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Hey all, Well dress rehearsal for The Palmer Raids was very scary experinece for me because, with opening night coming up today, our Echoplex suddenly shuts down when I'm playing it in the middle of the key kick-ass momnets of the production. I'm using an Oberheim Echoplex with Loop IV. Today it has consistently shut down a few minutes after many button presses have been made. After it shuts down it automatically restarts. It never did this before. The button presses involved are "record" into a rather short loop of anywhere from 1.2 to 6 seconds, "overdub", for several passes, sometimes "multiply" will follow "record" and then "overdub", and in one scene all these button presses will also include an "insert" press to switch from "Fsp" to "Hsp". I'm processing the EDP's output through my Max/MSP patch. So when it shuts down I lose the signal and this totally blows the whole scene for me/Plasticene! I couldn't find a link referring to this problem in the loop archives, so I've posted my question to the list members. I wonder... Could this behavior be the result of the EDP being jostled around, dropped and loosening up the SIMM chips? I know the rack case took a spill a couple weeks ago, and then it was brought 'cross country in a large pickup truck. When I get back to the theater I'm hoping I can reseat the RAM chips and make this problem go away. But if this doesn't do it then I'm in a real bind... I don't feel as if I'm savvy enough to quickly write a Max/MSP patch that emulates the Echoplex, But if that's what it takes are there any Max loopers who have EDP emulating loop patches to share? And if so, how could I help you in exchange? Or, is there's someone in or near Manhattan who can loan me/Plasticene a looping device like the Echoplex... Any help would be much appreciated. Best regards, Eric Upcoming Performances & Events: http://pages.ripco.net/~eleon/whatsnew.html Home page: http://pages.ripco.net/~eleon