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Well, I planned on buying a Boomerang by the end of this week until I saw this. When are the v2.0 pedals coming out? Will the old ones be upgradeable? -Loopless Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Biffle" <mbiffle@svg.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>; <improv@peak.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 10:19 AM Subject: Re: Line 6 DL4 or Boomerang? > Dave Trenkel wrote... > > The Boomerang isn't as hi-fi as the Line 6, but it sounds better > than the specs should warrant. > > Audio quality is changing with the new ROM upgrade as well... I > believe Michael from B-Rang has said it will be a lot crisper. There's > a sacrifice in available looping time... the current times are 2 min / > 4 min... with the new ROM upgrade it will be... aw hell! Here's all > the boilerplate on the new upgrade courtesy of Mike Nelson at > Boomerang. > > Best to all... > -Miko > > * The new Boomerang Phrase Sampler V2.0 software will have 2 > independent loops with a couple of modes for transitioning between > them. One mode, called AB1, smoothly transitions to loop B, plays it > once, then goes back to playing loop A, all with one button press. > > * A higher sample rate has been added; original max was 16KHz, new > max rate is 24KHz. This drops the sample time to 1 min 27 sec. While > it's not CD quality, it's a lot crisper. > > * The stack button can be programmed to be either latching or > momentary. > > * You can go directly from recording to stacking. Press record to > start recording, then press stack to conclude recording and enter > stack (overdub) mode. > > * There are 7 selectable decay rates. On the original the decay rate > was fixed at about 2.3dB. The rates are as follows: 1 is no decay, 2 > is the original rate (about 20-25 repeats), 3-6 are progressively > quicker decays and are great when using the Rang as a pure delay, and > 7 is slapback (1 repeat). The new decay rates & latching stack button > make the Rang a great sounding digital delay with tap tempo. The foot > roller becomes the delay level when used like this. > > * The record button can be programmed to behave as it does now or be > disabled during playback. Some folks didn't want to worry about > hitting it while adjusting the foot roller. > > * The half speed concept has been replaced by slow speed, and you > have your choice of five. All are musically related to "normal" speed. > The choices are down a 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th or octave. The pitch drops > and the playback is slowed like the current software going to half > speed. > > * This one is small, but an improvement. Originally, if you pressed > once, the next press of play(stop) would stop the loop. Now you can > transition between "continuous" play and play once mode. Confusing? > Here's what you can do that you couldn't before. Start an existing > loop with several stutters or re-starts and then smoothly transition > into playing the loop repeatedly. > > * There are improvements on clicks that occasionally occur at loop > boundaries, particularly when using the Rang in continuous reverse > mode (live reverse lead mode). > > * And finally, we completed the button behavior. For example, in the > original, if you were stacking, the reverse button didn't do anything. > This and all other basic scenarios are fixed. Now you can be stacking > additional parts and freely reverse direction. All the new features > are ADDITIONS. That is, no original features, even the lower sampling > rates, have been omitted or replaced. The once button shares duty as > the loop A/B button. The reverse or stack buttons are held down to > enter program mode. > > -- Mike Nelson Boomerang Musical Products 800-530-4699 PO Box 541595 > 214-340-6913, Outside USA Dallas, TX 75354-1595 214-343-1038, Fax >