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In an earlier post, I wrote: > > I don't know of anyone eager to return to the days of > >twin reel-to-reels. To which Jim Bailey replied, in part: > Hey! I'm still doin' that street... [snip] ...I still like what happens >to the sounds sometimes, not to mention > the little surprises that occasionally come out of nowhere... [snip] >...It's a bit like the > difference between a Mellotron and a string synth, or sampler even. While > both serve the same purpose, they sound considerably different (unless >it's > a sample of a Mellotron :-]). > > I don't want to sound like a ranter, or overly sensitive, but yes, there >are > still some of us out there. Hey, my _only_ multitrack recorder is a Teac A-3340S! I certainly didn't intend to belittle _any_ technology or its users. My point was that without the efforts of Lexicon, Oberheim/Gibson, and Boomerang, the only options available to would-be loopers would be expensive (e.g., the TCE 2290), nearly impossible to obtain (EH 16-sec, Paradis Loop Delay), or twin reel to reels-- the only financially practical option for many of us. I'm glad that Jim and others are continuing to explore the musical possibilities of reel to reel tape. I have a strong suspicion that many "obsolete" technologies have a lot more to offer than has been discovered so far. My own labors in this particular trench involve the Casio VZ synthesizers. In addition to the implications of their 12-second delay capability (already noted on this list and my Web site), the VZ's combination of modulation possibilities allows creation of extremely long, subtly (or dramatically) changing sounds, containing both repetitive and non-repetitive elements. It's not looping, but there are obvious similarities. John Pollock mailto:johnpollock@delphi.com http://people.delphi.com/johnpollock (Troubador Tech)