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Hey Mark, it's Rick's Repeater, and yes, I was linked to a seq, but I'd rehearsed the particular seq functions and deliberately stayed away from those I knew caused any Repeater strangeness. -we'll see, I'll hopefully have my gear back tomorrow, and will try it again. -but it shouldn't be a problem... Smiles, CQ At 12:16 AM 10/10/02 -0700, you wrote: >That sounds like definite problems with the Repeater in question, as >I've never had that. The only thing I can think of is that you were >receiving MIDI messages from an external sequencer. If not, I'd have >that thing back for service, or at the very least reinstall the >software. > >Mark Sottilaro > >On Wednesday, October 9, 2002, at 11:11 PM, Goddess wrote: > >> OK, wasn't going to chime in here just yet, but here goes. For some >> odd >> reason, midi, someone casually pressing a button, which is unlikely in >> this >> case, power surge, or just plain malfunction, I selected the first two >> tracks of a loop for recording, as I finished up the sound check, so I >> could immediately begin recording with them. I didn't check or >> touch the >> Repeater save pressing the record button to begin recording at the >> start of >> my set, and then found out that the selected track which should have >> been >> the first two, was now in fact track three alone. I'm expecting my >> gear >> tomorrow, so am planning to try to recreate this with my Repeater. >> The next thing that happened, after switching to a new loop to >> enable >> stereo pairs, and recording an initial loop, the Repeater only seemed >> to >> overdub for one pass and then go out of record again. I may have seen >> this scenario once with my Repeater, so not sure about it... I wasn't >> actually able to get it to go into record mode properly after that. >> so I >> needed to keep trying to toggle in and out of overdub to get passes to >> record. EEK!!! >> since I've rehearsed this with mine, meticulously I might add, since >> I >> depend on really LEARNING the processes, I tend to think there was >> something weird going on. -just my thoughts of course... >> >> Smiles, >> >> CQ >> >> At 05:49 PM 10/9/02 -0700, you wrote: >>> Show me a piece of gear that can't be broken, and I'll tell you >>> you're not >>> trying hard enough. What do you mean you have to "adapt your >>> performance >>> after what is actually possible to do with the Repeater"? OF COURSE >>> YOU >>> DO. Try doing an 8 min loop on the EDP. Nope. Try inserting two >>> beats of >>> time into a Repeater loop. Nope. Just because you've found the >>> limits of >>> a piece of gear is no reason to say it's unreliable. >>> >>> I'm telling you people, just like the EDP, the Repeater is an >>> instrument >>> that needs to be learned and played. Practice has helped me >>> immeasurably. >>> I'm so used to it that when I got the EDP, that felt awkward, just as >>> I had >>> once thought the Repeater was. I think any high end looper is going >>> to >>> take time getting good at. >>> >>> Mark Sottilaro >>> >>> Per Boysen wrote: >>> >>>>>> I lent her my Electrix Repeater which glitched in the middle of her >>>>>> performance (god, I love and hate my Repeater........it >>>>> does incredible >>>>>> things and so far, is not very reliable live). >>>> >>>> I have to agree. My experience is that you have to adapt your >>>> performnce >>>> after what is actually possible to do with the Repeater. Sometimes >>>> when >>>> reaching a too fast tempo the Repeater simply cannot calculate the >>>> time >>>> streching. I have also run into problems when recording too long >>>> loops. >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> >>>> Per Boysen >>>> ________________ >>>> www.boysen.se >>>> www.fuzz.se >>>> www.upsweden.com >>> >>> >> >> >> --- >> >> "The only things I really think are important, are love, and >> eachother. >> -Then, anything is possible..." >> >> http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates >> >> Please visit The Guitar Cafe. >> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe >> >> > > --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe