Re: Looper cencus

[Pedro Felix <pfelix28@yahoo.com>]

my knee jerkey re-action:
ugh!
why do guitarist (one of which I happen to be) need to
be told about anything that is there if they looked,
sort of like circular picking!
BUT/AND
the ones who are looking for it will find it just like
they found speaker ripping.

best regards, Pedro Felix - NYC 2002

> 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
> 


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