Re: Another EDP question

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 10:18 AM, Paul Sanders wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've been reading up on the EDP as it sounds like it's just the ticket 
> for being able to maniplate multiple loops live.
>
> It's looking to me like, however, it won't allow me to store and 
> recall actual sounds like the Loop Station does. Am I correct in that 
> the momery can't be used to store loops for later recall?

That's right.  The EDP's memory is RAM.  Gone when you turn it off.  
You can go from loop to loop while the unit is on though.  If you want 
a looper that can recall old stored loops you might look into getting a 
used Repeater.  It's out of production but you can get up to 99 loops 
on a CFC card and each one can have up to four mono tracks.  It's my 
looper of choice and I love it.  Another option that people are getting 
into is using a laptop with Ableton's Live software.

>  The only mention I've heard of that is MIDI dump and load, which 
> means I'd have to have a sequencer and a sound module I guess (I'm 
> really pretty primitive when it comes to this
> MIDI stuff!

Don't even think of using a MIDI dump/load.  It's so damn slow you'll 
hate it.  You might think of the much talked about drum machine as a 
possibility.  You can record your drum pad as MIDI data and loop it 
that way.  No audio looping required.  My E-MU XL-7 can do this and my 
Roland MC-307 could do this.  What I'm doing is using the drum machine 
(really more of a sequencer with on board sounds though) to get my 
basic drum loops, then feeding other drum sounds into my looper as 
audio.  This gives me the flexibility of doing nice layering and 
effects that you can't do with MIDI.  The EDP or Repeater would both 
work for this purpose.  Having a MIDI syncable looper is crucial though 
and they're the best at doing this, though the old JamMan did an OK job 
too.

Hope this helps,

Mark Sottilaro