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Re: SV: not very reliable live



  This is a bit off-topic, but is there a copy of the 1.1 OS on the web?,
-I'd like to have an archive just in case...    

Smiles,

CQ

At 12:22 PM 10/10/02 -0700, you wrote:
>Well, have you tried to use it sans wind controller?  That would be my 
>first
>try.  I know it works well with the FCB1010, so no need to eliminate that.
>I've got it to work perfectly with the note and clock output of my MC-307
>that's been merged with the FCB1010's CC messages.  Never a problem.
>
>Also, it's a long shot, but maybe you've got a corrupt OS installed?  
>Could
>happen.  I'd be happy to put my copy on a 16meg card and send it to you.
I've
>got an extra I could loan you no problem.  Let me know.
>
>The other, more crappy possibility, is that you've got a Repeater with 
>some
>hardware problem.  In that case, I'd take it in while it's still under
>warrentee.
>
>Mark Sottilaro
>
>"Rick Walker/Loop.pooL" wrote:
>
>> Mark Sottilaro 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."
>>
>> Dear Mark,
>>  I have had the Repeater tank out on me in four our of my last four live
>> performances. My suspicion is that midi CC messages from both my WX5 
>wind
>> synth and
>> my Behringer midi pedals are overwhelming the unit but I'm just not 
>sure.
>> When it malfunctioned during Goddess's set the other night I had a 
>horrible
>> sinking
>> feeling.
>>
>> It may be that I have an anomalous problem or a malfunctioning unit but
>> there is also the distinct possiblity that the Repeater has some serious
>> bugs in it.  Given the erratic history of the release of the unit you 
>have
>> to admit that this might be a distinct, albeit
>> depressing possibility.
>>
>> Trust me , buddy,  I've tried hard enough.
>>
>> So, a queery:   has anyone else been able to successfully use the 
>Repeater
>> with
>> a wind controller and a set of midi pedals?
>>
>> yours,  Rick Walker (loop.pool)
>
>


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