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Hey guys- For years I've had what I thought to be my own "unique" vision of a solo performance using loops to make my music:) I've never had the money to put together a rig or the time to build one myself. Just a few days ago, I stumbled across the looper's delight page and realized that there were others doing exactly the things I want to do! Needless to say, I am excited to join the community. After talking to as many people as I can find, I have narrowed my search (I think) down to either an EDP or an electrix repeater. I would be interested to hear your opinions on which might be the better choice for me (understanding that information on the repeater is somewhat harder to come by). I am a professional (I have a day job too though) jazz drummer and I'm looking to expand my live sound. I play mostly acoustically in small settings. I have no experience with midi devices, keyboards, and no interest in playing electronic drums. However, I would describe myself as technically very competent with much knowledge in recording technology and techniques. At one point I started to work out schematics for a simple digital looping device, then abandoned that for a failed attempt at coding a mac to do it. I gave up when I realized that there were quality options available commercially. *My first goal is to build a small looping unit consisting of a microphone, a looping device, and a keyboard type amplifier/speaker so that I can loop live auxiliary percussion while I play my drums acoustically. *If this is a success, I want to put together a more advanced rig (hopefully using the same looping device that I would then be familiar with) consisting of a well mic'ed drum kit, auxiliary percussion mic, 8 or 12 channel mixer, and a looping device to output to a PA. Possibly adding triggering ability and specialty effects. *My ultimate goal is to create a solo live act which would be sort of a performance art/looping musical journey. My vision calls for several percussion "stations" each mic'ed and hooked to a central looping device, with full control at each "station." I've landed a job which should support this nasty habit for a while, but I would really like to make the right choice in the equipment I buy. Any takers in doling out advise? bye- jon _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.