Re: Dual Echo Pros for Stereo Looping, First Impressions...

[msottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

On Jul 22, 2004, at 4:21 PM, Mech wrote:

> At 05:34 PM 7/22/2004, msottilaro wrote:
>
>> I wouldn't call them stereo though as that really denotes a dual 
>> channel that is perfectly synced.  Fun none the less though.
>
> Fair enough; I can see your viewpoint, if that's the criteria by which 
> you're measuring.  However, I think you might run into more 
> contradictions with that definition than you think if you really look 
> closely at the DSP functions inside some of the "stereo" effects we 
> routinely use.  Heck, you could even make the case on your home 
> stereo, for instance, that having an extra wad of cable attached to 
> your left speaker would add enough latency on one channel to strictly 
> go afoul that definition.

Right, adding some extra cable or placing speakers far from each other 
will screw with the stereo separation but in a totally predictable non 
changing way.  One speaker will be a few milliseconds off, but that 
time shift would not change.  In my world that's still synced.

>
> Still, I see the point.  My original mission here was to preserve the 
> stereo spread as best as possible from the synth into the looper, 
> using the equipment at hand.  The Echo Pro itself makes a complete 
> hash of that one aspect, but does sound good otherwise.  So how can we 
> play to its strengths and minimize its weaknesses?  This was the best 
> way I could think of to do so.

Exactly, all that really matters is that you can have fun and make good 
music with your tools.  If you find a "bug" that you can turn into a 
feature, all the better.

Mark