is made by Analog Devices, is one of the larger > parts > and is the only square one. The part number information is printed on > the > part and reads like AD1845JP. The important piece of info is the 4 > digits. If it says 1848, then it's got to be replaced if you want the > new > software. > Also, some of the early Rangs were sold with 1Mbyte of memory. This > > provided 32 seconds of recording on normal speed and 64 seconds on half > speed. If you have a 1Mbyte Rang, this is a good time to upgrade the > memory to 4Mbytes as the increased sample rate of the new software will > reduce the normal speed record time to 21 seconds. > Until recently Rangs came with 2 x 275 op amps and 1 x 283. They're > > small 8 pin chips that reside in sockets. The objectionable pop, that > can > occur when pressing the thru mute switch, is related to these parts. If > > you've noticed this problem, it can be fixed by replacing one of the > 275's > with a 2134 op amp. > And finally, there will be a sliding scale for the price of the 2.0 > Module. This is a move to avoid the "my new toy is obsolete" blues. As > > you might expect, proof of purchase is required if you didn't send in a > dated warranty card. If you purchased your Rang in June or July 2000 > (or > later), then the module will cost $39; May 2000 and you pay $49; April > 2000, $59; March 2000, $69. February 2000 and older Rangs will pay $79. > > V2.0 Module with 2.0 User Manual, $39 - $79 > AD1845 Converter, $19 > 4Mbyte SIMM (memory), $23 > 2134 Op Amp, $3 > Rang Gig Bag, $39 > Return shipping (if Rang is sent to us), $9 > > > "So, what do I get for my money?" you ask. Good question. Here's > what's > in store. > > * Version 2.0 has 2 independent loops; this is like having 2 original > Rangs side by side. There are a couple of modes for transitioning > between > the loops. One mode, called AB1, smoothly transitions to loop B, plays > it > once, then goes back to playing loop A, all with one button press. > * A higher sample rate has been added; original max was 16KHz, new max > > rate is 24KHz. While this drops the sample time to 1 minute 27 seconds > (with 4Mbytes of memory), the Rang now captures a lot more highs and > sounds a lot crisper. > * The STACK button can be programmed to be either latching or > momentary. > > * You can go directly from recording to stacking. Press RECORD to > start > recording, then press STACK to conclude recording, start playback and > enter stack mode. > * There are 7 selectable decay rates. On the original the decay rate > was > fixed at about 2.3dB. The new rates are as follows: 1 is no decay, 2 is > the original rate (about 20-25 repeats), 3-6 are progressively quicker > decays and are great when using the Rang as a pure delay, and 7 is > slapback (1 full volume repeat). The new decay rates & latching STACK > button make the Rang a great sounding digital delay with tap tempo. The > foot roller becomes the delay level when used like this. Each loop, A > and > B, has its own decay rate. > * The RECORD button can be programmed to behave as it does now or be > disabled during playback. Some folks didn't want to worry about hitting > it > while adjusting the foot roller. > * The half speed concept has been replaced by slow speed, and you have > > your choice of five. All are musically related to "normal" speed. The > choices are: down a 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th or octave. Playback tempo is > slowed > similarly to the current software. > * This one is small, but an improvement. Originally, if you pressed > ONCE, the next press of PLAY(STOP) would stop the loop. Now you can > transition between "continuous" play and play once mode. Confusing? > Here's > what you can do that you couldn't before. Start an existing loop with > several stutters or re-starts and then smoothly transition into playing > the loop repeatedly. > * There are improvements on clicks that occasionally occur at loop > boundaries, particularly when using the Rang in continuous reverse mode > (live reverse lead playing). > * And finally, we extended the button behavior so that it is more > consistent. For example, in the original, if you were stacking, the > REVERSE button didn't do anything. Now you can be stacking additional > parts and freely reverse direction or go into play once mode. > > All the new features are ADDITIONS. That is, no original features, even > the lower sampling rates, have been omitted or replaced. The ONCE button > > shares duty as the loop A/B button. Either the REVERSE or STACK button > is > held down to enter one of the two program modes. > > ======================================== > > Mike Nelson > > Boomerang Musical Products 800-530-4699 > PO Box 541595 214-340-6913, Outside USA > Dallas, TX 75354-1595 214-343-1038, Fax > > http://www.boomerangmusic.com mnelson@dmans.com > > "Some products make you sound better; > the Boomerang Phrase Sampler makes you play better." > > >