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AMEN! noah wrote: > This all sounds great, and jives with what we've been hearing so far... > it's heartening at least that the product exists in some physical > manifestiation of metal and plastic and blinky leds. I'm kind of > disappointed in Damon, as he seemed like a truly non 'marketing guy' > marketing guy, but whatever, he was probably feeding us the same line he > was fed by someone else. > > Damon, Electrix, please do not give us a product with buggy software upon > release. I've seen this happen with too many great products/software > packages. > > It's an age-old story... the engineers set deadlines for > themselves under pressure from management, marketing goes into overdrive > for the product launch, and it keeps getting pushed back until finally > marketing and/or management can't take it anymore and push the half-baked > product out the door, much to the dismay of the users. The engineers keep > working to support the thing with endless patches, but the damage has >been > done, and the product's reputation is shot. > > If there's a remote chance it's not going to be ready by March, say so >now > and take the pressure off yourselves so that we the users can have a > product we can trust. I can't speak for the rest of the group, but I'll > wait. I would rather hear "It'll be done when it's done" than "It'll be > ready by january! I mean march! I mean june! umm... 2003?" > > -><- > > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, rich wrote: > > > Howdy folks, > > > > Cliff and I went to the Namm show together, and headed for the > > Electrix booth first thing. I just had to see if they had a > > functioning unit there to get my hands on. here's the lowdown from > > our short excursion into Repeaterland: > > > > Yes, it is pre-beta software. By self admission, they are not > > releasing until March. The demo guy was pretty up front about this, > > and obviously a little upset that he had to demo a machine that was > > still buggy, and not fully functional. I was a little upset that > > Damon was not very forthcoming about this info on the list, > > especially since there is a group buy formed. Power supply? > > bullshit...The demo guy said "We totally underestimated the > > complexity of this machine". On the positive side, All of the boxes > > are sitting in their warehouses, fully built and ready to go, they > > just need to finalize the software, load it in via the CFC cards and > > off they go. > > > > so...march then...maybe. > > > > other than that, the state the box was in was: > > > > Only one loop was active, and only two tracks of that one loop were > > available. BUT...even with that and bugs...this unit is FUN!!!!!!! > > > > They had a demo setup with a guitar into POD into the Repeater. I > > layed a volume swelled pad/drone on track 1, then switched to track 2 > > to lay in a more percussive riff. Now, these are seperate! Yay! > > two loops going simultaneously. hit the pitch button, engage track > > one and alter the pitch of track one up an octave. Pitch is shown on > > the front panel in semitones. > > > > This was a new one for me...I thought that you could change the pitch > > or time on a loop, but that all four tracks would be affected. Not > > so, to my delight. Wow. four independent tracks! On just one loop! > > well, not quite...there's only two active tracks on the pre-beta > > software at this point. > > > > Now i hit the pan button, engaged track 1 and shifted track 1 to hard > > left. engage track 2 and panned it hard right. Zowee! Then i > > engaged track 1 and track 2 and then started twisting the pan around. > > Wow. the two loops started fluctuating around in the stereo field. > > Did this mangling for about 20 seconds before i freaked out the > > software and it got stuck. oops. reboot. > > > > The time stretching is quite dramatic. I originally recorded at 120 > > bpm, and you can go down to like, 4 bpm, which introduced possibly > > interesting artifacts, especially if post-processed. think fat boy > > slim, here... > > > > One of the more interesting things i saw in the demo they did was > > that the pitch shifting can be preprogrammed, so when you lay that > > guitar riff in, what comes out on the first playback of the loop IS > > PITCHSHIFTED. cool. you don't have to wait for playback and then > > adjust pitch. > > > > there is more to the box, even in it's current state. i am going > > back on saturday and maybe sunday, so if anyone has very specific > > questions of something i can try out for ya, let me know. i will not > > ask them anything about ship dates and such, since i don't really > > feel like grilling Damon and the rest on behalf of LD. i'm sure he > > will hear enough of it from the list. > > > > seeya! > > > > rich > > > > > > > > >Pre-beta?? The last word from Damon was a problem with the power >supply > > >suppliers the box was supposed to be out at least a month ago. What's > > >the hold-up, electrix? we're jonesin for our gear fixes... nothing >worse > > >than a looper with the dt's... > > > > > >-><- > > > > > >On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, Om_Audio wrote: > > > > > >> Saw and played with the infamous Repeater at NAMM- all I can say >is hold on > > >> to your hats and get ready for the ride! Software was pre beta but >man o man > > >> what a great box- > > >> > > >> Cliff > > >> > > >> > >