Need info on Yamaha SU200

[Stewart Dean <sdean@bard.edu>]

This unit looks interesting....an updated SP-202 that:
> uses 3.3V SmartMedia cards (SP-202 uses no longer sold new 5V card and 
>even then could only use 2 or 4 MB cards)
> does 44kHz sampling (SP-202 is 32 kHz)
> does 90 seconds of 44kHz on internal memory (SP202 has half that or so)
....price is pushing $400, reasonable enough  

Which begs this question:
Q: when is Roland going to get its thumb out and update the SP-201?
A: Just after you buy one of the current ones at full price.

Seriously has anyone heard rumors as to when Roland will upgrade the
SP-202?


1) Has anyone had experience with the SU200?  How does it compare with
the SP-202?  Does the SU200 record loop automatically as easily as the
SP-202?

Yamaha's web site's pages on this unit don't tell me enough.  I need
more
info:
2)) The pictures show a slot for a 3.3Volt Smart Media memory card. 
Would you believe that the pages  DON'T EVEN MENTION THE CARD SLOT?  So,
I want to know:
a) what size (in MB) does it accept
b) when sampling can you write to it directly OR can it only be used to
backup samples that you've made in the permanent internal memory.  If
you can write to it directly, what's the longest mono 44kHz sample time
with the biggest SM card?

3) What email sales operation sell Yamaha?  ZZounds.com doesn't carry
it.  Musician's Friend does, but they are out of stock, more due in end
of month
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Stewart Dean, Unix System Admin, Henderson Computer Resources 
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