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I think the fact that Gibson bought Oberheim/Trace Elliot and has kept the EDP alive is a good thing. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "William R. Walker," <chillyb@cruzio.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: RE:EDP or REPEATER? > Heh William! > > If the following things are true for you, I'd get a Repeater. > 1. You want to be able to save loops for later playing. > 2. You want to be able to play your loops from a midi controller (much like > you would a normal sampler)over a 3 octave range. > 3. You can live with the three button footswitch, until you integrate a > midi footcontroller into your rig. (you are limited to > Record/Overdub,Stop/Start,and Undo/Redone, with the 3 button footswitch) > 4. You can live without the instant overdub capability a alaA the EDP. > 5. You would rather support an innovative, small company like Electrix, >or > a much larger corporate entity like Gibson ( who makes the EDP,correct me > if I'm wrong) > and has built a reputation of buying up small innovative companies and > running them into the ground (see Opcode, among others). > > Either way, they are both worthy devices, and one could argue that Gibson > resurrected the EDP, though for how long I don't know. > Good Luck, > Bill Walker > > > Disclaimer: I have never owned an EDP, I have checked them out thoroughly > however, and I was never too impressed by the footswitch which seemed > suspiciously like an ADA footswitch, and a bit flimsy. I always relied on a > jamman which only had four button footswitch live capability( unless you > used a midi pedal),so the repeater doesn't strike me, as it does some > loopers as a particularly cumbersome live tool. > > >