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I say go for the Echoplex. Sure you'll get one with problems, but what piece of gear ships with a 0% defect rate? PS: my mom's a librarian in NJ who ran away from San Francisco in the 60s because "...friends were doing drugs and sleeping with boys." HA! Mark On Jul 4, 2004, at 12:38 PM, Optimus Rob wrote: > He meant your mother....oooohh. No man, just kidding -- and I would > like a bumper sticker b/c I work Apple tech support in the AM to pay > for the PM. > > About a year ago, I decided not to use a laptop on stage until I could > afford a "gig-only" laptop -- like that will happen any time soon. > I'd been using a G4 Powerbook, but it's not meant to be schlepped > around like a keyboard. > > So my current live rig includes a Minimoog Voyager, Roland Handsonic, > TC Helicon Voiceone, Edirol UA-700, Alesis Airsynth, an ipod for loops > (boo, I know), and a Samson Airline vocal wireless headset (I love). > So I pretty much use the Handsonic's built-in looper to loop rhythms > that I sing voice-effects over while playing rhythms/leads/basses with > the Moog. > > So to me, it's become obvious that a Gibson Echoplex would be ideal. > I could loop anything and everything, and not be limited to looping > just electronic percussion. I finally just scored enough cash from > selling a Korg Karma (email me privately if you want to discuss, that > one's a story...) to afford the Echoplex. > > Would anyone advise against buying one? I just saw that email about > it breaking -- is reliability an issue with it? That's pretty much > the reason I've converted my entire rig to hardware vs. software > because of reliability and dedicated zero latency. > > So, that's my intro to the forum and a question to boot. I've enjoyed > reading everyone's postings so far -- and Sarth, checked out the site > and really dig the tunes. > > Happy 4th and hope all are well, > Optimus > ...................................................... > > Warm blends of downtempo beats that will soothe your your mind... > "an original score to the tragedy of American idealism" > *http://www.optimusrob.com* > ________________________________________________________ > On Jul 4, 2004, at 2:21 PM, Mark Sottilaro wrote: > >> You mean the feeble whore that you went to to send out this email or >> another feeble whore? >> >> On Jul 4, 2004, at 12:09 PM, John Metzler wrote: >> >>> It is receiving beat clock but not any of the note messages. >>> >>> >>> I just got everything working and then the next day it's back to >>> fixing something rather than playing something. TECHNOLOGY IS A >>> FEABLE WHORE !!! I'm having bumper stickers that say that in old >>> gritty typewriter font, anyone want one? >>> >>> ---John M. >>> >> >>