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I'm in the process of buying a Digitech RDS rackmount delay, and I'm trying to figure out what sort of footswitches I need. At the moment, the functions I'm interested in controlling are bypass, repeat hold, and VCO control. The online manual (thanks a TON, BTW, to whoever posted that) indicates that bypass should use a latching footswitch, but for repeat hold it only says "Use a switch that connects the tip conductor to ground when activated." Should this be a latching or momentary switch? In a related question, does anybody have any experience with the Proel "dual polarity" footswitch? I'm uncertain whether it switches between latching/unlatching or normally open/normally closed. Also, if anyone's had any particularly good/bad experiences with voltage control pedals with these units, please let me know. And now for something completely different... I've been obsessively watching the 2nd DT video, which I received this weekend (more on that below), and I've gotten really interested in the concept of infinite reverb. We talk a lot about delay looping, but looping reverbs would seem to open up a very interesting new texture. Anyone care to share their experiences with these techniques? Are the Lexicon reverbs the only units that allow looping reverb? Finally, I highly recommend the Torn video series to any neophyte loopers whose looping experiences (like my own) are limited to recordings and this discussion list. Watching DT manipulating his equipment and explaining the theory behind his technique has really opened up doors for me, and is in fact one of the big motivations to purchase the above-mentioned RDS. After seeing the flexibility of the PCM42, I really want to step beyond the "phrase"-oriented looping capabilities of my Headrush, and get some more atmospheric/textural things happening. Kiss that profit-sharing check goodbye.... =) Scott Martin Morrigan Records scott@morriganrecords.com http://www.morriganrecords.com