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Actually, there were only two "hardware loopers" that I recall: . Stanosaur (acoustic feedback) and . Daryl Shawn (tape looping) The other devices were all digital in the form of a: . dedicated looping device or . looping software running on a general purpose computer I would be most curious with a breakdown of hardware vs. software failures. Last weekend, the failure (during my set) was a hardware failure. My computer overheated and shut down. When I came back up, I propped the computer to provide better ventilation to its fan and it didn't crash again. So, though I used a laptop, to classify it as a software failure would be inaccurate. (Incidentally, my particular laptop is a Toshiba and, to be quite honest, I've never been happy with the computer due to its hardware. I just haven't had the money to replace it and, thus, I have to work around issues. My next computer will NOT be a laptop -- I will custom build a computer into a case that is rack-mountable. I want to be able to choose my own Firewire card, video cards, etc. With a laptop one is stuck with the hardware that is hardwired onto the mother board.) Last year my LP1 stopped working and I had to send it back to Bob for repair. He replaced some hardware on it, so I presume it was a hardware issue. In looking back over problems I've had, it has always been hardware. I've never had a software program failure in a performance setting. -- Kevin Quoting cpr@musetrap.com: > I had a crash (actually a 'hang') on my LP1... but, that device > certainly blurs the line between software and hardware.. lol.. I think > the dividing line should actually be 'stand alone looper' vs 'computer > based looper'... > > -cpr > > Quoting Sjaak Overgaauw <tcplugin@gmail.com>: > >> I know Michael and Bill have been counting the different setups >> (hardware / software) and the crashes. It was about 50-50 on Saturday >> but I'm curious at the statistics. >> >> Btw: Rick, once again thanks for organizing this great festival, we >> really enjoyed it, both the musical and social part of it :) >> >> >> Sjaak Overgaauw >> http://premonitionfactory.com/ >> http://livelooping.be/ >> http://euroloopfest.com/ >> >>