use of Jamman and Line 6 for treating vocals

["Jehn" <juno7@cfl.rr.com>]

 Starting to post to Mp3..regularly use my loopers for "straightforward"
music..

Don't worry..there's nothing for sale..

www.mp3.com/Jehn_Cerron

Just had to jump back in... hello again..

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: schematic,new looper


>
> At 10:32 AM 9/22/2002, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
> >It isn't?!  I can't remember his name, but I got an email from someone 
>at
> >Gibson who was complaining about the problem with getting those simms.
>
> No, it really isn't a big problem. Gibson has to find a vendor that has a
> large stock of them so supply a whole production and is willing to sell
> them at the low price they want to pay. There are many to choose from, 
>the
> problem is more in getting the price low enough. But they are available.
> And when you look at the prices, using any other type of "new" memory
would
> actually result in a much higher list price for the EDP.
>
> >  It stuck in my mind because I thought a lot about a time in the future
> > when hardware becomes obsolete even though it provides a valid use and
> > runs good software.
>
> It is a very real problem for music products to manage component
> obsolescence. The cost to develop a product like this is the same whether
> you are going to sell 100 or 1 million. But with niche music products, 
>the
> volumes will be really low compared to practically any other type of
> product. This isn't like networking appliances, where the volumes are
> relatively low but the exact same type of hardware could be sold for
> $5-10k. So the price is pretty low too. The only way to make back the
> investment in the development is for the product to last in the market 
>for
> a long time. Many years in fact. It simply is not economically viable to
> put out new hardware versions of niche music gear every year like with
> consumer PC products. So you really have to be careful about the
components
> used, and cross your fingers a bit. It is a serious disaster if a part is
> used that is too closely tied otherwise to the PC industry. They will 
>stop
> using it within a year, and the manufacturer will likely stop making it.
> Then you are screwed. Just the cost to do a minor change in the hardware
to
> replace such a part can wipe out the profits of the whole product.
>
> kim
>
>
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