Re: echoplex- footswitch problem?

["Dani Oore" <danioore@hotmail.com>]

hi Andre, thanks for response.

you actually opened up the footswitch box?  they had momentary switch with 
precisely the right impedance (0 in this case... ok, but what about 681 
ohms, etc?)

how often do echoplex users find themselves replacing these buttons?

thanks,
dani


>From: "aNDREmu" <andremu@andremu.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>Subject: Re: echoplex- footswitch problem?
>Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:57:50 +0100
>
>hi dani,
>
>I have my Echoplex for one month now and had a similar problem. Pressing 
>record put me into "parameter select mode" and other strange things 
>happend.
>
>I had a look at kimīs "Echoplex Footpedal Tutorial" and found out, that 
>every switch on theEFC-7 has a certain Impedance. The Record botton 
>should 
>have 0 ohms. I cheched this with a ohm-meter and found out that it was 
>sometimes 0 ohm and sometimes higher. The next higher impedance of 681 
>ohms 
>is "next loop", so pressing record often gave a "next loop" command.
>I went to the nearest electronic store and bought a new momentary switch. 
>These switches are standart and easy to get.
>After I replaced it, everyting workes great again. Probably you have the 
>same problem.
>
>Andre
>
>aNDREmu
>Email: andremu@andremu.com
>Web:   www.andremu.com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>   From: Dani Oore
>   To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>   Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 5:03 PM
>   Subject: echoplex- footswitch problem?
>
>
>
>   hi all,
>
>   i think the problem is the the footswitch pedal, (it happens with 
>various
>   1/4" cables)...
>
>   pressing record takes me into 'parameter' select mode or switches to 
>next
>   loop and starts recording or some other mode, and if/when i manage to 
>reset
>   by long pressing record, it usually stubbornly resets to "2.00" or 
>"2.25"
>   seconds -or some number other than empty loop. other buttons become 
>equally
>   disfunctional in these cases, and turning the echoplex off, global 
>reset
>   does not always solve the problem.
>
>   just got Shane's number at b.a.s. -but apparently back-logged in 
>questions.
>     any ideas/suggestions?
>
>   its undependability is becoming Extremely Annoying. have only taken it 
>out
>   of the studio twice, and one time it was acting strangely.
>
>   is there a suggested max time the plex should be left on at a time?  
>how
>   long do the LED's last for?
>
>   (also, recently acquired a maestro tape echoplex. any ideas on using 
>it? 
>was
>   starting to hook it up in ways to the dig echoplex. until problems)
>
>   thanks,
>   dani oore
>
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