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wasnt Steve DeFuria with Lexicon I seem to remember his name with Lex Steven ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Zvonar" <zvonar@zvonar.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 12:57 AM Subject: Re: New from Line 6...... > 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 > > >