Re: Just received my Boomerang III yesterday

["BC" <compguy2@comcast.net>]

Hi Luis,

I'm afraid I have no experience with the RC-50, so I can't make a 
comparison.

It seems to me that many people have been complaining about syncing issues 
and dropouts with the RC-50, which was enough to keep me from even 
considering that unit.

My impression is that the Boomerang's strong points are ease of use, 
simplicity and great sound. The RC-50 seems to try to do more, but with 
mixed results. Perhaps those with experience with the Boss unit can chime 
in 
here.

The Boomerang is extremely intuitive to use. If you want something that is 
simple, provides 3 or 4 separate loops (depending on how you have the two 
custom buttons set up), and is rock-solid reliable, then the Boomerang 
should be a contender.

Again, only serial looping is enabled so far, which means you can only 
play 
back one loop at a time. The exception is if you start with loop 3, the 
others will slave to that loop. If loop 3 happens to be 5 seconds long, 
then 
any other loops' durations will be multiples of that 5 seconds. This 
enables 
one to record a rhythm track that can be used throughout the song.

They are currently working on finalizing the software which will enable it 
to play all loops together either in sync or free-form.

Brian


----- Original Message ----- 

Hi Brian
thank you kindly for this ive been also waiting for a floor pedal with 
this 
capabilities for a while!
looks very promising...but they have to leave some room for midi sync that 
would be a real pitty if they didnt!!this combined with the adrenalinn 
stomp 
would be aaaawesome!
do you have any experience with the RC-50?its size makes it already a 
winner 
for me but could you do a comparison in terms of practicality or 
intuitivity?
cheers
Luis