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Hey, I just want to take the time to plug Rodger Linn's customer support. I sent an email about the midi noise on sunday night, and at 10 PM, there was a response from their customer support. Amazing. It turns out to be a known bug. They're sending me a new chip set which I should have tomorrow. So, I can't totally go into too much depth, as I just got the thing, but I'll start with a few first impressions... At first, I thought the distortions sounded a bit harsh in the upper midrange and high end. I was going direct into a SoundCraft F8 mixer and using monitors, or headphones I was not happy with the overall tone. I then found that there's a setting for using a direct (as I was) imput or going into a guitar amp. Even though I wasn't going into a guitar amp, I have to say it just sounds better in that setting. I'm not sure if it will replace my Digitech 2120 for distortion sounds, but I hope it might for smaller gigs. Second, the effects. Wow. The way they can be trigged via midi makes this box amost limitless. I wish it had a bit more delay time (you get 1 second) but the filters sound great. Again, Ineed to delve in a bit deeper and tailor the presets to my needs. There are 100 presets (and 100 user slots), and a lot of them are already great. From subtle to weird. Sure would be nice if this box were stereo all the way, but at under $300, you could always buy 2! (yes, I'm already thinking about that....) and then the drums. I didn't have time to go through all of them... some seem cool, others cheese. I'm really not sure how I feel about tacking a very limited beat box to a guitar effect processor. I did a few things were I had the drums route through a seperate imput and into the mixer, and would occaisionally mix them in for a variation of the drum track I already had going, and it seemed to work well. Will I program my own drums into this box? I doubt it, but maybe. My Roland MC-307 is such a nice dedicated groove machine, and the Adrenalinn IS NOT. However, if you don't have a drum machine, or are looking to make a micro rig for easy moving, this could probably be used to your advantage. The user interface is clean and easy to use. I was able to start tweaking very quickly. Pretty intuitive. Missing? Headphone jack. This would be a great addition for those looking to practice quietly. Also missing? There is NO way to step through presets. You'll need a midi controller, or tweak it's preset knobby by hand. The foot switches control beat start/stop and bypass/tempo. That's it. I thought that was kind of weird. I'll probably keep this on a table top. I hope they do really well with this product. It's a winner for sure. I'd like to see an Adrenalinn PRO in the future with better foot control and stereo in and out, as well as dedicated drum outputs. Put in a better drum/bass sequencer, and this baby could save you a lot of back strain. Mark Sottilaro Mark Sottilaro wrote: > Hey gang, > > I did a search on the archives, and came up blank, so I'll put this > question out to you. I'm checking out an Adrenalinn, and I must say, > it's a fun little machine. Sounds great... until I plug a midi clock > into it. Then I get this staticy clicking when ever I'm playing. I > assume it's always there and being gated out when there's no signal. As > soon as I unplug the midi, it's there again. I tried all sorts of > cable arraingments, but to no avail. Any ideas? Other than that, this > box is a keeper. (It's replacing a Roland EF303, which I felt sucks in > all regards) Though I wish it had a stereo input so it fit in my > Repeater effects loop nicely. > > I know I can use it as a clock source, but that's really a pain in the > butt.... > > Mark Sottilaro