Re: Advice

["Justin Feinstein" <justinfeinstein@hotmail.com>]

Basically I want a unit that I can use in live situations (running in a 
roland hand sonic as well as assorted hand percussion instruments)  where 
I 
can add to to pre-arranged loops (assorted samples and keyboard bits) as 
well as something I can use at home with a Mac home studio setup. Does 
this 
even exist? Please excuse my lack of technical/looping knowledge. I've 
been 
watching Jamman and Electrix repeater auctions on ebay just to try and 
gauge 
what my venture will cost.

Thanks,
Justin


>From: John Mazzarella <jmazzarella@erols.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: Advice
>Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 17:20:53 -0500
>
>
>
>Justin Feinstein wrote:
>
> > I just discovered looper's delight--much to my own delight--and am new 
>to
> > this group. I'm getting ready to invest in some gear and need advice. 
>I'm a
> > hand percussionist, interested in a live looping device (jamman, 
>boomerang,
> > repeater), but also want something I can use to sample vinyl and CDs 
>for
> > home recording (to be done on a Mac) and to loop to play with live. 
>I've
> > seen Jamey Haddad (an incredible percussionist) work wonders with a 
>jam 
>man
> > live, but wonder if an electrix repeater would make more sense for 
>what 
>I'm
> > trying to do. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Justin
> >
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>Hi Justin,
>     Welcome aboard!  Why don't you list some of things that you'd like 
>to 
>do
>with your looper, and maybe we can make some good suggestions.  First of 
>all,
>The Electrix Repeater is discontinued.  You'd have to buy one used from 
>E-bay.
>For a hand percussionist, I imagine that the Repeater would be a good 
>looper,
>becuase it has seperate tracks that you can mix.  The EDP (Gibson Echoplex
>Digital Pro) is probably the most sophisticated looper, and has really 
>tight
>rhythmic time.  It's probably the strongest rhythmic looper.  I would 
>suggest
>checking out percussionist Jon Wagner's website www.jondrums.com.  I 
>believe
>that he uses a repeater and an EDP.  Also, check out percussionist Rick
>Walker's site www.looppool.info for lots of cool percussive looping.
>
>Have fun,
>John
>www.johnmazzarella.com
>
>

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