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Rick, In a message dated 1/21/03 11:28:44 PM, GLOBAL@cruzio.com writes: >I feel very sheepish because I suggested the ANNUAL NAMM AD HOC >LOOPERS DELIGHT LUNCHEON and didn't attend. Heheheh. Ain't that the way? We missed your energetic presence Ricko! Several of us gathered at the crossroads in front of the EH booth (it was in the same place as last year, #5396). Then we waited around a while to see who would show up. Max Valentino Richard Zvonar Steve Lawson Kim Flint John Wagner Bill Walker Me . . . My Teflon® coated "old guy" brain refuses to register other names. If there were any, please forgive their omission due to my poorly functioning gray matter. Anywho, the confab eventually split up and Kim, John, Bill and I all then went off to the belly of the nearby Marriott hotel to "do lunch." Very pleasant food and company it was indeed too. I understand that David Torn Was at the show somewhere. I am told that Andre LaFosse stayed away from NAMM on Saturday, but had been there earlier. I also read something to the effect that Mr. Fripp was in L.A. the same weekend for KC pre-tour interviews. I rather doubt if he came to the show though. Heheheh, can you imagine? I can't. Oh well. I am sure that as soon as I press "SEND" I will think of two or three other loopers who's names I have missed from our little "meeting at the crossroads" in front of the EH booth. That always seems to be the way it goes too. I wasn't too blown away by very much this year. The previously mentioned Kaoss Pad v.2 and some video editing software at the Arboretum booth were high points for me. That and the addition of V-Link features to some Roland and Edirol gear. I'm sure I missed a lot. One surprise came from one of my own clients, IK Multimedia, from Italy. They've released a stand-alone version of their Amplitube software that allows one to plug one's guitar into a laptop and play/control (in real-time) a host of amp models and effects with no latency to speak of at all. Unfortunately, there was no looper in the package. Can you imagine if they allowed for 3rd party plug-ins to this program? Right now I'm imagining faux EDPs, Eventides, Moogerfoogers and Vortexes. But why stop there? Sooner or later SOMEBODY is gonna figure this technology out and do it right. Yep, the days of this "old guy" hauling around a 16-space rack and a dozen pedals are definitely nearing the end. One other thing blew my mind. Steve Lawson's performance at the "Bass Bash" on Friday night at JT Shmidt's brew pub. He and Michael Manring both made huge impressions on a LOT of folks there that night (including Dr. Bob and I). Steve's a monster. My recommendation: If you have a chance, see this guy (along with the also monstrous Andre LaFosse and Rick Walker) while the opportunity lasts. You won't be disappointed. Adios! tEd ® kiLLiAn ArsOcarina@aol.com http://www.mp3s.com/tedkillian http://www.pfmentum.com/flux.html http://www.mp3.com/Ophelia_Pancake