Re: Boss RC-20 / Boomerang price comparison

[Emmanuel PERILLE <perille@club-internet.fr>]

Mark wrote :

> I know you're going for the DJ market, Emmanuel, but have you ever 
>thought of a
> version that's geared to musicians or people who's hands are otherwise 
>busy?  I

DJRND3-F next to come with footswitch to tap tempo and record into BPM 
loops with
metronome
+ MIDI IN clock to slave loops synced with an external BPM
+ up to 512 Mbyte SDRAM saved on battery (8 banks of 21 stereo loops)
+ external re-sampling effect for HDD playback
+ 3072 loops back up on an internal 20Gbyte HDD

... but only maybe one day when DJRND3 is sold

> just visited your site (easily found by Google, not found at all with 
>Excite) and
> it wasn't clear to me whether or not the DJRND3 has midi synchable 
>loops.  Adding

DJRND3 already has a MIDI clock ouput to slave any external sequencer or 
beat box with
loops

> these features may bring you a slice of the non DJ market.  Would it be 
>worth it?

Yes, but only for homestudio musician looping because of the number of 
loops (21
stereo loops simultaneously !!)

> Don't know... judging by how much space a store called "The Guitar 
>Center" devotes
> to DJ gear, I'd say that the DJ market is probably much more lucrative 
>these

Yeap, it seems like everyone has smelled something possible to do on this 
market ...
Wait and see how it is going to progress

> days.  I did, however, fwd your page to my SF DJ pals.

Thanks Mark

>
> Mark
>
> Emmanuel PERILLE wrote:
>
> > Douglas Crouse wrote :
> >
> > > In an earlier post from a member, there was mentionof the RC-20 being
> > > "more affordable" than a Boomerang.  Check it out:
> > >
> > > In order to have "hands-free" operation of your RC-20 ($269.99), 
>you'd
> > > need 2 FS-FU footswitches ($26.99 each); one for reverse, and another
> > > for phrase select.  For input/output level control and fade-out, a
> > > FV-300L ($99.99) is required.  Total cost: $423.96.
> > >
> > > A Boomerang ($449.99) needs no additional pedals or switches.  And 
>it's
> > > only $23.06 more than the 'rang.  Real "low-cost" looper, huh?
> > >
> > > As for memory storage: Why? The purpose of a looper is spontaneity 
>and
> > > live performance.  Wanna record? Buy a multitrack.  Playing to
> > > pre-recorded phrases is basically karaoke.
> >
> > Yeap, but re-sampling pre-recorded phrases can also be a live 
>performance like
> > similar to what DJs already do with records ... This is for instance 
>one of
> > the new DJRND3 features with its internal SCSI HDD.
> > Emmanuel