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How much memory can those little suckers take? What kind of clock rates do they run? Do they have USB ports? Best wishes, Warren Sirota > -----Original Message----- > From: mech [mailto:mech@m3ch.net] > Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 3:08 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: VST Host & Effects on PDA > > > At 2:06 PM +0200 7/4/06, Buzap Buzap wrote: > > > I remember seeing a blurb on a mini-Ableton clone in one > >> of my synth magazines last year. > > > >Actually, if there is a "mini-looper" for PocketPC - it would be > >really awesome!! > >Not for anything series for me, but I'd like to jam with myself or > >work on some ideas while travelling. > > > >So, is there a simple "pocket looper" you know of? > > Well, I found the back issue to which I was referring (Dec. 2005 > issue of Keyboard. I should have just done a search online for the > article in the first place: > http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=30&storycode=12175 ). > > The software is Bhajis Loops ( http://www.chocopoolp.com ). > Unfortunately, it's not as cool as I remember it (but then again, > what ever is?). It does seem to be an homage to Ableton Live, but on > Palm OS. There are two serious shortcomings, however. First and > foremost, it does not seem to accept live input. You have to either > record or input .WAV's separately before working with them. Second, > and contrary to my first impression, it will *not* act as a VST host. > However, it includes almost 20 native effects on its own, so you can > already do a lot with what's there. And of course it's pretty fully > functional otherwise, especially with the pattern and wave editors. > > Otherwise, I spent a nice chunk of time looking around for something > on Win CE or Palm that would work with VST's. No luck yet. I did > find a few neat things for tweezing backing tracks (i.e. drum and > bass accompaniments). For instance, at the aforementioned Chocopoolp > site, there's a little widget called Microbe that allows you to > manipulate 8 drum tracks and 2 synths. There are quite a few > Trackers ported over to either Palm or Win CE too. > > And if you are indeed interested in dropping your rhythm section in > your pocket, this would also be a good time to throw in a plug for > PSP Rhythm ( http://www.psprhythm.com ) and PSP Kick ( > http://www.pspkick.com ) -- both for the Sony PSP. PSP Rhythm is > particularly nice, IMNSHO, because it attempts to model some of its > functions from the Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1. Both are pretty neat, > however, and the PSP platform is excellent for these sorts of > homebrew music apps. I'm waiting for someone to finally work out the > kinks for live input, then the PSP would really be a viable > alternative for music softs. Oh, and it's a really, really kewl game > and movie machine too, for when you're stuck in the bus/plane > travelling to the next gig. :D > > --m. > -- > _______ > "Somewhere between anticipation and nostalgia we should have > been happy." >