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I wrote a short ditty, crediting Andre LaFosse with turning me onto the INS=SUB function, quantized to 8th notes EDP technique that I love to use so much in concert. Bernhard Wagner wrote me and reminded me that he was actually the person who taught me how to use that technique with the EDP. I had forgotten this entirely and wanted to publicly apologize to my good friend Bernhard for this oversite. Here is the letter I sent him which explains the history of me and this technique so that all involved will get the credit due: Dear Bernhard, About me writing about where I first heard the retriggering of short loops with a drum machine technique in the EDP, you inquired: "I'm eager to learn why you credit Andre for this." You had also pointed to an email I had written to you after reading a post about that technique on L.D. where I had asked you how you had achieved that very same technique right before your beautiful Y2K4 performance that you had taught me the technique. Thanks for reminding me of this. The answer, in truth, is because I saw him do it live in concert long before I ever met you. He used that technique the second time I saw him play in Santa Cruz at least a year or more before I met you at Loopstock. You can ask him, because I immediatley went up to him after his Santa Cruz appearance and excitedly told him how inspiring it was and how much I wanted to jump up on stage and drum with him. He even told me how to do it, but I didn't own an EDP at the time and didn't even understand it's complex architecture so I knew the technique existed but not how to actually make it happen. Later in Switzerland, Matthias Grob showed me again how to accomplish this techniqe but I was really new to the EDP and didn't have the luxury of learning it as I was on a long tour and away from my laboratory. I didn't learn it then either, I blush to say. As you accurately point out, you did show me how to do the technique the first time I retained the information and I honestly had forgotten that you had. Please forgive me. It was an unintentional oversite and slip of memory on my part and I apologize if you took offence because of it. Credit for the learning the details of that technique are due to you and thanks for reminding long term memory impaired brain. Again, my apologies. you also wrote: "I'm afraid triggering short loops from a drum machine has nothing to do with 8th replacement." Yes, you are again, of course correct. I was really tired when I wrote that and writing really fast and confused two different techniques. What I meant and communicated really poorly, is that I love how the EDP can segment the loops in controllable ways with several different techniques. Again, forgive my innaccuracies and thanks for your knowledge in pointing them out to you. I always learn from you, Bernhard. Thanks and with warmth and a lot of respect I remain your friend and supporter, Rick. **************************************************************************** ******