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I mentioned a few weeks back that my EDP
had acted with a ‘mind of its own’—tonight, it outdid itself
in a massive reprogramming that had me scrambling for any commands that would
work during my first 15 minutes onstage. Basically, Record worked; then End Record
would automatically activate Overdub with the red light NOT coming on. To
stop Overdub, I tapped the pedal and the light turned on, but overdubbing
stopped. I assume this is a mode in the manual. I’ve always
used a manual Overdub, not automatic. I didn’t know it was possible
to overdub with the red light off. However, feedback was not controllable via
the expression pedal, which had no effect whatsoever. And since my
feedback knob (which hasn’t been touched in years) was somewhere less than
100%, my basic loops faded out right away while uncommanded overdubs ruled the
song. I managed to get the feedback knob back up, ending the degradation
of loops, and once I figured out the overdub red-light strategy, all seemed
doable, at least. Until I tried to multiply. It showed
the light, ran two or three multiples, then played back only the first loop
with nothing overdubbed and no multiples. So—no three-segment
arrangements tonight… However, and frustratingly, the undo
button (which has been my main problem lately) worked like it was brand new. Needless to say, the unit and instructions
manual are spread out in my living room, ready for an all-night brainwashing
session. OPERATOR = CONFUSION. dave |