RE: live funk guitar loops

[Si Butler <jazzlists@burble.net>]

 > > You can also sync the rhythm to a live
 > > drummer, but the problem is, is that there is only one audio input
- so
 > > it is impossible to shield the drum sound from your own guitar
loops.
 > > However, there should be a possibility of finding a 
 > > cheap unit that will
 > > listen to the bass drum sound, and convert it into a midi BPM...
(any
 > > ideas?)
 > 
 > 
 > if you say Mac I say Pc if you say Repeater I say EDP (Echoplex
Digital
 > Pro)
 > 
 
[simon said] this sounds pretty interesting. So if have a loop setup
that I stop for some period of a tune this that when I turn it on again
I can get it synch to the bass drum automatically right? Does anyone
have an opinion as to whether this is best done with the Repeater or the
Echoplex? Can anyone recommend the hardware that could generate the midi
BPM from the bass drum as mentioned above?

Thx in advance, -simon-