Radial (was Re: I'm research the hardware ya'll use)

[Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com>]

At 03:22 AM 1/31/2003, geoff smith wrote:
>So the question I am asking is should I buy the repeater or wait 2weeks 
>and buy radial,
>Just how incredible is the Repeater???  Is it good live???
>
>Just how incredible is Radial???? (unfortunately no demo or downloads of 
>this program yet)
>Is the feeling that this software will eclipse all looping hardware when 
>it is released????

One thing to note about Radial, it has no "Record" or "Overdub" function. 
You can't record a loop into it from scratch, or add new material that you 
play while it is playing something back. It only works with pre-recorded 
samples. I would describe Radial as a live remixing tool, not a looper in 
the way we use that word here. Radial has very little in common with the 
Repeater, and even less with the Echoplex. It is much more like Ableton's 
Live, although with a different enough user interface that it will likely 
lead people in different directions.

As always, you need to figure out what you want to do, and find the device 
that most nearly does that. Most of the looping tools available are unique 
in their own way, and you won't find one that easily replaces another.

kim


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