Re: fate of the EDP (was: Slightly OT--Splice 'em up FX Pedal (other than Echoplex)?

["Patrick Suler" <patricksuler@gmail.com>]

I saw several months back on Auroreliseseses (or whatever the heck they're called) website, that Gibson has discontinued production of the EDP. That company, auraorororelsisisis is the group that developed the Loop (I, II, III, IV) software for the Echoplex. Oddly, they also state that Kim Flint had resigned in order to work on Loopers Delight full time. Though, I have seen no changes...much less improvement...in the site.

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Dave Gallaher <micdave@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know what the fate of the EDP is?  It has been blown out on
> sales at several online retailers lately and is no longer listed as a
> stocked product.  One retailer labeled it 'discontinued.'  Is it no longer
> being manufactured?  Are they coming out with an upgrade product?


No official announcement on "the fate of the EDP" as far as I can
recall. The EDP is built out of electronic components that are not
fully available today, so chances for a re-release seem pretty small.

However, you might remember that Matthias Grob said on this list that
he is working on a software version of his brainchild, the EDP looper.
I take that as a good sign, since this will be the first original
virtual EDP that uses the original EDP code. The existing looper
software, that copies and tries to emulate the EDP functionality, all
had to come up with new code for this. Although this means not totally
capturing the EDP feel, it has in some cases taken off into new
exciting directions - for example the scripting option of Mobius'.

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