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Hi Steve,
All Rangs are upgradeable to the V2.0 hardware/software upgrade. The
upgrade will be released any day now. Due to a vendor problem, Rang
production is halted for a couple of weeks. What this means is that when
the
upgrade is released, it will be available to current Rang owners, but it
will
be 5-6 weeks before we see any new Rangs with the upgrade.
A description of the V2.0 features follows.
Steve Rudolph wrote:
> 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?
>
> > * 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 * The half speed concept has been replaced by slow speed, and you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
http://www.boomerangmusic.com mnelson@dmans.com
"Some products make you sound better;
the Boomerang Phrase Sampler makes you play better."