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The problems I've always had, on both my RPTRs: - Compression of the cello tone. It always sounds to me as though the upper layers of harmonics get "stripped" once it is recorded. The more layers I add, the more "squashed" and un-cello like it sounds. Sometime this is good and I like to play with it, but increasingly I want more control over my sound. What worked for small gallery shows is not working so well in large theaters. - Hiss vs Peaks. I've learnt a lot about impedence matching since starting with the Repeater, and I think I'm running the cleanest way possible. However, every way I've ever patched (and I am continually trying new routings to try to get a better sound) I am stymied by the hiss. The obvious solution, increasing the input, is dangerous because I run a serious risk of peaks (and the RPTR sounds horrible when distorted). The cello is a very dynamic instrument, I move quickly from light sounds to heavy ones and I don't like to overly compress pre-RPTR. I like to have a lot of headroom to work with. I find that I am so nervous in performance about possible peaks, that I "hold back" in my playing style and that limits me musically and expressively. - CFC ticking. A few of my pieces rely on long loops. During performance, I need to record them onto the CFC, rather than internal memory or I will quickly hit the memory limit. The CFC ticks and it ticks loudly and I find it embarassing and unprofessional. Stephen, from this list (who I had a lovely meeting with in Seattle last month where we talked all things RPTR) told me about someone in Seattle who can fix this. As soon as I get back from this tour, I intend to get that done. New audio problems that I expect are from age: - input knob crackles. - left output is lower in volume than the right. New software problem: - The RPTR gets "locked" and I cannot stop, play, record, or do anything, via midi or any amount of button pressing. Only way to get out of it is to power down. Old software problems that still bite me during performance (someone suggested this might be the FCB1010 causing my troubles. Possible. I have it on my task list to locate comparable midi controller that has he same wide, flat buttons as the FCB1010. I tried the Ground Control but I have problem using those little metal buttons while sitting at the cello) : - loops speed up when I hit multiply (occasionally) - stereo record becomes engaged on tracks 3 + 4 when I hit advance track (occasionally) Old interface problem that messes me up at least once per show: - lack of feedback as to what tracks are muted! only way to "reset" is to power down. Rather than risk a track being muted as I start the next song, I always power down between songs. Fun! On Dec 13, 2005, at 10:07 PM, Travis Hartnett wrote: > By "various sound quality issues" do you mean that it's started to > malfunction, or that it always had these issues? > > TravisH > > On 12/13/05, Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com> wrote: > >> Wow. Exciting!!! I REALLY, REALLY hope it materializes. I love my >> Repeater and rely on it heavily, but it is just not holding up very >> well in public performance because of various sound quality issues. >> I'm ready for a replacement and have given up on waiting for my MK2 >> to arrive. >> >> > > > >