Eventide Timefactor further discoveries

[William Walker <billwalker@baymoon.com>]

Neat little looper on the Time Factor, not much time but several  
different track speeds and correct me if I'm wrong, the looper does  
seem to respond well  to incoming midi sync, as well as stop and  
start. also I like that it offers the option to replace or overdub  
with either latched or unlatched button response. In addition to  
hooking up an EV-5 pedal for expression and morphing duties,  I have  
also added a three button aux switch, an old digitech FS300 that is  
compatible and can be used to assign 3 extra functions  in either  
delay or loop mode. this is where the fun begins.
  I have programmed a ducking delay function with a twist similar to  
what Per was describing  doing with the Fireworx a while back. My  
ducking delay patch is set to a very high threshold so that as long as  
I sustain notes, very little of the delay is heard, but the moment i  
rest or if i play staccato or muted i can hear the delay bloom. What  
is interesting is that within this ducking delay patch I assigned an  
aux switch to toggle between 0% feedback and %110 percent feedback so  
that if I want to, anytime I stop playing for any length of time the  
delay will begin to slowly self oscillate and grow louder until I  
begin playing again and the delay is again ducked and not heard.  (one  
has to be careful not to leave it in this mode and leave the room as  
it does have the capability of self oscillating in to severe speaker  
damage). In addition to this I can at any time hit the hold function  
as well to create a none oscillating infinite loop repeat. I like that  
the hold feature is available on all of the different delay types and  
the timefactor's delays respond to my Looperlatives incoming midi  
clock very well, syncing up flawlessly, and responding to track speed  
changes quickly. I will post some  examples when I get some free time
  Bill