Re: Repeater clock out.

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

On Sunday, July 28, 2002, at 02:00  PM, Kim Flint wrote:
>  Probably it was after many nights drowning their repeater sorrows at 
> the local karaoke bar that they got inspired to change direction to 
> karaoke.
>
HA!  Now that's funny.

Interesting though to see that the Repeater's "issues" come from not 
just software, but hardware issues.

I also feel like this list is a bit of a EDP club, and a lot of the 
Repeater's "issues" have been focused on more than they deserve.  Sure, 
the Repeater's clock out is sketchy.  I'm not sure how hard that would 
be to fix.  I have no idea.  However, is there anything that can chase 
clock out there like it can?  In real time?  Nope.  Stereo?  Nope.  Real 
time pitch shifting? Uh-uh.  Why not EDP, is your processor to puny? ;)

A lot of people complain about the "bump" while recording a loop.  I had 
to go out of my way to notice it.  It's really slight, and only audible 
when there's pretty much nothing going on in your loop, but a straight 
drone.

A lot of people complain about the latency.  It's not that bad.  Put it 
in the effects loop of a mixer and mute the dry signal, and I swear 
you'll never notice it.  I'd trade it's slight latency for it's higher 
sound quality any day.

A lot of people stay it's "awkward" to use live.  After becoming used to 
the Repeater, I kind of feel the EDP is awkward to use.  Depends on your 
mind set.  The EDP seems to have SO many insert options that it's almost 
overwhelming.  Depends on how you work.  I like to work with more simple 
looping options, and concentrate on what I put into the loop.  I know 
others like to really concentrate on the kind of "live editing" that 
Andre has made his style.  I love to hear it, but I'm not sure that's 
"MY BAG."  Regardless, I'm totally enjoying the EDP, and especially the 
combo of the two.

So, why am I bothering to write this about a dead machine?  Conceder it 
an epitaph.  (your welcome Lisa) We could sit around and bash the 
Repeater for it's fault's until the cows come home, or we can marvel at 
what it does do that's totally unique in our world of looping.  I guess 
if it does all that it does with one Motorola DSP chip, then it must be 
a marvel of engineering.  I really think that it's "imperfections" had 
nothing to do with it's fall, and was more the victim of the deadly 
combo of bad marketing and shitty management.  The fact that it has 
died, means we'll probably not see another stereo looper for a very long 
time, if ever.  That, in my humble opinion, is a damn shame.

Mark Sottilaro