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At 4:59 AM -0700 7/17/01, John Tidwell wrote: >The latest issue of Guitar Player says that Line 6 >will be showing rack versions of their modeling >stompboxes at NAMM. > >Echo Pro, Filter Pro, & Modulation Pro. This is amusing. Last year I had the following e-mail exchange with the Marketing Director at Line6: At 12:28 PM -0800 11/30/00, Richard Zvonar wrote: >For the past year and a half I've been the happy owner of a POD, >with Floor Board. I've recently picked up a Distortion Modeler and >Delay Modeler, and I expect I'll get the Modulation Modeler as well. >They sound great, they're fun, they're easy to use, they're rugged. >My one real complaint is that only three or four presets are >available. This starts me wondering about Line6's next move in the >area of effects modeling. > >The Pod and Bass POD now have their "Pro" equivalents. Will a >similar product be forthcoming for effects modeling? I'd envision a >rack unit much like the POD Pro. Of course there are design issues >related both to front panel layout and to audio I/O. I'd probably be >content with three rotary switches, for effect model selection, four >rotary pots for parameter adjustment (with a three-way switch or >nudge button to select between modules), three pots for individual >effects levels, and a master volume. Or something like that. There >are questions about signal routing (series? parallel?) and mix of >various effects vs. direct signals. Clearly, at some point a >computer editor program would be needed. > >I worked with modular analog systems in the 1970s, with mainframe >computer music systems in the 1980s, and with stacks of effects >processors and matrix mixers ever since, so I'm bound to envision >more signal routing possibilities than your average head-banger. But >if such a product is under development I'd love to put in my two >bits. On the other hand, if it's under development but close to >release I'll trust you all to do you usual fine job, and I'll queue >up to buy my Modeler Pro with the rest of the dudes. At 1:54 PM -0800 11/30/00, Steve DeFuria wrote: >I can't comment on what we may (or may not) have under development, >of course, but it's always good to get feedback about our products. >We value your comments and suggestions. -- ______________________________________________________________ Richard Zvonar, PhD (818) 788-2202 http://www.zvonar.com http://RZCybernetics.com http://www.cybmotion.com/aliaszone http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=rz