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At 8:08 AM -0800 12/27/99, Luis Angulo wrote: >Hi there, >I just repared my EDP Foot switcher. Is actually simple; Just buy a couple >of the same Chinese or better switches and weld them. They are relatively >inexpensive. Its ashame that Oberheim built such a Powerful unit like the >EDP with such cheap components,it gives it a bad reputation! > >Luis The echoplex pedal switches were not just chosen for price. They also are mechanically quiet, and have a reasonably good feel so you can tap accurately. Accuracy and feel is very important for looping controls, otherwise you will have a lot of problems tapping the switches in rhythm and getting the loop length right. I tried a lot of switches when we designed it, and ended up liking these cheaper ones best, believe it or not. Most of the heavy-duty expensive ones make loud clunking sounds when they contact, which is completely unacceptable for a music device. They also tend to be harder to press, which makes them hard to tap accurately. Your loops will always end up a little bit off. Oh yeah, and those heavy-duty switches cost $3-5 each in volume (vs $0.25), which would have more than doubled the price of the control pedal, which I'm sure would not have pleased many people. :-) We figured if anybody really wanted those, they could go buy them and replace it themselves since it was so simple to do. When people have trouble with the switches breaking, it is often because they are tapping them way too hard. They won't last if you stomp on them with your motorcycle boots a lot. You have to realize that with a looping device, you are probably tapping the buttons far more often than with your average pedal. So they have to endure a lot anyway. Treat them nice, they last just fine. (Mine has worked fine for over 5 years, never even had to open it up....) And really, there is no reason to stomp like that anyway. You will find that a light touch will give you much more control and accuracy for tapping in rhythm. The natural inclination seems to be to stomp hard to be more accurate, when the opposite is more true! But, if you really do need to stomp, spend $5 and get a dozen replacement switches from mouser.com. Then don't worry about it and replace it when you need to. Easy to do and cheaper than guitar strings, drum sticks, sax reeds, turntable needles, batteries, etc. :-) kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ |