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>>Nonetheless, I *do* think that the list should be able to accomodate >>emergencies such as this, i.e. problems with the potential to cause >>series hassle for impending gigs/projects/etc. God knows where I'd have >>been without y'all to provide some much-needed assistance. Given that >>we're all using fringe technology that's still in the embryonic stages of >>evolution, I think one of the advantages of a list such as this is to >>provide technical support. >> > >I agree with Andre....this can be a useful tool to help people out of a >difficult situation in a short amount of time. The tradeoff, of course, is >that in a public forum you will undoubtedly have people only glancing at >things. They see the initially outraged/paniced description of a problem, >but maybe miss the resolution. They then wind up with opinions that the >item in question may not totally deserve, or are out of proportion with >the >real situation. > >kim > kim - couldn't agree with you MORE here. it's easy to get a wrong impression about a box, and I very nearly decided not to buy the Oberheim since Unit #1 clearly didn't work...but the second unit is great, and the advantages, features and sheer flexibility totally outweigh the minor problems. Now I'm *GLAD* I stuck with it, months later, it's really the heart of my whole system (wish I could afford two... :) and i find it difficult to go back to my old RDS-8000...with eight seconds and see-if-you-can-hit-the-switch-just-right style looping (I got pretty good at it after a few years, but always needed a BIG reverb to hide the odd time bumps...) it still works, but it's pretty limited. thanks again! dave at 17 173451681734516817345168173451681734516817345168 * * * * * * It takes eleven minutes to fill, * * and six minutes to empty... * * (Mr. Blint, Consequences/Godley & Creme) * * * * visit: http:www.adnc.com/web/ambient/index.html seventeen: the ambient music page 173451681734516817345168173451681734516817345168