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Re: echoplex undocumented features



Kim, sorry,

but with undo I need further assistance. Maybe I just didnīt get the hidden
message, but

-the memory usage of what I tried to do was positively not critical at all
-In the manual, I couldnīt check out any interaction between undo and 
overdub
except with undo as an alternative ending. This does not apply here.
-your feedback point is not clear to me at all. I set feedback to full, 
thatīs
all I can tell you.

Now what I tried repeatedly, I recorded a loop of  5 secs or so, then 
overdubbed
it a few times in one pass or several and next I wanted to remove the 
layers I
had overdubbed.
This _worked_ but only in the way I described in my previous mail. I 
couldnīt
really seem to control it.

If, like the FAQ says, feedback is undoable, does that imply that each 
fed-back
loop uses a "new" portion of memory and could that cause a memory 
"shortage"?
But even if so, could that affect the ability to remove overdubs?
My only guess is it that with pressing the button after some time, I maybe 
do
not undo the last overdub but, instead,  return to the previously fed-back
cycles in the loopīs history before reaching the point where undo takes 
away
overdubs.
But I really wouldnīt say that either manual or FAQ point this out.

Can you help?
Manfred


Kim Flint wrote:

> check the FAQ:
>
> http://www.annihilist.com/loop/tools/echoplex/FAQ.html
>
> I think it answers you, if not let me know what should be added. It's 
>still
> a work in progress, I've got a bunch of old posts and stuff I still need 
>to
> organize into FAQ form. I can make particular items a priority if people 
>are
> having trouble with it.
>
> with undo, make sure you understand how it is affected by memory usage,
> feedback, and the way you overdub.
>
> kim
>
> At 09:00 PM 3/17/99 +0100, Manfred Bohnhoff wrote:
> >Fellow Echoplex owners,
> >
> >this may have been discussed before, so Iīll gladly accept any
> >information source pointers.
> >
> >I am still at the beginning working my way through all my new plexīs
> >features but I find that some donīt act the way the manual suggests.
> >
> >In particular, what I found out so far is that the SwitchQuant Parameter
> >offers the tree values cyc, cnf, off instead of just on, off like the
> >manual says. I have no intuition as to the meaning of these.
> >Next, and more annoying, the undo button WILL let me erase layer by
> >layer but not in the way described: long presses are ignored completely
> >while short _double_  presses sometimes do the job and sometimes donīt.
> >This seems to occur independently from where in the loop I am. Same to
> >single short presses to remove the "tail" of the layer. They randomly
> >sometimes work or donīt.
> >
> >Bug or feature?
> >
> >Is there an update to the manual somewhere?
> >
> >Any hints are appreciated.
> >
> >Manfred
> >
> >
> >
> ________________________________________________________
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