Re: Echo Pro as second looper

[John Mazzarella <jmazzarella@erols.com>]

msottilaro wrote:

> You'd be way better off with one of the Lexicon MPX machines for not
> much more money.  (if any at all) The Echopro's MIDI Sync is horrible.
> Seems good for one or two repeats, but then degrades to mush.  Take the
> delay off MIDI sync and it sounds fine.  Cool little device, but they
> never should have advertised that it synced to MIDI.
>
> Mark Sottilaro
>
> On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 04:18  PM, Eric Williamson wrote:
>
> > Quoting John Mazzarella <jmazzarella@erols.com>:
> >> looper.  I know that the looper is not synchable.  Do the regular
> >> delays
> >
> > ah ... not immediately syncable.
> >
> > however, with a MIDI sequencer like Numerology, or a drum machine ...
> > it is
> > possible to sync it.
> >
> > i haven't tried it yet, but i've considered it.
> >
> > i was basically going to use presets to trigger note-ons right on the
> > bar-line,
> > to control the looper in the Echo-Pro. it's not as easy as using an
> > echoplex,
> > though.
> >
> > ---
> > Eric Williamson
> > www.suitandtieguy.com
> >

Can the MPX 110 or MPX 200 create loops and reverse and half speed them
though?  I'm kind of torn between the MPX machines and the Echo Pro.  I'd
really like to be able to create a seperate loop from the EDP even if it is
not synched.

Thanks for the info,
John
www.johnmazzarella.com