Re: very special floor-based looper

[van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk>]

Krispen Hartung wrote:
> But I still have to boot the damn thing up, worry about other common PC 
> problems, connect it to the LED display, a decent audio 
> interface...that's already far more complicated than plugging into a 
> floor looper that you turn on in 1 second and start playing. It's just 
> not appealing to me. I would prefer to stay with the laptop over that 
> option. Although, the MUSE Receptor, if it could run Mobius would be 
> very cool.

With a small USB touchscreen and all readily mounted/connected in a 
small rack, floorbox or whatever, nada connection hazzles, except for 
the cable between the rack and floor controls (in my case).
No fiddling with lauching apps nessesary, as you'd already have that 
configured in a boot profile.

I'm not going to ditch my ADA MP-2, TSR24S and Vortex, but WRT playing 
softsynths and doing the looping, drift more and more towards either an 
embedded system or a MacIntel Mini with MainStage and a SW looper.

Combined with a Gordius controller, all will be software upgradable, 
even with one or two FCB1010's as slaves, as they'll have the original 
functional software replaced to function purely as buttons and swells.


>> And then went on:
>>
>>> I work at the computer 10-14 hours a day, and sometimes the
>>> last thing I want to look at when performing is another
>>> computer. Sometimes I dream of a day when I go to a looping
>>
>>
>> That's why I suggested some kind of embedded computer system. Really 
>> have a
>> computer without keyboard, mouse, or computer screen - just focus on
>> something that will boot from a solid state disc, have very small, 
>> reduced
>> installation (is there a MAX/MSP for Linux btw - you can configure these
>> systems so they really boot in no time). The digital logic microspace
>> computers are the size of a Boss VF-1, and then you'd add some LED 
>> display
>> components and some foot switches, and have a system that boots up and 
>is
>> running in less than 10 seconds.


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rgds,
van Sinn