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Going the software route will give you a bunch of new things to worry about. You will just experience different limitations and hurdles to deal with now :O( I have both and enjoy my gibson echoplex and work with what it can offer me and understand what it doesn't do, which doesn't effect me that much. But I do enjoy my powerbook/ableton/midi controller setup also, but I again expect and understand the limitations here also and appreciate what software can do. On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 07:56:11PM +0200, weaviestonder wrote: > Thanks Douglas, Mark. Although you guys say two very different things > about the DD-20, you both contributed to give me a clearer idea on what > I need. As I said in my first post, I am planning to buy a new laptop > and use that and a midi foot controller instead of a hardware looping > device, but I just can't afford to buy all that stuff at once! > > A couple of more question for Mark: > > 1. how much RAM would you say a laptop would need to function as a > looper? Can you give me a frame of reference? > 2. is software for Mac less functional than that on PC? I was planning > to get a Mac, since I have heard from many people that they are more > reliable than computers (no crashes, etc), which is a big deal when you > are performing live obviously. Also, they told me most PCs have longer > delay in handling MIDI signal (sorry this explanation is poor but my > English is insufficient here). > 3. If I chose to get a Mac, would the hardware requirements be > different? I mean, would I need more or less RAM or more or less CPU to > do the same thing? > > Thank you all very much again, it's great to get to talk to people who > have experience in this field and are willing to share it and so patient > in talking to a newbie! :) > > Lorenzo > > > > > >--- weaviestonder <weaviestonder@hotmail.it> wrote: > > > >That is why I need perfect timing control over my > >loops: they need tobe perfectly synchronized with the > >drum track I run in the background. > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > >