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Re: Electrix/IVL petition



Hey,

I don't think the 307 is newer, just "the next model up."  It does 
indeed send CC messages, so I keep it on a separate midi channel to keep 
it from driving the Repeater nuts.  I'm not sure if it sends program 
change... but you can probably read about it in the manual, which is a 
.pdf download at www.rolandus.com

I really do like the 307, for the most part.  I wish it had velocity 
sensitive pads for programming, but I bought a cheap midi controller 
that does the trick.  It's got some pretty cool sounds.  A lot have 
criticized it, and there aren't very many great acoustic sounds, but 
very nice "odd" stuff.  Probably similar to the 303.  Other nice 
features are it's tempo slider, which can be set to act like a 
turntable, or just affect tempo or pitch separately, which the repeater 
will chase.  Fun.  Since OS 1.1, I've never had tempo synch issues with 
the 307 driving the Repeater.

Mark Sottilaro

On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 11:19  PM, Goddess wrote:

>   Mark, you mentioned the Groove Box, and I was curious, since I'm using
> Repeaters with an MC-303 currently, and am planning very soon, to 
> upgrade
> to the 505, how well  it synches?  I'm also curious if the 307 is newer
> than the 505 and how it's feature set would compare, if you have an 
> idea.
> Lastly, does it send Program change messages, and CC messages?...  The 
> 303
> doesn't.  Go figure!...  lol!  -Thanks bunches, for any info you can
> address.
>
> Smiles,
>
> G-Girl
>
> At 11:37 PM 7/11/02 -0700, you wrote:
>> My guess is that's impossible.  From what I can tell, the Repeater is
>> ALWAYS in some degree of time stretching.  One of the beautiful things
>> about it is if you're in MIDI synch mode, it will chase the clock
>> (within reason) and you're loop will be nicely synched (after a little
>> catch up if the change is fast)  I think this is how it's Loop Point
>> Assist feature works (you can't turn it off) it's just subtly 
>> stretching
>> your loop so it fits.  It's pretty damn transparent, and one of the
>> coolest things about the Repeater.  I can grab the big turntable style
>> pitch/tempo adjust on my Roland MC-307 groovebox, and bring it up, or
>> down, and the Repeater follows.  A great effect.  If I wanted Multiple
>> DL-4 style loopers in a box, I'd just get a pair of Echoplexes.  Oh
>> damn, I forgot.  I'm going to.
>>
>> Mark Sottilaro
>>
>> On Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 10:39  PM, Mark Hamburg wrote:
>>
>>> Not going to happen but...
>>>
>>> How many current Repeater owners would pay money for a replacement OS
>>> that
>>> eliminated the pitch shifting, time stretching, etc. and left one with
>>> essentially multiple DL4-style loopers in a box with a configurable
>>> effects
>>> loop and MIDI sync?
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>>
>
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