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>> And if something does go wrong, with something like the Looperlative I >> can get in touch with the developer and get assistance that will cover >> anything that has gone amiss. > Actually, this is exactly the reason I ended up going with a software looper. Last summer I had several shows to do and my edp went down, there was no one that could service it here in Canada, the company wanted me to ship it to Nashville and told me it would be 3 months minimum before I got it back. So I looked into the software solutions. At first I was using an old compac m300 that worked quite fine even though it had certain limitations due to the speed and ram (600mhz and 276 mgram). I did share in some of the concerns about the fragile nature of laptops in general and eventually settled on building my own rackmount computer. I was able to build a 1u rackmount p4 with a 3.06 cpu, 1 gig ram, 120 gig 7600rpm hard drive, a used aardvark q10 pci interface that has 8 decent quality mic pre's, and a small 8" touch screen monitor for about $900.00. I know the monitor is kinda of small and you don't want to do any reading with it, but this computer is only for music. no internet hookup at all. I've been using it quite a bit for 4 months now and no problems. The only thing that can fall off the rack and get damaged is the touch screen monitor and it can be replaced for about $150.00. Because it is a computer I can upgrade the motherboard, cpu, memory all with minimal problems. For me this was a great solution over the rig that I was using, gave me more flexibility and greater potentials for sounds that I was seeking to utilize. Of course there are reasons for going with hardware loopers, but for me this was the best overall solution. Paul Haslem www.dulcify.ca