Ocomain,
You make some good points there with the comparison of the two. I think the Boss is a good machine for what it does. Ok the kicker here! I might actually trade out here. I was messing around today with the Boss for a bit, and there are some limitations that bother me now. First each preset style has 3 varitions, 3 fills, intro, and ending. Also the maximum pattern length is only 4 measures in the mains and only 1 measure on the fills. This set up will (in my opinion) cause some serious limitations when programing bass parts. If you want to get a good number of chord changes in, you have to take a 4 bar main and split that. Meaning you can get two chord changes per variation, but they can only be 2 measures each.

My Zoom MRT-3 allows you to create as many variations of one pattern as you like beyond 4 measures, and your fills can be more than one measure as well.

This new Zoom has a cool recording feature where you use basic math to program pattern tracks. I think they calle it F.A.S.T. At one time I was going to buy a Zoom RT-123, but felt it lacked a few things. It seems that the 223 is a beefed up 123, but now with the features I felt the older model lacked. When I look at the specs I feel the Zoom is a better deal in terms of features and price. The Zoom only cost $179.00 and the Boss cost me $195.00 plus $15.00 for the adapter.

Hmmmmmmmmm Decisions! I do like the Boss, but the Zoom seems to be more bang for the buck at the moment.

Squeak

[This message has been edited by squeak_D (edited 03-04-2005).]