RE: Hi everybody.

["Ace Ovil" <aovil@wfubmc.edu>]

Thanks for the response Ted,
I know what you mean but I'm really hoping to at least be able to get
the clocks to sync because my output goes into both a guitar amp and
small pa so I need the separation offered by two channels. My main
concern is somehow being able to separate out the guitar signal from the
rest of my stuff. I run bass into the board, mic hand drums and also use
vinyl and a scratch mixer to drop beats into the mix. Vocal harmony
would also not sound quite right going through my twin. I suppose I
could just mic the guitar amp but it never ends up sounding quite right
to me when I do it this way.
I'm just not a big fan of the modelling stuff so guitar into the board
is out.
I had a 2880 fo a while and it worked great because it handled stereo,
but the "multiply" feature is what eventually made me go to the
echoplex.
I'm debating whether to just sell the echoplex setup and get a boomerang
3.
Has anyone played with one? It seems to do everything I need but the
echoplex learning curve was just so long I'm reluctant to give it up.
Thanks,
Ace

-----Original Message-----
From: tEd (r) KiLLiAn [mailto:tedkillian@charter.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:14 PM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Hi everybody.

Ace,

Hi there and welcome aboard!

I don't know a thing about synching a "mixed pair" of an older EDP and  
a newer one.

I have had the same matched pair since 1996 and for many years ran  
them as a perfectly matched and synched pair.

But just to let you know that if there is any chance your pair won't  
"play nice" together in stereo, there are plenty of reasons and ways  
to still use them as distinct un-synched mono units - which is what I  
have been doing with mine for 3-4 years now.

I "stereo-ize" the mono output of each with other FX units (in my case  
an Alesis Akira for each) and am able to keep 2 distinct looping  
patterns going with 2 distinct types of looping.

If I want to keep ambient-ish non rhythmic material going on one while  
I slice dice and chop glitchy rhythms up on the other with sus-replace- 
insert techniques I can have both worlds going at the same time.

So . . . if it turns out your EDPs are mismatched, don't despair . . .  
lots of fun can still be had.

I am by no means any sort of loping guru in this group.

But I have been here a long while - almost as long as the group has  
existed.

Hope someone can point you in the right direction.

Best,

Ted

On Feb 7, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Ace Ovil wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> I'm new to this looping game so I have no idea how large this  
> community is or who the gurus are, but I'm excited to find out.  I'm  
> not sure what the etiquette is so I thought I would just roll the  
> dice and post my first question.
> I'm confident someone here knows the answer to this:
> I now  finally have two echoplex digital pros and I'm really looking  
> forward to running them in stereo in the effects loop of my mixer.  
> The problem is that one is an original oberheim with loop 3 v.5 on  
> it that does not have full memory capacity and the other is a gibson  
> with loop 4 and 16 mb.
> I ordered the memory today to upgrade the older echoplex to 16mb but  
> I'm trying to figure out if I can sync the two devices despite the  
> different software versions.
> If not, is loop 4 still available?
> Also, any advice any of you could offer about running stereo  
> echoplex setup would be greatly appreciated.
> I have studied the section in the manuals ad nauseum but was hoping  
> for some tips and tricks.
> Thank you,
> Ace