Re: Looping vs delay effects

["T.W. Hartnett" <hartnett.t@apple.com>]

I'm surprised at the number of people who want to control their Echoplex 
via a MIDI foot controller.  I prefer to have one foot controller for 
governing my sound options, and one for the loop.  I want to be be able 
to change sounds and control the loop without worrying about what bank 
I'm in.  Having two controllers allows me to potentially have access to 
all my presets, without having to reprogram my controller.  I haven't 
seen a midi controller that was flexible enough to handle all this, since 
you can't have multiple switches "active" (pressing a button delivers a 
preset, you can't have two switches "down" at the same time).  A hundred 
dollars is a hundred dollars, but I think that if you've got an 
Echoplex/Jamman and a rackmount preamp (or two) and a stereo setup, 
you're already in for a pile of green.  If someone knows of a robust (no 
skimpy MIDI/external AC adaptor connectors) and flexible (multiple 
switches on concurrently, namable patches, etc) for under $500, please 
let me know.  

Travis Hartnett