| that's well said, David.  This would make a 
big difference to a pro studio owner, as opposed to a live, experimental music 
looper in most cases, I suppose.   Kris     
  ----- Original Message -----  Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 4:15 PM Subject: Re: Loop effects: Can software 
  be as good as good hardware? There’s no pitch-shifter in Reaktor to equal Eventide’s 
  proprietary algorithms, and no reverb in there to equal Lexicon’s. Only you 
  can say whether that matters, or if you (or your audience) can even hear 
  that it’s true. I had Eventides and high-end Lexicons, and I do miss their 
  unique audio qualities, but these became less exciting after a while and I 
  could no longer justify the expense (hardware IS re-sellable!). If I 
  played/recorded for $$$$ or travelled with my gear, I expect I’d have both 
  hard and software.
 dc
   
 
  
  On Jul 3, 2006, at 1:20 PM, mark sottilaro wrote: 
    If you're truely saying that for the price 
    of a laptop (to use me as an example) ($1400), 
    audio interface ($200) and Reaktor software ($300) I'd 
    get something on par with an 
  Exclipse |