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Mark wrote : > I know you're going for the DJ market, Emmanuel, but have you ever >thought of a > version that's geared to musicians or people who's hands are otherwise >busy? I DJRND3-F next to come with footswitch to tap tempo and record into BPM loops with metronome + MIDI IN clock to slave loops synced with an external BPM + up to 512 Mbyte SDRAM saved on battery (8 banks of 21 stereo loops) + external re-sampling effect for HDD playback + 3072 loops back up on an internal 20Gbyte HDD ... but only maybe one day when DJRND3 is sold > just visited your site (easily found by Google, not found at all with >Excite) and > it wasn't clear to me whether or not the DJRND3 has midi synchable >loops. Adding DJRND3 already has a MIDI clock ouput to slave any external sequencer or beat box with loops > these features may bring you a slice of the non DJ market. Would it be >worth it? Yes, but only for homestudio musician looping because of the number of loops (21 stereo loops simultaneously !!) > Don't know... judging by how much space a store called "The Guitar >Center" devotes > to DJ gear, I'd say that the DJ market is probably much more lucrative >these Yeap, it seems like everyone has smelled something possible to do on this market ... Wait and see how it is going to progress > days. I did, however, fwd your page to my SF DJ pals. Thanks Mark > > Mark > > Emmanuel PERILLE wrote: > > > Douglas Crouse wrote : > > > > > In an earlier post from a member, there was mentionof the RC-20 being > > > "more affordable" than a Boomerang. Check it out: > > > > > > In order to have "hands-free" operation of your RC-20 ($269.99), >you'd > > > need 2 FS-FU footswitches ($26.99 each); one for reverse, and another > > > for phrase select. For input/output level control and fade-out, a > > > FV-300L ($99.99) is required. Total cost: $423.96. > > > > > > A Boomerang ($449.99) needs no additional pedals or switches. And >it's > > > only $23.06 more than the 'rang. Real "low-cost" looper, huh? > > > > > > As for memory storage: Why? The purpose of a looper is spontaneity >and > > > live performance. Wanna record? Buy a multitrack. Playing to > > > pre-recorded phrases is basically karaoke. > > > > Yeap, but re-sampling pre-recorded phrases can also be a live >performance like > > similar to what DJs already do with records ... This is for instance >one of > > the new DJRND3 features with its internal SCSI HDD. > > Emmanuel