Hi guitarfxr First a very big THANK YOU for your reviews ! I have been waiting for this unit, and for the reviews... you have really been helpfull. I have some questions though, hope you will help again. I need a device like this for three reasons: 1: songwriting/idea catcher out of the studio (overdub function is perfect) 2: field recording (rehearsals, ambience stuff, voices, traffic etc) and maybe 3: as a replacement for my DENON S-1000 DJ-CDplayer I perform live with drummachines, fx´s and with a CD-player for longer prerecorded sections/interludes At clubs, with jazzinstrumentalists and often for dance/theatre/performance etc. I travel a lot and weight+ size is an issue... If it would be so great to replace the big/heavy DENON CD player with the Tascam So, my questions are: - how fast is the "play" response on the unit !?! does it spin up/wake from sleep, or is it fast to trigger a track/sound ? -how is the AB loop working.. is it fast as well, can you do it on the fly ? -how is the pitchshifting ? -could you use the unit as a simple live-looper: live record a send from my mixer and loop it instantly hope you can and will answer these questions. Thanks Hans H -