Re: ECHOPLEX PROBLEMS

[Marc <Skysaboveskys@cox.net>]

on 12/16/04 10:26 AM, graham miller at grahammiller@sympatico.ca wrote:

> 
> hi there
> 
> i'm new to this list and i was hoping to get some help on some
> malfunctions echoplex pedals of mine.  maybe somebody here has had the
> same issues?
> 
> i tried to send this message to shane radtke of gibson, but the e-mail
> address no longer exists!
> 
> anyway, here's the problem:
> 
> i have two echoplex digital pro units, both with foot control panels
> which i bought a couple years ago, literally straight from the trace
> elliot factory outside london.  they were impossible to find here in
> toronto and i was in london on vacation, so i went straight to the
> factory and bought them right there and brought them back with me.
> 
> i'm running LOOP 3 - 5.0. they are the older beige units.
> 
> anyway, they've been totally solid up until recently - the foot
> controller has become very unpredictable. when you hold down the record
> button, it still continues to record, without stopping, as it should.
> sometimes the record button doesn't work at all.  other times it begins
> recording and stops suddenly, locked into an extremely short loop of
> several milliseconds. if you try to undo that by re-recording a new loop
> 
> over to erase the previous microloop, the same thing happens again...
> the main unit seems to be fine, but as a guitar player i rely on those
> foot controllers. i've tried opening them up and dusting all the
> components off with dust-off aerosol spray, but the same results still
> happen.
> 
> they are temperamental. sometimes it works perfectly, other days it's
> completely screwed up and very frustrating.  have you heard of anything
> like this happening before? both my units are doing this, and they
> started acting up around the same time so it can't be a coincidence... i
> 
> should very much like to have this problem fixed as i use them almost
> everyday. also, they have never left my studio, no live gigs - they've
> never been bumped or dropped or anything...  i'm wondering if it might
> have to do with static build up from my carpet and using the foot pedal
> with socks on? static discharge maybe fried it? i dunno. like, i said
> though, some days they are fine and work for hours and then suddenly, i
> lose control and even turning the unit on and off, unplugging and
> replugging in the foot panel seems to have no effect either. strange,
> eh?
> 
> anyway, please let me know if there is anything i should know or can do
> to repair this problem!
> 
> thanks
> 
> graham miller
> 
> loyal echoplexer
> 
> p.s. i have a ton of music i'd love to share with the list - i've been
> doing looping for quite a while now and have hundreds of hours of stuff
> from simple and beautiful to totally spaced out experiment works. you
> can usually find me on the microsound list @ www.microsound.org
> 
> 
Yep Have had the same identical problem.