Re: Repeater Update

["Italo De Angelis" <italoop@libero.it>]

Mark, I had a personal demo of the REPEATER at the Frankfurt
MusikMesse...it's simply AWESOME ! ! ! You're going to love it...hold on,
don't waste your money, get something SERIOUS,,,,,,,,,Italo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>; <jamie@electrixpro.com>;
<Damon@electrixpro.com>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:20 PM
Subject: Re: Repeater Update


> I've lost my last bit of optimism.  The Repeater, at it's projected 
>price,
> seemed too good to be true.  In November you just had to tweak your
powersupply
> design and then the Repeater would ship.  8 months off?  It's time to get
an
> Echoplex.  Sorry Electrix.  This is obviously vaporware.  What was that
thing in
> the quicktime video of the namm demo?  It seemed to be a working 
>Repeater,
so
> what's the problem?  Fess up: you are unable to offer that product for
$599
> list.  It would have been nice if Electrix had been honest from the 
>start.
>
> Mark Sottilaro
> Sr. Graphic Design
> InVision Communications
> http://www.iv.com
>
> Mark Landman wrote:
>
> > Jamie, Damon, Darrell, and other Electrix folks-
> >
> > No need to hide under the desk, my order is still in, and I'm pleased 
>to
> > see the effort to ship a bug-free, stable product.
> >
> > No other company has developed anything as fully featured and desirable
to
> > the looping community since the introduction of the EDP, so hang in
there.
> >
> > Best-
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > >Hi guys and gals,
> > >
> > >    The following is an update from the President of IVL/Electrix on
the
> > >progress of Repeater. It will be posted on the site later today, but I
> > >wanted you to hear it first. Warning: you may feel physically ill 
>after
> > >reading it...I know I did, but do realize that we're dedicated to
bringing
> > >you the best looping tool possible, and it will have been worth the
wait.
> > >
> > >    If you need me I'll be hiding under my desk in a fetal position.
> > >
> > >Best regards,
> > >Jamie Drouin.
> > >
> > >
> > >*******************************
> > >
> > >I want to provide you with an up-to-date status report on release of
the
> > >Repeater product.  This has been a difficult project for us.  In order
to be
> > >able to provide you with a revised delivery date that was accurate and
> > >achievable, we brought together the entire project team as well as the
> > >engineering and project managers for a detailed planning session to:
> > >
> > >1. Ensure that all remaining tasks were identified
> > >2. Establish a test plan to ensure no problems after product release
> > >3. Provide a completion date which is realistic.
> > >
> > >The release date derived from this session was early June.  I 
>apologize
for
> > >the further delay and understand the difficulties this creates for
everyone.
> > >
> > >Please understand that the Repeater is a powerful, fully featured
product.
> > >A number of new technologies have been developed for Repeater 
>including
> > >intelligent loop splicing, beat matching, pitch shifting and time
stretching
> > >and squeezing.  All of these technologies have been completed and are
> > >working well.
> > >
> > >Where we ran into unexpected delays was in the integration of these
> > >technologies and achieving seamless operation of the complete system.
> > >Hardware has been produced so the risks associated with production
startup
> > >have been overcome.
> > >
> > >Other breakthrough products released to the MI market in the past have
often
> > >encountered similar frustrating delays.  When a major leap forward 
>like
this
> > >is undertaken, the risk of delays increases.
> > >
> > >We are determined that we will not release Repeater until we are
confident
> > >that all technical challenges and operating bugs have been fixed.  We
know
> > >Repeater is going to be highly successful - we are committed to
providing
> > >trouble-free operation out of the box.
> > >
> > >
> > >Philip Scott
> > >President
> > >
> > >*******************************
> > >
> > >
> > >Jamie Drouin
> > >Visual Designer for Electrix
> > >(a division of IVL Technologies Ltd)
> > >6710 Bertram Place, Victoria, BC, V8M 1Z6 Canada
> > >
> > >email... jamie@electrixpro.com  fax... 250-544-4102  voice...
250-544-4114
>