Re: DL4 question

[rich <rich@nuvision.com>]

>In a message dated 10/31/00 12:54:23 PM, billowhead@hotmail.com writes:
>
><< There was an early version that had some
>kind of bug in it that was resolved in a later version of the unit.  I
>searched the archives but couldn't come up with any more information on
>this,...>>
>
>I'm also curious about this.  I've got one of the originals and recently
>added a second to my pedal board and haven't noticed any difference 
>between
>the two - I also never experienced any "bugs" in the older one.  I use 
>them
>mainly in "loop" mode so maybe the buggyness is in one of the delay 
>models???
>
><<but I know I had done the test previously and found that I do have one
>of the older models. >>
>
>What's the "test", what's the "fix" if you fail the "test", and what are 
>the
>consequences of not fixing the condition that caused the failure of the 
>test
>:)? - Paul

The test is by holding down some combinations of the buttons, but i 
don't remember which ones (the led's will light up in a sequence that 
tells you which version of the software you have).  support@line6.com 
should be able to help you out.  There really aren't any major bugs, 
or anything.  i was working on an experiment with the expression 
pedal, and my unit was acting differently than George Van Wagner, who 
was helping me out.  So, he got me in touch with somebody in support 
and they just swapped out my unit for a newer one.  It still acted 
the same way regarding the expression pedal, so perhaps i was just a 
recipient of really good 'customer service', rather than there being 
bugs in the units that needed to be fixed.

rich

ps.  been doing some fun stuff with the 'multi-head' delay.  turn 
down the volume of whatever your input is, bring up the feedback 
until it's all the way up.  Turn the speed to the fastest, and the 
delay starts to self-oscillate.  By playing with the speed and mix 
really slowly, you can get these nice, wierd swells that you can 
either gently detune with the speed, or crash and burn if you yank 
the speed down hard.  if it gets unruly, just back the mix off.  very 
nice if you post-process it too.