Re: FlyLooper & market potential

["Buzap Buzap" <buzap@gmx.net>]

Hi folks

> The average guitar player gigs at home, where their PC lives.  Most 
> folks don't play out, guys.  As for PCs, I look at all the college 
> students in my neighborhood and they're all packing laptops. 

This is exactly the audience I have in mind!!
So, if you have a "out-of-the-box" package that comes with plug&play USB 
foot controller and nice software (maybe add some free plugin effects?), 
all together for 80,- USD/EUR, hell, I would go out and buy one 
immediately, just out of curiosity.

IMHO, the audience is _not_
... professional hardware loopers who pay 1500$ for a Looperlative (that 
they add to their collection of 2 EDPs, 3 Repeaters and a dozen delay 
effects...)
... professional software loopers who are using Reaktor, GuitarRig2, 
MAX/MSP, Ableton, Möbius & oothers, a carefully programmed MIDI 
footcontroller and a collection of VST plugins for several thousand 
dollars.

No, it's  the average kid with his guitar and computer who get's excited 
about "Garage Band" and wants to be able to say "look, I'm looping!".
So, in a way, it _IS_ actually the mass market that M-Audio is addressing.
Just needs the right packaging.

For anything else, you'd have to have some REAL killer application that 
Ableton Live or others don't have (and cannot imitate easily).

Best regards
Buzap
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