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Mech, have I noticed you posting on the Looperlative forum? What do you think of the LP1? How does it compare to the EDP? I've been looking for a stereo looper for awhile, rather than another EDP. The LP1 looks nice, and would cost me about the same as two EDPs. Would be interested to hear your thoughts. Greg > At 8:43 AM -0500 10/30/06, Bill Fox wrote: >> mech wrote: >>> >>> Well, I think I've posted about it previously (check the archives >>> for full details) but there's the old Simmons SPM 8:2 from circa >>> 1987. >> >> This unit is not universally appreciated: >> <http://www.cassiel.com/space/Gearhead/Simmons+SPM+8:2> > > Yeah Bill, I've seen that review previously. Some parts are spot-on, > but others are way off in left field. > > Starting at the end and moving up, I'll agree completely that the > user interface leaves a good deal to be desired. Although I've done > the exact same button-pushing error and lost edits in exactly the > same manner... exactly twice in ~20 years. Honestly, it's a pain and > I was screaming at the little @#$%!'s when it did it -- make no > mistake. But after you've been burned by it, you don't do it again. > You punch the button with two fingers *hard* and wonder if you're > going to actually break the front panel (I've not yet; yes, I'm > shocked) but you bloody well don't lose edits from that point forward. > > And I've never really had problems with tweaking the knobs unless I > mounted the unit sandwiched between two other larger units (and I've > got pretty big hands). What *is* a problem is adjusting the channel > gain attenuation on the SPM's rear panel if you've already mounted it > in a rack wired up all the 1/4" jacks. It's a little easier if you > unplug the channel next to the one you're setting up though. Luckily > the gain attenuation is pretty much "set & forget" once you've > finally(!) gotten it right. > > However, I'll readily admit the UI is *not* the high point on the box. > > The 'rumble' problem I've no clue about. Generally, any noise from > the unit is a sign of improper gain staging (I think I might've gone > into this in some detail in a previous post). But we're mostly > talking about channel hiss, not 'rumble' (???). Not feeding it > enough signal is also going to exacerbate the frequency curve problem > I mentioned previously. And zipper noise? I could understand zipper > noise were there any way to control it via MIDI continuous > controller, but MIDI CC isn't supported. I thought I remembered > hearing there were some small problems with software revision 1 > (maybe there was some zipper noise on its initial release?). All > mine are on revs 2, 3, or 4, though, so no problems here. Otherwise, > that's a new one. > > Also, I've never experienced overheating on any of the four units > I've got. Sure, they get warm, but I've left 'em on for days at a > time and they don't get warmer than any other unit -- about as warm > as our old Eventide H3000 used to get, IIRC. > > I really think Nick got hold of a defective unit (is this the same > Nick from the Different Skies list?). I mean, the SPM 8:2 ain't > perfect by any means. Otherwise, they'd still be in my > front-of-house setup, rather than a couple of my supporting racks. > However, its typical problems -- and, as I mentioned previously, it's > not without some problems -- are rather different from what he seems > to have run into here. > > --m.