Re: looping ambient

[Michael Ginn <sginn@mac.com>]

I really like my EDP and after getting it fixed and learning how to do a 
couple of things with it to make it useful in my live settings.  However, 
the frustration I have had has been how to integrate this mono piece of 
gear within a rack rull of stereo gear.  It is difficult taking a stereo 
mix (which for me is comprised sometimes of 4 or 5 different synths 
layered to create a particular sound/patch) and stuffing it through a mono 
box before sending it on to the house.  I can see if I was playing a 
single monophonic instrument, then routing it to the EDP first and then 
maybe on to my Eclipse stereo reverb, etc., but that is not my situation.  
Maybe I am doing this wrong ... I know I have asked for guidelines about 
effective ways to set up my mix, but I really haven't found the solution I 
have been looking for.  I used to have a Repeater, and even though it was 
really cool and was in stereo, it was severely limited in use with ambient 
pads and textures because of the bump/gap at the loop point.  Its too bad 
Electrix wasn't able to come out with the fix that was promised about a 
year ago.

Steve Ginn

On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 11:09AM, Mark Sottilaro 
<sine@zerocrossing.net> wrote:

>On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 06:48 AM, Lance Chance wrote:
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>> this information has me idly wondering if anyone would be willing to 
>> trade an edp for a repeater.   i'm reluctant , however, because the 
>> repeater is out of production, and it does have some sweet functions.
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>Yeah, I had two Repeaters and decided to sell on to fund an EDP.  
>However, I ended up owing more tax than I thought so that, basically, 
>was the end of that.
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>I did have an EDP at one point, but it was extremely defective out of 
>the box.  Getting a replacement was going to be a problem at that point 
>so I went with the second Repeater.  When I was able to get the EDP to 
>work I did have one major issue with it: MONO.  I loop a lot of nice 
>synth patches that have really cool stereo components.  With a single 
>EDP all that is lost.  Not bad for live shows, but a shame in the 
>studio.
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>So...
>
>While an EDP is surely in my future, it will only be when I can afford 
>a pair.  Many can bad mouth the Repeater, but I get a ton of looping 
>pleasure out of mine even though it's far from perfect.  When you 
>realize that it's a stereo looper for less than a single EDP it just 
>makes more sense if you need a stereo looper.  My advise is to keep the 
>Repeater and wait until you can have dual EDPs and a Repeater.
>
>Mark Sottilaro
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