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If a hardware redesign of the EDP were possible so that it allowed stereo looping (doing some of that "what if" dreaming right now), why not just ask Kim and Mathius if they could build in some kind of switch that would allow it do be able to do stereo or mono looping? I've got a crappy little Rolls headphone amp that lets me switch my headphone mix to mono or stereo . . . so wouldn't it be possible to do the same thing on the EDP? It seems to me that, with all the archive reading and now "real time" reading that I've done over the years of comments to this list, roughly half of the LD EDP users are fine with mono, while the other half want it to be stereo. A switch like that would allow both to have their cake. Then you don't have to reconfigure cables, and if you are trying to pass a stereo signal but not loop it, when not adding anything to the loops, just switch it . . .if you're running all your signals through your EDP(s) like I usually do, that is . . . Also, at times, there can be advantages to having both mono loops or stereo loops. I am primarily a stereo looper. I sold a kidney and got 2 EDPs to be able to do stereo (just kidding--but I did end up selling my Chapman Stick to raise enough stake to pull off the purchase), and like the fact I can do it using EDPs ( I use to do it with 2 Jam Mans before I traded those off toward the EDPs as well.). But frankly, there are times I also sum the loops to mono, for a different effect. And now that I've also got a Repeater (thanks to Cara! :) ), I've actually been thinking about trying all sorts of things with mono/stereo contrast (okay, I guess properly this would be a "stereo field" thing, and thus, still putting me in the realm of stereo, but . . .). My point is, to me, mono and stereo loops both have their place. A stereo EDP would allow us all to be able to try both approaches. People like Andre who are happy working with the mono approach could carry on doing that, while people who want stereo could have that too. Just some thoughts . . . BTW: Once I get back to Columbus, my Repeater will finally get to meet my EDPs, and we'll see how they talk. Right now, I'm in Chicago with just the Repeater by my side . . . David _________________________________________________________________ Get MSN 8 and help protect your children with advanced parental controls. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/parental