Re: New Looping Hardware (?)

["Mikell D. Nelson" <mnelson@dmans.com>]

Darcy Clark wrote:
> 
> Sorry to bring discussion down to a purely technical level, but I am
> curious as to how useful 'phrase samplers' are in a looping context 
>(i.e.,
> do they offer any advantages of the Jamman or Echoplex; what can't you do
> on phrase sampling units that you can on the afore-metioned devices)
> 
> here's an example:
> http://www.rolandus.com/products/MI/MIboss_PS.html#SP-202

  Products like this are setup to record many samples or phrases and
then string them together, sort of like a sequencer does with MIDI
events, to create a song. As far as I know, they don't play multiple
parts simultaneously, have pure loop functions such as multiply, or have
foot controllers. IMHO the Boomerang Phrase Sampler, Echoplex DP, and
Jamman are far more powerful tools for live performance by a single
musician.

Motley