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At 06:05 AM 3/14/2003, goddard.duncan@mtvne.com wrote: > >>I've often been surprised that more DJ's don't loop, I know there have > been a few on this list, but it seems pretty rare. The DJ I work with is > just getting started with it himself.<< > >baffling, isn't it? dj's use some crazy stuff- special mixing desks with >tiny samplers built in, but I've never seen or heard of a dj who bought, >say, a repeater. maybe electrix didn't do the right sort of promotion, >but >you'd think a dedicated bpm-able looping device /with rca sockets and an >riaa pre-amp onboard/, for heaven's sake.... huh? that's exactly who Electrix designed the repeater for and marketed it to! I think they were more surprised than anybody that non-dj/dance producers were even interested in it. Richie Hawtin was one of their biggest endorsers for it! Their whole product line was targeted that way. They even discussed this when IVL closed up Electrix, how they had thought the DJ/dance market was the next big thing for audio gear, but it didn't do nearly as well as they expected. So they went into karaoke instead. btw, there have been dj mixers with loop samplers built into them for years. There are some now with the kaoss pads built into them as well. The CD based dj stuff has more features for setting loop points on the fly and such. However, when I talked to some of the manufacturers about adding more sophisticated features, I got a funny reaction that was very similar to the reaction from guitar companies: "dj's are too dumb to understand these things". haha, maybe dj's and guitarists have more in common than they want to believe. kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com