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Why I Don't Diet
by Michele Michaels
posted Jun 8 2011 1:00PM
So I'm a big woman--no surprise if you've checked out my
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Of course, that leads well-meaning people to call me or e-mail me with the latest diets and fitness plans. For many years, sales people at radio stations targeted me for endorsements from places like Jenny Craig or 24 Hour Fitness or whatever. And I always said yes--as long as the diet/exercise plan involved absolutely no sweating and allowed me unlimited Pizza Schmizza and M&Ms. Strangely, I never heard from them after that.
'Cause here's the thing: I don't wanna go all Oprah on you, but the fact is that if you're a compulsive overeater like me, you gotta fix what's going on in your head before any lifestyle change will ever work long term. Sure, you can change what you eat, how much you eat, and work out like a crazy person, even have surgery--but until you fix the problem in your head, you're eventually gonna revert to Gabriel Iglesias's Sixth Level of Fatness:
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So I opt not to diet. At all. Ever again. I eat lots of fruits, vegetables, carbs, snack cakes, lean meat, crispy bagged snacks full of hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, and I walk a minimum of 2 miles a day with my dog, drink to excess once and a while, hike when I can, and dance 'til I drop with my girlfriends as often as possible.
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I'm saying the following because 1. I LOVE listening to you on air… I want you to stay around as long as possible!!! and 2. I watched my mom slowly kill herself with obesity and it KILLS me that not even I could convince her to be healthier. Kudos to you for having self confidence, but it makes me so sad to read this… I don't even know what you look like, I've only seen head shots. But you're enabling yourself to have an unhealthy life. Ever 50 pounds overweight you are is an extra 200 pounds on your joints… walking, dancing, eventually you WON'T be able to do that anymore :( And you'll still be alive. You'll just be on a ton of medication to allow yourself to function and you'll struggle to walk across the room… If you set your mind to it, a successful diet (that's including taking a few days off here and there to enjoy thanksgiving and christmas with the fam!) should only take around 6 months… 6 months Michelle, for a WAY better life. It's NEVER okay to be overweight and harming your health. Please don't get into that mindset…
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Hey Elizabeth-- Thank you for your comment and especially for you concern--it means so much to me that you care enough to comment. The truth is, you are absolutely correct. Being significantly overweight (as I am) is not healthy at all, and I am not condoning it nor suggesting it as a way of life for anyone else. However, when you say "Set your mind to it", you are actually concurring with my point--me and every other obese person has to fix whatever is going on mentally and emotionally before ANY diet/exercise plan will be permanantly effective. So far, I haven't been successful at that, and now in my mid-40s I refuse to keep punishing myself and accumulating self-hatred for failing at diets. So instead, I do what I can to stay active and eat a variety of things, all of which I love. I'm sure your mom, just like me, would have liked nothing better than to be thinner--but it is not always possible for everyone. So we learn to love ourselves as we are and do the best we can.
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Teacher Pay Scale Across Canada - Update for 2011
The previous post on Teacher Pay Scale Across Canada lead to a huge discussion and many posts on the worth of teachers, etc. The reason for my post originally wasn't for that discussion - instead I wanted to show the inequality in pay across the provinces. Since the last time I posted, the scales have shifted a bit, many of the links I posted do not work anymore, and some provinces have renegotiated their teaching contracts. For this reason, someone asked me to update the article. So that's what I'm doing in this post.
Here are the teacher salaries in 2011. I'll keep it consistent with the previous article: I'm listing the salary I would have within jurisdictions in Canada that I wouldn't mind moving to - mostly cities. I will do it for a teacher with 8 years experience with a bachelor degree + 2 year teaching degree (this is about what I am). But if you want to check your salary in the given province, the link should point you in the right direction.
Here's the updated table for the salary scale across Canada:
|British Columbia (Vancouver)
|BC's Local Collective Agreements (2006 - 2011)
|Alberta (Calgary)
|Alberta Teachers' Association Collective agreements (2006 - 2012)
|Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Collective Agreement (2007 - 2010)
Teachers in Saskatchewan are currently trying to negotiate another contract.
|Manitoba (Winnipeg)
|MTS Collective Agreements
|Ontario (Toronto)
|OSSTF Collective Agreement (2008 - 2012)
|Quebec (Montreal)
|Montreal Teachers' Association Collective Agreement (2010-2011)
|New Brunswick
|New Brunswick Teachers' Federation Agreement (2008-2012)
|Nova Scotia
|NSTU Collective Agreement (2008-2010)
|PEI Teachers' Federation Agreement (2010 - 2013)
|NLTA Collective Agreement (2008-2012)
As you can see from the table, not much has changed since last time I did this comparison (2008). The ranking of the provinces is still similar - Quebec near the bottom of the pack, Alberta near the top. I decided to follow my own advice and move to Alberta (from Quebec). I'm just finishing off the school year and doing a road trip through Canada back to Calgary! I'm pretty psyched - plus there's less tax on top of the pay hike!
Compare teacher salaries to house prices: Teacher Salaries and House Prices in Canadian Cities
Other Teacher Salary Rankings: Canadian Teacher Salary Rankings of Provinces and Territories: prepared by the BC Teacher Federation Research
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Not the right calculations
You have the wrong salary for NS teachers, for a 2 year teaching degree and 8 years of teaching experience, your salary would be $59 644 carefull on what you post
Give your head a shake
"That said, I would like to offer some modest perspective on a teacher's 'worth'. I live in Ontario and make just under $75,000 a year. That makes my pre-tax income roughly $15 per day, per student. In contrast, the local kennel that boards my dog during the work day charges over $20.00 per day.
Keeping this in mind, would you not agree that teachers provide a high-value public service?"
I am so sick of hearing teachers make this highly illogical argument - I hope you aren't a math or business teacher. That kennel that boards your dog for $20 a day has to pay for rent/heat/hydro/telephone/internet/office supplies/computers/staff/insurance etc... that all has to come out of that $20. Are teachers fronting any costs associated with teaching like a business owner would? NO. Are teachers in EVERY province well paid? YES. In comparison, my best friend is a government scientist that has 8 years of post secondary and a masters - salary is about $60k for 12 months work with 2 weeks off. I know he is at work on a regular basis at night and on weekends checking on experiments running in the lab. Now - compare to an Ontario teacher of the same age with 2 years less education that is making close to 50% more money and works over 2 months less - something is wrong with this equation and it isn't that he's grossly underpaid. Teachers are seriously the whiniest, self important egomaniacs you will ever meet. It's honestly disgusting.
I work as a programmer in the private sector, and get paid less than if I worked for in the govt union. Teachers salaries are on par with all govt union salaries, which are probably 25% higher than in the private sector. I think all the rest of us need to declare a new law where everyone with a Bachelors degree automatically gets the same salary as a Teacher. nuf said. p.s.
Some do. There are a few who
Some do. There are a few who would be better off looking after dogs.
Your example with the kennel is deceptive. The kennel needs to pay for all the overhead the business requires to operate. If you looked only looked at the salary, it would be WAY much less. If you wanted to be fair, you should look at the over head it cost to operate the school and school board system.
NS Salaries
Hi there,
just wanted to give a correction on the NS salaries. Actually a teacher in NS a teacher with 8 years experience with a bachelor degree + 2 year teaching degree get paid $59644. All teachers with a bachelors and + 2 yr BE.d start at TC5 on the pay scale. To get to $75,646 you need 3 masters degrees and 8 years of teaching experience. Nice eh?
Good luck trying to get that
Good luck trying to get that 87K in Calgary. If you are trained in Quebec you are gonna have to go back to school to get some credits to get accredited. I was trained in the UK and despite my years of teachign 11 years of post doc and management consultancy research in education the lovely people at the ATA were making go back to do 18 credits to get accredited and even then due to a backlog it would take a year to work out my salary which meant getting bottom of the scale for the c4 years it would take to get the credits whilst working and wait for the salary calaculation. So I applied to ON and got temp certified straight away (just needed to do an ABQ, which is a cakewalk). I always wondered whether this was a actually a restraint of trade and whether one could sue a provice for this, or indeed whether it is a breach of human rights ...
I'm in this boat right now -
I'm in this boat right now - I'm an Australian teacher with 8 years of experience, two undergraduate degrees and I've nearly finished my Masters degree BUT Alberta (all across Canada I believe) don't recognise any teaching experience outside of Canada, so I have to go back to the bottom of the pay scale. Plus ... I have to take a university course in Canadian history. It's enough to make a girl want to quit teaching!
I read recently that .08 % of teachers in Ontario are fired for incompetence etc. ( and I'm pretty confident that the other provinces would have similar numbers).
Compare this to the 8% of employees fired from ALL other jobs for incompetence etc.
Does this in itself not spell PROBLEM for the Taxpayers of Canada and especially the children ?...
Bigger Picture
Although I think that teachers should be compensated well, I do not believe their pay should be the same or similar across the board. The costs of living are different from city to city, never mind province to province. In addition to that, their pay should reflect their performance in a combination of being first rated by parents each year. Secondly, AFTER parents ratings has been tabulated, preform a third party standardized testing of students knowledge to corroborate & more accurately illustrate true performance. Then make the teachers compiled results(aka a report card) known to parents.
It is my view & experience that not all teachers are created equal, and I would be very disappointed if bad teachers are being paid the same or better than the really good ones.
(more unpopular thoughts off topic but along similar lines)
As a generalization, I think teachers pay should be lower(Christ they're not doctors after all) then what it is today by approx 25%; but ONLY if class room sizes are cut by a 3rd to 1/2 (15-20 students MAX).
Higher more teachers, lower average pay by 1/4, lower class sizes to 15-20 students Max in order to increase quality. Plus get rid of the boards, they're just top heavy fat cats that don't add to the children's needs, should there be an actual function that they preform that is needed, push that responsibility on to the principles & vice principles, grouped via county. With board members gone we can bring back teachers for the arts thus bringing cultural & creative benefits!
Hi, I'm sorry if this is a
Hi, I'm sorry if this is a stupid question.. But are the above figures averages of salaries? Obviously, not every teacher is not paid the same. It might be helpful to show a range of pay for each province. I'm in school to become a teacher in Calgary and I'm wondering what I can expect to start out at.
Is there a difference between
Is there a difference between salaries for elementary and high school teachers?
teachers salary
Thanks for the information, with the BCTF job actions, we do not recieve acurate information from the union. With this kind of leadership, it is no wonder the public does not support the teachers, even though we all have friends that are teachers.
I'm in my 5th year of
I'm in my 5th year of teaching in Ontario in the GTA and I have to say that getting a full time job or even a Long Term Occasional (LTO) teaching contract is extremely difficult. The problem here are the teacher unions. The teacher unions do absolutely nothing to help us newer teachers get a full-time job. I've had a few semesters of actual teaching since getting my B.Ed, but now I'm stuck supply teaching. I would love to teach full-time, because I'm one of the 'good' teachers that actually care about students, but the unions don't care about us. The greedy unions will defend the 'bad' teachers with all of the money that they collect from our paychecks, because those teachers have seniority, and until the teacher unions are dissolved, the teaching profession will never improve. The school board is our employer, but if the unions tell us to strike, we are forced to strike. Striking is the worst form of job action, in my opinion.
I am a teacher in Quebec. I make a pittiance of a salary, and cannot for the life of me find a 100% full-time job in English, seeing as everything here is French. I am 30 years old, extremely qualified and have 8 solid years of part-time teaching under my belt. For all you teacher-haters who say our salaries are too high, consider this: most of you people have no idea how to spell. I have seen about 8348 spelling and grammar mistakes reading this. Do you REALLY say teachers need lower pay? I am sure the median age of those commenting is 35-40 years old; can someone please understand the correct use of an apostrophy already???
Teachers deserve to get paid
Teachers deserve to get paid more than nurses(they do) so we can all spell correctly!
Can't argue with that logic(as a teacher you probably don't understand that I am being facetious right now!)
How's my grammar?
Ouch! That's a bit harsh. A
Ouch! That's a bit harsh. A teacher slamming people for poor grammar and spelling? Crikey, where were the teachers when they needed to learn how to write and spell as a child? Oh right, you're going to stay that's the fault of the parents, because parents should be teaching the kids. Please understand that the apple doesn't fall from the tree and our public schools are suppose to help break that cycle of functional illiteracy, not the parent who fell the cracks too.
Numbers rarely reflect reality!
I have worked as a teacher for 15 year mostly in Quebec, however I have NEVER had a full-time permanent contract. Every year I "dumb down" my CV by leaving off the PHD, MEd, certification, experience, etc. and as I do this, I am amazed that I am called for more and more interviews each year. The only thing that I think would improve my marketability would be purple hair, and multiple tatoos and/or earrings. Once the principals realize that I am "over-qualified", they hire someone else; even my own students, as I have also taught courses in the education faculty at a local university. The bottom line here is their budgets, which have continued to shrink year after year. As I go to schools for short-term PT and FT contracts and subbing, it amazes me again at the quality of people who ARE hired; usually they have only one or two years of an education degree, sometimes a bachelors degree, but rarely certification. Of course, the principals and administrators cannot openly admit their hiring rationale for fear of the union's reprecusions, but in recent newspaper articles/interviews, some principals have referred to the "shortage of trained teachers" as a reason for hiring those who are not fully trained or even untrained. Most of us know how many hundreds, if not thousands, of certified teachers are driving taxi cabs or working at the local Walmarts or have spent years subbing or going from contract to contract. The salary numbers definitely DO NOT tell the whole story.
As far as the quality of education from province to province, I do not believe that salary scales are correlated. I have worked in schools in Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan and BC and have certification in 2 of these provinces and a permit in another and I believe that Quebec schools are generally above the average, at least from my experience at the secondary level. This could be due to lower class sizes, but also because the school boards are generally smaller and less beurocratic, although there are likely more administrators per teacher (I would guess 1:4 is a more accurate ratio if you include their secretaries). I have also found that parents in rural Quebec are more keen on having education for their children and this is reflected in the children's attitude towards school. In the end, it is really the parents' and teachers' understanding of and attitude towards education that is the key. If the purpose is to mould standardized "products" like a factory manufactures computer components or car parts where downloaded facts and figures are the measure of successful production or education (as it currently seems to be in most provinces), then everyone has failed. If developing healthy attitudes in young people toward others and toward learning and life is the purpose, then we may have some hope. Again, grades and numbers cannot really tell the whole story.
Hats off to the few dedicated and hard working teachers who truly do care about their students and their communities regardless of their paychecks.
I would just like to say that
I would just like to say that you teachers deserve the money you make,you put in a lot of hours the public is unaware of.
Lets face it you are helping to shape our next generation. Good for you
cost of living, regional considerations
Salaries typically vary for more reasons than just the work or job itself. Noting the disparity among different cities is not enough - cost of living in each of those cities and desirability are also BIG factors that have to be taken into consideration. The same job may need more 'incentives' if it is located in a city where it costs more to buy a home (like Toronto) than most anywhere else in the country. Also, it may take a better salary to attract teachers to smaller rural communities or areas where their spouses may have difficulty finding work or face a long commute each day. A good comparison would be real estate - the same size house or condo in one city will not fetch anywhere near the same price in every city. It's just not enough to look at the job itself.
Are teachers overpaid or are
Are teachers overpaid or are politicians overpaid?!
Poiticians cut real jobs to cover up their greed and corruption.
Come on, Canada - you cant be serious claiming teachers are overpaid.
Are policians getting smarter or are Canadians getting dumber?


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Patricia Bell McElroy unexpectedly passed from this life June 22, 2009.She was born March 8, 1930, in Clear Lake Highlands.
Pat moved to Quincy in 1944, where she met George, the love of her life. They were inseparable from that time forward and recently celebrated 60 years of wedded happiness.
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She was lovingly cared for at U.C. Davis Burn Unit by Dr. Palmieri, Liz Phelan, Alura, Anne, Maureen, Lauren, Marty and the entire staff.
A memorial service to celebrate and honor her life will be held Saturday, July 18, 2 p.m. at Portola United Methodist Church.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the SPCA in her name.
Herndon Joseph "Duke" Dhom, 87, of Vinton died June 16, 2009 at St. Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno.
He was born Nov. 25, 1921 to the late Harold and Ruth (Miller) Dhom of Jasper County, Ill.
His early years were spent on the family farm. He graduated from Willow Hill High School before joining the U.S. Army. Duke proudly served in the Army Corp of Engineers building roads, bridges, airstrips, etc. in the South Pacific during WWII. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
Duke worked for a time with his father surveying for power lines in Illinois. He moved to Big Bear Lake in 1949 to work in the logging industry, where he met and married Virginia "Jerry" Parrish.
He then moved to Sierra County and eventually settled in Vinton in 1951. He worked in the local sawmills for a few years and built the JD Trailer Ranch beginning in 1953.
He worked as a carpenter in Reno, Nev. for over 30 years while building and running the trailer court. Duke retired from the Northern Nevada Carpenters Union, Local 971 in 1983.
His wife Virginia died in 1987.
For many years people driving through Vinton enjoyed seeing the beautiful Christmas lights he put up at the JD Trailer Ranch.
About 20 years ago, Duke discovered a new interest in hot air ballooning. Through this he made many new friends and hosted many balloon parties. It was a joy to drive by and see the beautifully colored balloons dot the sky.
In 1993 he married Mary "Bobbi" Duncan. They enjoyed several years of traveling, camping and hot air ballooning until health problems slowed them down.
He is survived by his wife Mary; stepsons Larry Duncan of Auburn and Robert Parrish (Muriel) of Tacoma; brother Robert Dhom; sisters Genevieve Shryock and Judy Huitt (Larry) of Illinois and sister Betty Ramelli (Ted) of Vinton; sister-in-law Frances Dhom of Tennessee and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Virginia, stepson Fred Parrish, brothers Dean Dhom and Richard Dhom who died in infancy and sister Mary June Ochs.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Manni Funeral Home of Portola. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 20, at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Loyalton. Duke was laid to rest at the Vinton Cemetery.
James Nicholas Freemyers, 90, a retired Fruit Growers Supply Company forester, died June 21, 2009, of natural causes at his Yreka home, where he was a 52-year resident.
Nick was born Oct. 9, 1918, in Fair Oaks, the youngest son of James Marion Freemyers and Amy Leonard Crook. He spent his childhood in Westwood, and was a member of the Westwood High School graduating class of 1934.
As a young adult, he worked for the Red River Lumber Company in Westwood at the Venetian blinds department. Later, he and his first wife, Louise Martine, were self-employed at their variety store business in Chester. They had three children, Lorena, Donald and Gerald.
In 1955, Nick married Marie DePriest Monroe, who had a daughter, Kathy Monroe, from a previous marriage. Together, they had a child, Cindy Freemyers.
Nick was employed as a forester for the U.S. Forestry Service in Chester before moving to Hilt, where he was employed by Fruit Growers Supply Company as a mill worker and forester from 1956 to 1983, when he retired.
Nick's reforestation projects led to experiments and discovery of inoculating trees using mycorrhizae fungi in the Siskiyou forest plantations.
Planting millions of trees in his lifetime, he discovered new methods, which led to accelerated growth in trees and lumber production. His methods are still being used worldwide.
As a silviculturist, Nick was invited to give lectures to other foresters and scientists at several Oregon and California universities. Oregon State University instituted a new program of reforestation and study due to this discovery.
Nick was a member of the Hilt Volunteer Fire Department and also fought many forest fires in the Siskiyou area and in Northern and Southern California while employed with Fruit Growers.
Among his many interests, he engaged in mining gold and mercury ore. Other hobbies included photography, genealogy, computer work, oil painting and gardening.
Nick was an active member of the Siskiyou Amateur Ham Radio Association from 1972 to present, and also a member of the National Association for Amateur Radio, with call letters W6JVF.
As a ham radio enthusiast, at age 15 he built his own radios and has communicated with other worldwide ham operators over the past 74 years.
During the 1955 Yuba City flood, he communicated water flow volumes to the U.S. Core of Engineers in the Sacramento Valley.
Nick was a school board trustee for the Yreka Union High School District from July 1971 to February 1974.
Nick was preceded in death by his first wife of 17 years Louise, and his second wife of 41 years, Marie, his youngest son Gerald Freemyers, his brothers Leonard and Stanley, and a sister Leona.
He is survived by his children, Lorena Freemyers Lowe and her husband, Ted, of Marysville, Donald Freemyers and his wife, Alberta, of Oroville, Cindy Freemyers Sharp and her husband, Dan, of Olympia, Wash., and Kathy Bonner of Red Bluff, 11 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
A graveside service will be held Wednesday, June 24, at 11 a.m. at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Red Bluff.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Madrone Hospice, 255 Collier Circle, Yreka, CA 96097. Girdner Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
After 94 wonderful years of love, life and the biggest heart ever, Ruthie died in Graeagle, her home for the last 33 years.
Ruthie was born Aug. 12, 1914, in Marceline, Mo., the only child of Lucy and Earl Riddle.
Her beloved husband of 67 years, William (Bill) Ralph Hart, also an only child, passed away in Graeagle seven years ago.
Ruth and Bill brought nine beautiful children into this world, who then contributed to this world by giving Ruth 25 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Ruthie was a local in Graeagle who worked until she was 84—first at Thrifty Drug in Quincy, then at Dodge House, later Blairsden Market, then at Feather River Inn and other jobs in between. She was well known and loved by all.
Ruthie was predeceased by two sons: Chuck (Susanville) and Larry (Idaho). She is survived by her children Mary (Phoenix), Bill (Orangevale), Sister Bernadette, RSM (San Francisco), Liz (Lafayette), Sherry (San Francisco), Jim (Graeagle), her faithful caretaker for the last 15 years, and Rob (Roseville).
Services were held June 15, 2009, in Portola at Holy Family parish. Another service will be held in San Francisco in August.
Arrangements entrusted to Manni Funeral Home.
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If one of your resolutions for 2013 was to "get organized," you might start with the kitchen. All of us have cabinets full of basic staple ingredients. This might be a good time to clean out those shelves and change the location, if necessary, of some pantry items. Are some of those common ingredients past their prime? Which ones can be saved? What is the best place to store staples?
Maintaining the quality of pantry stored foods mainly depends on the way the food is stored and the length of storage. Most recommendations are based on food stored at a room temperature of about 70F. Cabinets above the range, near the dishwasher or next to the refrigerator exhaust tend to be warmer, and not a place to keep food safe and at top quality.
It is best to practice the FIFO rule: first in, first out. When you purchase new products, place them behind the older products already on the shelf.
Make a habit of looking for open dates on the product packaging and reading labels for storage information. Dating is optional on most staple ingredients, but many manufacturers include them. Some ingredients have an expiration or best if used by date. It may also be helpful to keep a permanent marker handy and mark the purchase date of those items without a use by date.
The following storage tips provide a range of times which are generally cited for maintaining best food quality, depending on the age of the product when it was purchased and how long it has been opened. Pantry foods may be safe beyond the recommended storage time, but quality may be affected.
If you choose to refrigerate or freeze flours, remember to allow your measured portion to come to room temperature before using it in baked goods, so it doesn't affect the action of other ingredients such as baking powder or yeast.
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Brown sugar becomes hard when moisture in the sugar evaporates. To soften brown sugar, place it in a bowl with a slice of bread. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and microwave on high for 10 to 20 seconds. The brown sugar will be soft enough to scoop and measure, but will harden again once it cools.
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A video from Monday Night Raw of Antonio Cesaro and Rob Van Dam battling it out in the tournament to determine a new top contender for Big E Langston and the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
April 23, 2014
In an effort to show new fans that the company is capable of drawing in the big name performers in the industry, TNA has added alumni profiles to their roster page on their official website. Some notable names on there are Jeff Jarrett, Sting, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Mick Foley, Hulk Hogan, AJ Styles, Brooke Hogan, Ric Flair and Rob Van Dam.
April 18, 2014
A video of the match between Rob Van Dam and Alberto Del Rio from the latest episode of Monday Night Raw, where the winner advances in the tournament to determine a new number one contender for Big E Langston and the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
April 16, 2014
Prior to Wrestlemania 30, there were plans in place to push Alberto Del Rio towards Big E Langston and the WWE Intercontinental Championship, so when the tournament was announced, many viewed Del Rio as a top candidate to win. However, management has changed their minds on that push, as evident by the fact that Del Rio lost to Rob Van Dam on Monday Night Raw this week.
April 16, 2014
While he is not quite a full time performer for the company, Rob Van Dam has opted to head to Europe with WWE for a tour in May. There will be an episode of Monday Night Raw and Smackdown taped in London during this stretch, so most of the performers in WWE will be on hand for the tour. Rumors have it that RVD will be sticking around for a couple of months like last time.
April 15, 2014
There are people backstage in WWE that are questioning the Rob Van Dam return, as it almost feels like an afterthought. Aside from taking place on the same episode of Monday Night Raw where so many new stars were introduced, he also worked a match against Damien Sandow, a performer that has rarely been in a featured role in WWE.
April 11, 2014
Despite the guy still having a large fan base, the return of Rob Van Dam was removed from the Hulu broadcast of Monday Night Raw this week. The former world heavyweight champion defeated Damien Sandow in a quick match, but WWE did not view it as a segment important enough to be shown to their fans on Hulu. A lot of eyes will be on RVD now to see how much of a push that he receives from management.
April 8, 2014
On Monday Night Raw this week, rumors about Rob Van Dam making his return to WWE turned out to be true. He came back and defeated Damien Sandow in a quick squash. Since he likes to take breaks in between wrestling, fans natural wondered how long he would be staying with WWE this time around. Right now, it appears that he will be leaving after Summerslam 2014.
April 8, 2014
Since rumors leaked that he was going to be returning during the Wrestlemania 30 battle royal, WWE opted to pull Rob Van Dam from the event. Instead, he is now being heavily rumored to be making his return on Monday Night Raw, as management wanted to provide fans with plenty of surprises to kick start the new television season.
April 7, 2014
While his potential involvement at Wrestlemania 30 has yet to be confirmed by WWE, Rob Van Dam will certainly be in New Orleans this weekend, as he is one of the slew of professional wrestlers who have been booked for the WrestleCon event taking place in the Louisiana. RVD has a signing on Saturday, but he is free on Sunday night to work a big pay per view match.
April 4, 2014
Since management still is trying to figure out a way to get the WWE NXT guys involved at Wrestlemania 30, there is a chance that Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville could be given one of the three remaining spots in the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal at the pay per view on Sunday. Rob Van Dam is a strong candidate to take a spot as well.
April 3, 2014
There are rumors floating around right now that Rob Van Dam might be one of the surprise entrants in the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal at Wrestlemania 30. He and WWE have been trying to figure out a way for him to make his return, and when this match was announced, it opened the possibility of him returning sooner than expected.
April 1, 2014
In the eyes of the fans, WWE is definitely a step up from TNA. However, that is not the case when it comes to the performers themselves. During a podcast interview with Chris Jericho, Rob Van Dam revealed that several of the guys backstage in TNA did not view WWE as a wise career move for themselves, as a lot of performers have failed to make progress after signing with Vince McMahon.
March 18, 2014
At one point in time, Vince McMahon considered Antonio Cesaro to be a boring performer and character. Chris Jericho confirmed that during his podcast interview with Rob Van Dam. There are some merits to the rumors, as people backstage have been heavily praising Cesaro for quite some time now, but his big push in WWE has yet to really take place.
March 18, 2014
A drawing of former ECW and WWE star Rob Van Dam at the DMV.
March 15, 2014
While a confirmed date has not been given, we now have a narrowed down time frame for when Rob Van Dam is expected to return to WWE. He initially wanted to return in time for Wrestlemania 30, but there was not a spot on the show for him. Now, the former world heavyweight champion is aiming to return before Summerslam 2014.
March 2, 2014
It is looking less likely that Rob Van Dam will be returning in time for the biggest wrestling event of the year, as management has been pretty busy trying to put together the card. WWE already has a lot of former stars returning at the event, so RVD might be forced to wait until after Wrestlemania 30 to make his return to the company.
February 19, 2014
Shortly after word broke out through the internet that Big Daddy V had died of a heart attack, wrestlers started posting their condolences on Twitter. This is what Rob Van Dam had to say about the death of his friend.
February 18, 2014
While most people now know that Rob Van Dam was backstage at Monday Night Raw at the Staples Center in Los Angeles this week, it is now being reported that he had a meeting with Triple H while he was there. It wasn't an extension one. The two basically discussed the possibility and the timing of a return to WWE for RVD.
February 11, 2014
Several familiar faces were backstage at Monday Night Raw this week, as the show was being held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where a couple of former world champions live. Fans already knew that Steve Austin was going to be there, but it now appears that Rob Van Dam, who is still rumored to return to WWE, was backstage as well.
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With loop mania sweeping the globe, BOSS proudly announces the most powerful Loop Station ever brought to the market—the RC-300. The new flagship looper features three synchronized stereo tracks with dedicated volume knobs and transport-control footswitches for each track. It's also equipped with pro effects, a master Expression pedal, and a deluxe, ultra-wide control panel for the ultimate in live-performance manipulation. Plug in your guitar, bass, keyboard, or instrument of choice and create amazing loops in real time. An XLR input is also provided, complete with phantom power, so singers, percussionists, violinists, beatboxers, or anyone with a mic'd instrument can get in on the act, too. The RC-300 lets you record for up to three hours directly to its internal memory, adding effects as you go. The USB port lets you save your loops externally, as well as import/export WAV files. Step into the most powerful and inspiring Loop Station in BOSS history.
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Create, stack, and manipulate multi-layered loops with the RC-300's three stereo tracks—each track being independently controllable. The "Auto Recording" feature starts recording the moment you begin playing your instrument, or as soon as you start a connected audio player. Count-In mode gives you one-bar of rhythm before recording starts. You can Undo/Redo as you go. The sky's the limit with three hours of recording time!
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Process your tracks and external-input signals with the RC-300's expressive onboard effects, including Transpose, Flanger, Phaser, Modulator, vocal effects, and more. A dedicated LOOP FX footswitch is provided for instant activation of the onboard effects. Control the effects parameters in real time with the Expression pedal for hands-free creativity onstage. You can apply the effects to any single track as well as to the entire mix, expanding your creativity and musical expression.
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Connect the RC-300 to your computer via a standard USB cable, and back up your phrases externally for safekeeping. You can import and export WAV files between your computer and the RC-300; 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV files of up to 1.7GB in size can be imported.
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In addition to recording your instrument performances and turning them into playable loops, you can record other external stereo audio sources via the AUX IN. Sounds from a digital-audio player or other device connected to the AUX input can easily be recorded and added to your loop performance.
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RC-300, Back it on up, beep-beep-beep
So to sum up, the RC-300 is a great looper, definitely state of the art, easy to use, and not to mention, FUN. I think this unit is going to be...Read complete review
So to sum up, the RC-300 is a great looper, definitely state of the art, easy to use, and not to mention, FUN. I think this unit is going to be big on the looping scene for the forseeable future.
I typically don't write reviews but the I feel compelled to correct the glaring inaccuracy of the above review.
I do have the RC-300 it was hard to find but I managed to get one from a company that had 1 in stock and I've had about a week to play around with it. It's a great machine typical of Roland/Boss products. If you have expierence with Boss multi-effects pedals (GT-3,5,10 for example) then the controls will seem intuitive right out of the box. I had the unit up and running the night it arrived.
Unlike a lot of other folks on the internet, let me encourage you to read the manual, after all when dealing with complicated machinery it never hurts to get an overview of the functions.
The layout of this unit seems a little easier than it's predecessor, the RC-50. It has 3 tracks each with separate controls which makes it easy to know which track your controling at any given time. The controls are actually VERY simple, but they can be configured a number of different ways dependng on how you have things set up. There are a number of different setups depending on what exactly your doing. I won't go into to much detail on that right now but if you are a "looper" or considering getting a looper, the options and settings will make perfect sense to you based on your particular application.
In regards to the MIDI time issue, this unit absolutely gives you precise control over the MIDI time, maybe too precise because it will actully allow you to set the midi time up to a .1 of a bpm, for example 128.3 BPM. I think this has to do with another Function of the unit. The "Auto Record" feature, which starts the recording when it registers input, when it's doing this it seems to set the BPM based on what you are playing. But I digress.
Let it suffice to say that the unit itself does allow you to set the BPM. According to the specs it should be able to function as a master midi clock but I have not had the time to explore it's full MIDI potential. So I'll leave it at that.
Also this unit absolutely does have Reverse. It's probably hard to find because they've cleverly disguised this feature by calling it "REVERSE". This feature though is actually enabled through the track editing, and not listed as an "effect". But again it's incredibly easy to access, press two buttons and then turn the knob, voila.
As far as recording on the unit I have quickly come up to speed on recording loops and setting loop lengths, overlaying tracks, erase, undo, redo, etc.
The learning curve is not that steep, and the unit's functions and commands seem simple and intuitive but again I have a lot of Roland/Boss equipment so I'm used to their "language", so that might be an advantage. That was part of the reason I went with Boss.
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fundamentally flawed
I just called Boss and they confirmed: The RC-300 will not switch between patches seamlessly.
Let me explain what this means precisely. The RC-300 has 99 'patch' banks....Read complete review
I just called Boss and they confirmed: The RC-300 will not switch between patches seamlessly.
Let me explain what this means precisely. The RC-300 has 99 'patch' banks. Within each patch, there are 3 'phrases', i.e., within patch X, you have phrases XA, XB, and XC. Say you're working within patch 1, you CAN switch between prhases 1A, 1B, and 1C, seamlessly, in perfect time. But you CAN NOT then switch to phrase 2A in patch 2, without a stutter in time; The timing of your song is lost during that operation.
I am completely amazed that this issue is so rarely mentioned. I've seen a bunch of reviews of this pedal pop up, videos, etc., all quite positive. And, sure, the pedal has some great features. However, the fact that it can only switch between 3 loops in time, is, IMO, a serious, and for my purposes, fatal flaw.
I think the real value of a looper like this is if it can, in fact, function as a sequencer. You write a part, store it as loop 1. Write another part, store it as loop 2. Continue like this, writing a whole song. Naturally, you will want more than 3 parts. If this pedal could go patch to patch, it would be amazing; You could write a guitar, bass, and keys/vocals part into each bank and even send them out different channels to PAs/amps, and switch between pathces to form a complete song!
If like me, this is how you were hoping to use the RC-300, forget it.
I own a Jamman Stereo. It has two separate ins and outs; You can both record and playback the tracks separately. The pedal has 99 loop slots, and another 99 with an SD card. You can switch between any of these without a hiccup. The only thing you're missing is BPM control, so, quite sadly, you can't expect to loop along with a computer or other tracks. Other than this, the Jamman is great, and less than half the price.
I bought an RC-50 used and once I realized this flaw, which was somehow not corrected in the RC-300, I never used it and eventually sold it at a loss.
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Comments about Boss RC-300 Loop Station:
As a gigging looping artist, working with 3 independent loops - each controllable on the fly - this was a huge leap (from 1). The fact that it was so simple sold me the minute I saw it. I've been using it for over a year (the time frame which I wait to write a review) and have zero complaints. The thing is "built like a tank." That is true. But, that's not as important as how fantastic it sounds - it sounds GREAT. It is full of features, some I have wanted, not found (clear all would be great) - however easily implemented after a brief brainstorm (use different patches). I think the negative speakers of this are looking for something that writes and plays loops for you so that you can just simply step on one of the super easy to use pedals to make beautiful music. I will agree with them that this is not for you (if you want that); however if you want a beautiful piece of equipment that will keep you inspired and forever longing to touch it again, this is the instrument you need (as a looping or wanna-be looping artist). Here's a vid I did in my attic using the RC-300: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKXEYNxi3bE
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I'll make this short and simple...if you're looking at it, and wondering about if it's worth the money, just buy it. There is no other loop pedal on the market that comes with the features this has. I promise if you are a looping artist, this will change your life (even Keller Williams uses it now)
Since most people are looking for cons when spending this much on a product, I'll list a few very minor shortcomings of this pedal:
- A couple of the effects aren't that great (Guitar>bass and bend. Most of the effects are superb, however.
- There is no instant 'undo' or 'redo'. You have to hold the play switch down for 2 seconds to undo/redo. Same holds true for clearing a track, though it's helpful if you're concerned about accidentally deleting a track.
- There is no 'clear all' button...however, switching memory banks via knob or footswitch clears the tracks immediately.
One more thing...in many reviews,I've read about the lack of the reverse feature, or problems with effects/tracks. This unit does indeed have reverse (it's in the options menu), and all of the tracks are individually customizable and saveable. The onboard effects DO NOT save to the recorded loops; I think this is a plus rather than a minus...you can go from clean to, say, flanger and back even after you record the loop. You can also program effects to affect just one channel, or all channels, or total out, or just input, or whatever you like. TAKE TIME AND READ THE MANUAL and you will really get joy from the capabilities of this product.
Finally, yes, you can sync multiple units via MIDI.
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Key limitations for live performance were not easily disclosed or discovered.
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I am sending mine back.. and continuing the search for a cool jamming looper. Using the the guitar>bass function makes the sound chop in and out.. almost like the "slicer" effect was on it. After doing a little investigation I discovered that all rc-300s have this problem, seems like pretty sloppy work to me. If you never plan on using this effect, then I guess you can ignore this review or perhaps get a different looper.
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This pedal is decent. But due to Roland and Boss's notorious lack of customer support, and terrible warranty I have to rate it the lowest possible. How is it that other companies offer full warranties complete with paid shipping, and these guys charge you for anything they can think of to repair your item? If your product is that great to charge the kind of money you charge, you should have no problem backing it up with better warranty coverage. Last time I ever buy roland stuff.
Comments about Boss RC-300 Loop Station:
Great pedal. Easy to program. Needs a the instant restart of phrase to make it perfect.
Just got this pedal last week. Had been using the Rc-50 before and had maxed it's capabilities.
What I notice about the rc- 300 is it really isn't much more of a looper. I actually like some of the features and ease of use of the rc-50 more like instant restart of the phrase. The only way so far that I can get that to happen on the rc-300 is by doing a quick two foot hicup on the stop and start pedal. No fun if your standing up while playing. Luckily I am usually sitting.
Maybe I'm over looking something but have spent hours reading the instructions and messing with the pedal. I like the effect section and think it will become very useful in live shows.
Boss always puts out reliable gear and I have played my last rc- 50 for 4 years now live about 150 gigs per years in the shittiest of conditions and still no problems with it. I expext no less from this pedal.
A bit pricey but nothing else out there compares.
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Overall, A killer device. Great sound quality, for the most part very easy to use. I gave an 8 because the FX function is hard to use, the high cost, and no SD card built in. Otherwise it is a fantastic device.
This thing rocks. Having owned and used most of the other loop stations out there i can say that this thing is the real deal. The best features for me besides the ability to add or take away a track is the choice of line out destination. This feature makes the sound quality almost perfect on playback unlike the others were all signals go to the same place. The rythim tracks are easy to use and sound pretty good. Most all features are very intuitive except the FX application, this will require some head scratching. Bottom line, if you are serious about looping this is the only machine to get.
It is built like a tank, typical boss. The twisty knobs scare me a bit that they may get steped on, i dont think they would survive a good kick, a kick guard would have ben nice around the knobs and lcd display.
It is expensive, but since there is nothing else like it this is hard to judge. How bad do you want it?
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Overall Im very happy and will get alot of use out of it
It has more features than I'll ever use.
That said, I wish that when I use the "single shot"mode, I could use it on a loop that I create right then and there. I'm using it in a band situation and often create a rythem loop when Im gonna solo. I dont want it to be pre-recorded because it needs to be live. A single shot would give me the option to line the loop back up with the tempo of the rest of the band if it moves a little. As it is you can only use single shot on pre-recorded loops. I have found a way around it by unsincing the tracks and using 2 loops but it is more time consuming and less convenient. My only other complaint is the power adapter is very light duty and doesnt look like it would stand up to much abuse.
The RC300 is a huge pedal so make plenty of room on the floor for it.
The features are almost endless on this thing. After putting some hours on it I'm very happy with it. Extremely veratile.
Built like a tank. The pedal it's self is very rugged. Ive always thought that boss has made a very sturdy pedal. The expression pedal is really handy and I use it for the overall volume, but you can assign any pedal on the unit to run diffent things.
Is it worth the money?
If your gonna use most or all of the features it offers, then I would say yes it's worth it.
If not? Then buy one of the smaller ones.
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I upgraded from the 20xl because I wanted to keep different things on seperate tracks.
1. 3 seperate tracks that you can turn on and off for a more dynamic live performance (vs. just building up the sound and never being able to go back without deleting and re-recording parts)
2. This pedal's sound fidelity is way better than the 20xl which I found to degrade my recordings with each layer
3. The stereo input/output made a big difference for my live sound, huge upgrade
4. built in effects-- Though I don't find myself using them that much. You can assign effect to one of the 3 tracks (layers), but it affects everything on that track, so I use external effects pedals for more control.
5. Midi* (see description in cons)
6. Massive amounts of storage (yay!) This is the reason I went with the boss over the electro harmonix 2880, which won in every other category. The 2880 had everything I was looking for, but I'd have to make most of my loops live from scratch vs. having something stored to start with. The 2880 lets you do it for just one song, then you have to switch out cards if you want to work with anything pre-recorded live. Otherwise, the 2880 wins hands down with practical features, in my opinion.
7. Great manual, quick read, pretty easy to use
8. Built solid.
1. for the price, I'd like just ONE more track, at least. I don't find the jump from 1 to 3 substantial enough. If you use one of the built-in rhythms you have 3 tracks to do whatever you want with. I don't like any of those beats (they tried, but they still sound wimpy, most are cheesey) so I loop my own beats from my drum machine, that leaves me with 2 tracks, AND I'm stuck with the same beat for the whole song. If I wanted the beat seperated into 2 tracks/layers, I only have one track left to work with for my instruments and vocals. Not enough. If the rc-300 could work as a midi slave, I could start with an extrernal beat from a drum machine and let it play through one of the inputs while I record the rest into the looping pedal, but it won't do that. It can tell the drum machine what bpm to play, so I'll experiment with it, but it's counter-intuitive for me to do it in that order.
The electro-harmonix 2880 offers 4 tracks. It can also work as a Midi slave and a master.
To get more tracks with the rc-300, your only option is to buy a 2nd one ,which is silly expensive, and becomes big and dorky in your setup.
2. With the Boss-20xl (cheaper model I upgraded from), you can turn the dial and use one of the other stored banks as a section in your song, and as soon as the current loop was done, the next would kick in. You could make a cool live show like this without awkward silences from song to song, or use multiple banks in one song (to a certain degree, with some careful planning, though this option was quite limited too) With this RC-300, there's a few seconds of a silence, and not even in time with your song, so you have to wait for that to kick in, rendering that switching from bank to bank useless in a live setting. However within ea song/bank, turning the 3 tracks on and off are seamless.
3. It's quite large. I'd prefer the expression pedal to be some add-on purchase and gain another track instead. It's fun but not as important as more options/more tracks to work with if you're looking for a multi-track pedal.
4. I'd like to have some more outs in the back, so that I can send my (non-factory) beat out of a different out than the rest of the song, etc.. would be a nice option (the electro harmonix 2880 is gives you more options here as well)Pl
Please see my points in the overall review.
it's built quite well, it's heavy and sturdy.
Personally I think at this point I should spend my money on Ableton and related hardware to do what I want to do, but I was hoping I could procrastinate further with the perfect looper. I still haven't found one... If the boss RC-300 had just one or two more tracks, could work as a midi-slave, and and wouldn't have the awkward silence when switching banks, it would be the perfect looper. Right now I'm still thinking of returning it and learning ableton.
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Some corrections/clarifications to other reviews:Yes, it supports reverse.Yes, you can control tempo, almost any way you want to. First off, each of the 3 stop pedals function as 'tap tempo'. If you wanted to you could assign the EXP1 pedal to tempo. I don't know why you'd want EXP1 to be a tempo pedal - tap tempo is so much more accurate.A clarification on the MIDI tempo: The RC300 can send & receive MIDI PC & CC. It can send MIDI tempo. But it cannot receive MIDI tempo. I've tried, but without success & it is documented this way very clearly in the manual.
I do think the inability to receive MIDI tempo is a pretty big gap for some. It doesn't bother me because I just put it early in my MIDI chain. As I noted, it's a great MIDI master.
I know the gap between patches is a problem for many also. But it's not a problem for me - three phrases in a patch is plenty for how I use this.
Upsides:No glitches or gaps experienced yet at all. None. Important to point out because the RC50 had a major issueVery clean sound. Even when changing the tempo, the sound is clean. Yes, there are artifacts created by changing the tempo, but they are much, much nicer than on the RC50... Warmer, not mechanical. If you try to speed up the tempo too much, it tells you "Tempo Too Fast!".... However it always, nobly, tries to deliver.You can program the EXP pedal (and all pedals except the STOP pedals) to do almost anything you want it to.The manual is a FRACTION of the size of the RC50's manual - but far more concise as well. I think they really simplified the unit, and it shows. The layout of the front panel is much improved as well, buttons & controls are logically grouped very nicely.There are 8 ASSIGN settings available per patch (nearly identical in function to the way the ASSIGN works in the VG99 & GR55).The assign targets in the manual (pg 23, manual dated 2/1/11) are an incomplete list. There are many more assign targets available in the unit as shipped, very important. Many assign targets start with the MEM prefix, which means they are for the 'PRESET MEMORY', e.g,. at the 'patch' level. E.g., MEM LEVEL is the master output level for the whole patch, and this can be assigned to the EXP pedal on the RC300 unit. Works fine. There are also TRK 'track' level assignments, e.g., you can assign pedals to make a phrase play in reverse, or change it's STOP mode (fade out, immediate, play full phrase).The FX seem nice & subtle, not overblown. Haven't played with them a lot, but what I've heard is actually usable... This is a pleasant surprise, I thought I wouldn't use 'em... I just might...Lots of flexibility in signal routing - different tracks can have different outputs (either the SUB out or the MAIN out). You can also specify where you want the RHYTHM track to go. Also the USB audio.
Downsides:It's huge.It's expensive.It makes a poor timing slave via MIDI; it's a great MIDI master, though.They dropped the 'fade in' feature from the RC50.It cannot change patches seamlessly - it stops whenever you change patches, & you have to startup again, causing a delay. So those who need more than three phrases pretty much have to buy a 2nd RC30 apparently they sync up nicely according to the documentation (can't afford to try it!).
Very pricey, though lots of features...
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