.... i used to have one of these (it's in my friend the percussionist's rack now) and there is one setting which gives the longest delay the MPX can do with the adjust knob controlling the imput gain and the feedback in opposite directions. A bit like FLIP mode on the EDP.
We found that you could get the delay the longest at around 43 bpm, sometimes using the clock souce to generate a click at 43, 86, 129, bpm for the duple functions.
We set up control the ADJUST knob function over midi. Rather than use a pedal we use series of five values on foot buttons for:
1. max input, 0 percent feedback
2. almost max input, some persistence of loop
3. convenient balance of input to loop
4. small input, loop gradually decays
5. zero input , 100 percent feedback
At max feedback the loops do gradually fragment into digital dust so not a true looper. Than in itself not a bad thing.......
Best wishes
jeremy
www.masse.org.uk
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From: Scott Hansen <scott-a-hansen@uiowa.edu>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: mpx100 as looper
Date: Fri, Sep 26, 2003, 4:07 pm
well-i checked out the infinite repeat function on
my mpx100.
and yes, i got it to work.
if you put the adjust dial all the way to the right-clockwise (it
goes to about 5 o'clock position or so) it does a very
nice repeat. i also used the tap tempo button, hit once,
counted "one", "two" and hit it again and found it worked
quite nice. i tried to time the loop length, and i was getting
around 2 seconds, it may be 2.5 sec, but it was hard to get
accurate time. but at least 2 sec. i was able to do a drone-y
bass note, then moved the adjust knob from 5 o'clock position
to about 3 o'clock to see what it would do, and it held the drone
and i was playing little "quasi-country-ish licks" that would play
along w/ it and those would fade, but the drone would continue.
and man, it is clean and pristine sounding (way different than
my digitech dsp256xl's 1.5 sec delay-the 256xl-is more grainy,
but useful at times).
to sum up, i think the mpx100 is a great 2nd/alt looper, not sure if
you'd want it to be your main looper, since the time is so short,
but is useful. if the jamman is as clean and crisp sounding as mpx100,
i can see why people like those. wish lexicon could up the infinite
repeat time to like 10 sec, then they'd have a great li'l box, but then
i'm sure it would cost way more. oh well.....
guess the lesson here is: get to know your equipment more.....
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