Re: RE: LP2 at namm Louie's start/stop

[Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com>]

On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, Andy Owens wrote:
> Not pushing for it, but I have to agree with Louie that the ability on
> the lp1 to start the drumb machine with a command also starting record,
> and to stop the drumb machine with a record stop command is so, so nice.
> But from playing with it in person, I could see that it would take a bit
> of workaround, but maybe not, I would sure trade one of those effects to
> be able to toggle on that when I recorded a loop, it sent midi start and
> then midi stop by the just normal rec play buttons..........that
> wouldn't be that big a deal programming wise I would think.
I'll forward this on to Bob.

But part of the problem, as always exists when one makes a commitment to 
releasing a product
for public consumption is that you have to invest a lot of money to have 
things like
cases manufactured and painted.

Can you imagine Roland, which continually releases products with 
irritating lack of features,
being responsive to a thread on this list by someone who says,  "It's 
unfortunate that
such and such a feature doesn't exist on this product.  Why don't you 
change it"

It's a done deal once they've committed to releasing something and 
everyone has to sit
around for two or three years until the next thing comes out and pray 
that they listened to their users.

In the case of the LP-2,   Bob's been working hard on this for the last 
year and a half:
the cases are finished,  the feature set is already silkscreened on the 
cases and we have a solid
release date to get them into the hands of anyone who likes the machine.

It just may not be feasible, financially, to be able to incorporate this 
request, no matter how
cool it is.   Bob is a single person company.
He has to juggle a full time job, a large family with all of the work that
it takes to design the loopers he makes.  He doesn't have deep pockets 
for this project.
Quite the contrary.   At this point it would probably take hundreds of 
dollars
if not thousands, to incorporate this idea and delay the release of the 
unit another few months
(it takes forever to get cases manufactured and painted,   trust me on 
this one). It probably
won't be economically feasible to do it as it's just a little late in 
the game to
have the suggestion come up as good as it is.

If it's a make or break deal for Luis,  then I understand and support 
him not
to buy it, but there is a huge probability that it's just too late in 
the game to make a change
like this, despite,  the ease of changing the software.

Does it do everything?   No,  but nothing does everything,   especially 
in this price range.
I still think it's pretty cool for the price.

And I'll forward this idea onto Bob. There are a couple of features that 
could be easily dispensed with
to make room for it.  I just want people to be realistic about the 
chances of
it's occurring.

with respect,    rick walker