If you use ableton, turn on the return for the send/return channels, then you can route a ping-pong delay back on itself, add reverb/distortion or whatever, make your own tape delay..

This thread has made me determined to not care about genres any more.

I've got a question, what is minimal?

Heads up, upgrade to Record isn't that much more expensive and you get reason 4 thrown in for free. You can also import reason 3/4 files into it and you get a nice ssl mixer and some other goodies.

Any dual-delay line method pitch shifter should be good enough, if not, you need to find a spectral one.

Let the loop-madness continue...

When are producers going to start making their own loops?

You can do live on any midi sequencer using a looping arrangement. You can do a live set using mutes in any sequencer, if you use a midi mute you can trigger the sequence on the next bar. Then create one big loop, and for shorter sections duplicate them next to each other. Not as flexible as ableton...

Found this by chance:

http://www.futuremusic.co.uk/page/futuremusic/20091228