Re: Looper cencus

[Hedewa7@aol.com]

DSDALY@aol.com writes:

>I know alot of guitar players that are excellent and would 
>definitely loop, but the marketing of the subject is all wrong. 
but, there is no marketing.

>I just bought the REPEATER knowing that it has been discontinued because
>of 
>the good reviews and the fact I can run a fairly small FS300 stage pedal
>to 
>operate the unit live. 
>I also bought it to lay down tracks so I can solo over and get better.
interested:
did you buy it before you tried it?

>I know that it can do so much more, but I suppose I will learn through
>trial 
>because I don't see a place where I can get alot of tips and tricks 
>information.
look harder; and, you can look and ask here!

>Guitar Looping seems to be kept a big secret and that's why more 
>guitarists
>arent into it. 
ain't no secret.
i'm not good at keeping secrets, myself.

>If a company, say BOSS, came out with a small easy to use, reasonably 
>priced
>(say $100-$150 range) stompbox looper that could give say 10-14 seconds
>of 
>simple looping and went into the guitar magazines with well thought out
>ads 
>proclaiming.. "SOMETHING NEW for all you guitarists out there" and maybe
>had 
>some good sound files on there web site and a few tips to get going ..
>the 
>whole looping thing could take off.
1) while it's not been fully plumbed -(what instrument has been?)- looping 
is 
not strictly new.
2) companies have certainly done that: boomerang, roland, akai, line 6 put 
out reasonably inexpensive looping devices ---(hell, the jamman was cheap, 
wasn't it?)--- and, some of them have spent some dough on advertising, as 
well. and: oberheim used to advertise the EDP.
my conclusion? what's critically missing from the manufacturers' vision is 
a 
long-term plan that includes education of the potential marketplace via 
seminars, clinics, instructional videos, and *functional* endorsements.
etc.

anyway:
i babbled, again. sorry, if.....
best,
dt / splattercell