(Longish) Ztar Runs EDP Better All the Time

["Gary Lehmann" <relayonemanband@cts.com>]

Hello fellow propellerheads--Someone encouraged me to share my research 
into
uniting these two monsters of musical technology (cybersuit only a 
heartbeat
away), so here's what I did today:

The Echoplex, a 198 second digital delay/looper is set up with quantize on,
switch quant on, threshold at 4, let's say four loops, round on, auto 
record
on, and controlled by note on info.  Looping control number starts with 49,
source controller is set at 56.  (I just did the math, I guess I'll have to
change this if/when I get to more loops).

The Ztar, a MIDI guitar with switches in the neck instead of strings, is 
set
up with different "zones" for MIDI channels.  I have it playing bass on
channel 2 starting at the 8th fret on all six strings, transposed down 2
octaves.  The EDP is on channel 11, and I have it controlling 7 zones (the
Ztar has up to 16 zones) as follows:

the first 4 frets of the 6 strings transposed up 8 semitones,
string 6 from frets 5 to 7 transposed up 11 semitones,
string 5 at fret 7 transposed up 7 semitones,
string 4 at fret 7 transposed up 3 semitones,
string 3 at fret 7 transposed down 1 semitone,
string 2 at fret 7 transposed down 4 semitones, and
string 1 at fret 7 transposed down 8 semitones.  Why, you wonder.

Well, I can enter loops 1-4 with frets 1-4 of string 6, and duplicate the
front panel/footswitch with fret 7 of strings 6-1, with string 6, fret 5 as
the parameter button, play bass and then get to the guitar (the Ztar is a
doubleneck) for hours of loop fun.

So I encourage all the guitarists on this list to flood Starr Labs with
orders for doubleneck instruments so I can see Harvey's eyes pop right out
of his skull in time for Halloween . . .

Keep on playin', my brothers . . .

Gary

PS  Maybe we can get a group price  8^ ]