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James E Williamson wrote: > > mathias wrote: > > Memory is cheap, what are they thinking? > > > >Not every delay is a loop machine. In fact all delay machines only > serve > >for looping in a limited way. Tempo tap helps but does not resolve. > > > > I talked to one of the designers of this delay on the phone a month > ago for about two hours about this delay. I'd like to address a few > things. > first, the impetus for releasing this delay was that the used > prices of low-res old delays (pcm-42, timeline, etc) are reaching > ridiculous points in big markets. Believe it or not, the pcm42 is > widely used in movie post-production, and the hands-on control is the > main reason. > Second, the reason there is so little memory in this delay is not > because Symetrix are stingy, but the DSP which they are using is only > capable of addressing a limited amount of memory. In fact, some > features had to be taken out to get as much delay time as there is. (in > the original sofware, the bit resolution could be set anywhere between > 1 and 24!) > If the 606 sells well, which it is, Symetrix will (or may already > have) start work on a 606 on steroids, to be ready to ship by the end > of the year(!). This new machine will posess all the features of the > 606 and more. The memory will be upgradeable, there will be a digital > output, there will be more parameters. I have recomended that > plex/rang features such as undo, multiply, and reverse (the three most > important) be implemented, and they have taken me seriously. > The list on the 707(?) will be $200 more than the 606. Think: the > power of a vortex and two echoplexes with full midi control, full > programmability, and 24-bit processing for less than the cost of ONE of > Obie's Echoplexes. > This is what the looping community has been waiting for. It will > not happen, however, unless we go out and buy the 606. If you have a > suggestion as far as features of the 707 go, please give Symetrix a > call. You will be connected to somebody who knows whats up. > As far as I go, I'm still going to buy my two Echoplexes, but > salivate over the quadruple loops I could make with two plexes AND a > 707. > > Thanks... > > ps.If anybody's interested, I put together a tape compilation of local > bands which have played at my shows (I put on underground music shows) > in May. I have continously mixed my own ambient loops in between each > act. The tape (96min long) was professionally duplicated with a > full-colour j-card. If anybody wants to buy one they're available for > $6 postpaid. > -- > James Eric Williamson - erwill@ix.netcom.com - >erwill@heartland.bradley.edu > One of Peoria's most obscure ambient blues musicians yeah , if the *707* will be a reality , that would be beautiful, i have 2 plexes & checked out the 606 for chorusing purposes only . to me , it sounded exactly like a tc 2290 or 1210 spatial expander`s chorus,a chorus i dislike....call me insane right now. but the delays were incredable. i returned it that day. rick