Re: flexible looper in small package

[Jesse Kates <jesse@lunarium.com>]

On Aug 26, 2005, at 12:36 PM, Kim Flint wrote:

> At 12:10 AM 8/26/2005, Ben wrote:
>> From: "Travis Hartnett" <travishartnett@gmail.com>
>>
>> I've seen very little evidence that there's been much research on the
>> part of manufacturers as to what makes a great looper (and what makes
>> a frustrating one).
>
> This seems to be true, unfortunately. Or at least it is true among the 
> big name brands trying to make low-end loopers. I'm astonished at how 
> clueless the designers of some of these recent devices are. They could 
> come here and spend 10 minutes asking people what they really want in 
> a looper and create a killer product, but they don't.
>
> The sad thing is, many musicians get their introduction to looping by 
> way of one of these crappy devices. They miss out on important 
> fundamentals of looping as a result. It must be frustrating to waste 
> time learning on one of these things. Like learning to play guitar on 
> an instrument with one string.

I think the market for these low-end loopers (like the RC-20) may not 
be the constituency of this list.  I imagine they sell most of their 
units to musicians who want to pre-record backing tracks.  How many 
people are on this list, anyway?

Jesse