Re: Considering building an ultimate looper...

[Jeffrey Larson <jeff@zonemobius.com>]

 > But we'll see how much design hassle is involved these days.

Do you have a good understanding of digital audio software design
and DSP programming?  I'll wager that by far the majority of time
you're going to spend on the "product" will be on the software, not
the hardware design.  Do not underestimate how hard this is.

 > I've got several people asking me to build a device that will not  
only have
 > individual outs so that tracks can be mixed in a studio  
environment, but
 > can *also* be controlled in a performance environment individually
 > without midi (ie. perfectly smooth volume transitions etc.)

Can you elaborate on this?  Are you asking for more than the 128
discrete volume steps that MIDI allows, or are you talking
about "zipper noise" that digital audio sysems can have when
making large volume sweeps without a "smoothing" algorithm?

I have a hard time believing that in a live performance situation
the audience is going to be able to tell the difference between
128 volume steps and 16,384.  Maybe in the studio under
very accurate listening conditions, but live?

Jeff