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Current price for the UD is $349 at the Fiend, which is the only place
I've
found who still has them. I've been keeping an eye on Ebay, but there's
some guy who bought up a truckload during the blowout and is matching the
MF price with his 'Buy It Now'. That's helping keep the prices high over
there as well (can anybody say "Repeater Syndrome"?).
As for other options, I generally prefer rack-mount anyway. However, I
like the idea of having the 8 independent reconfigurable delays together
in
one box. There are also some nice touches in the programming (such as the
'Tap' control, and the ability to take the delays out-of-phase for
psychoacoustic processing).
Still, this isn't so much a concrete *need* on my part, as it is merely a
guilty pleasure (I didn't have the cash when they went on blowout, but
they
still went on my wish list). Maybe I should just wait six months and try
to snag one used when the price comes down. :P
-c-
At 12:37 PM 3/25/2004, Paul wrote:
>HI, Catilyne:
>
>Don't let the inefficient interface scare you off. It IS a very nice unit,
>particularly for the blow-out price Musicians Friend was selling it for a
>little while back. For $400, though, if that's what they;re at now (did
>you say they were double the Magic Stomp?), I'd think about other options
>( i.e. rack mounts et al).
>
>Regards, Paul
>
>
>On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:55:29 -0600, Catilyne <catilyne@icicle.net> wrote :
>
> > Gary & Paul,
> >
> > Thanks for the feedback! I wasn't aware that there were so many
>interface
> > issues with the UD. In fact, when I divided the arguments into columns
>for
> > pros & cons on each unit, I inadvertently gave the UD higher marks for
> > interface (this was based mainly upon the many parameter knobs).
>Sounds
> > like even that can't simplify working with it, though.
> >
> > The biggest thing aggravating me about the Magic Stomp is the lack of
>any
> > realtime MIDI control. I was thinking that you might be able to fudge
> > something by running a MIDI pedal into a laptop, then using the editing
> > software on the laptop to send the parameter changes along to the pedal
> > (ick! that's ugly). However, after going through the software manual,
>I'm
> > not sure if even that would work.
> >
> > I'm also not too crazy about the DG settings in the Magic Stomp demos,
>so I
> > don't know how much I'd get out of that section. On the other hand,
>the
> > Magic Stomp is half the weight of the UD, and is currently about half
>the
> > price I'd now have to pay for a UD. <*grrrrr*>
> >
> > Thanks again!
> >
> > -c-
> >
> >
> > At 11:31 PM 3/24/2004, Gary Lehmann wrote:
> > >
> > >Hi--
> > >I had the UD for 6 weeks, really liked the modulations and enjoyed the
>loop
> > >possibilities--but sold it again so I could buy the 34One Tap Tempo
>pedal.
> > >Bottom line for me was, it didn't use MIDI clock, and it was tough to
>get to
> > >the tap tempo section--same with the sampling section--same with
>changing
> > >patches without MIDI. So my report is, the sound is great but the
>interface
> > >was not. BTW, that is the same thing I hear about the Magic Stomp!
> > >Gary
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: Paul [mailto:paulrichard10@knology.net]
> > >
> > >Hey:
> > >
> > >I bought a UD-Stomp at the blowout price. The sound quality is great
>but the
> > >pedal has a flaky control idiom. To change patches/banks, you have to
>get
> > >the hang of the button presses properly. When I haven't used the
>pedal
>for
> > >a while, I seem to forget the proper sequence (perhaps the result of
>an
> > >improperly spent youth) and have to refer to the manual. In other
>words
>it's
> > >not intuitive.
> > >
> > >'gards, Paul
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Catilyne" <catilyne@icicle.net>
> > >
> > ><snip>
> > > >
> > > > Alternately, I know several people here picked up the UD-Stomp's
>when
> > > > they were being blown out a while back. What are your impressions
> > > > with the pedal now that you've been able to kick it around for a
>couple of
> > >months?
> > > >
> > > > I can still find a UD-Stomp or two around (albeit not at the
>blowout
> > > > prices. argh!), and I'm trying to make up my mind whether to stick
> > > > with
> > >the
> > > > older model or go for the new Magic Stomp.
> > > >
> > > > -c-
> >
> >
> >
> >