AW: sampler or looper? (roland sp555)

["Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>]

What really baffles me in this text is the following statement:
" The SP-555 boasts an expanded internal memory with almost six minutes of
stereo sampling time, or to compact flash cards up to 2 gigabytes in size,
for a total of over 12 hours of sample time."

2GByte for 12 hours means a data rate of roughly 388kbps. So what does that
mean for the "beefed up internal sample memory" for almost six minutes?
16MByte? ;)


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        Von: Ben [mailto:benoitruelle@yahoo.fr] 
        Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juli 2007 17:03
        An: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
        Betreff: sampler or looper? (roland sp555)
        
        
        the new SP555 roland is announced at NAMM:

        "The new LOOP CAPTURE function allows users to sample live audio
from the 555's inputs, (you can also play loops from the pads of course),
with real-time effects tweaks. Additionally, artists can connect a
footswitch to the SP-555 to activate the LOOP CAPTURE allowing them to 
stack
individual parts on top of one another. The SP-555 makes it easy to
build-out phrase loops in real time by simply activating the Overdub Mode. 
"

        see http://www.sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=5078

                Ben.