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At 6:02 PM -0500 1/19/98, ENAT21213 wrote: >Does any one know what the midi pedal scheme is for the echoplex?My jamman >goes somthing like this,1=tap,2 and 3=bypass,4 and >5=replace,6=overdub,7and >8=mute,9,10and11=fade,12=loop#one,13=loop#two,14=loop#three,15=loop#four, >16loop#five,17=loop#six,18=loop#seven,19=loop#eight.Is the echoplex midi >pedal >scheme anything like this? It's not really like that, no. For one thing, it doesn't use program change messages for executing functions. (we expect to use program change in future versions for its intended purpose of changing programs...<duck!>...) The midi control in the echoplex is quite extensive, and it is all explained on the Looper's Delight website. Go to the echoplex page: http://www.annihilist.com/loop/tools/echoplex/echoplex.html and check the link for the "Echoplex Footpedal Tutorial." That has more info than you are likely to care about, including a whole section on midi pedals. There is also a FAQ on the echoplex, and the entire manual is also on the site. >The pedalboard for the echoplex looks like you have to scroll(tap) to get >to a >prefered loop?Say I have the nine seperate loops filled,Im on loop# two >and I >need to get to loop# nine do I have to scroll(tap) up to the ninth loop?I >would rather simply press one button per loop to get were I need to be.Im >using a ADA MC1 midi pedal. You can switch loops in the Echoplex in a variety of ways. The most basic way is scrolling, as you've noted, where each tap of the NextLoop button sends you to the next loop. With this one you have to listen to all of the ones in between, which might not be desireable. There are several different options which avoid that. If you set the SwitchQuant parameter to "Confirm" the echoplex will wait until you tell it to jump to the loop you want. So as you tap the NextLoop button the display shows which loop you are setting up to jump to, but you still hear the current loop. When you are at the one you want, you press the Undo switch to confirm it, and jump right there. (you can also press any function switch, so that you can jump to the new loop and immediately start another function.) This method is very convenient from the standard echoplex pedal. If you set the SwitchQuant parameter to "Cycle" the echoplex will wait until the end of the current cycle (quantizing) before switching loops. During the wait period before the end of the cycle, each tap of the NextLoop button increments the loop you are jumping to. So you tap the button enough times for it to show the loop you want to go to, and as soon as the cycle ends you jump right there. Again, if you press another function key, the echoplex will start that function as soon as you switch. This method is convenient for switching anywhere with the pedal, but also essential when you have to keep all of your loops playing in steady time. And last is switching with midi. Unlike the JamMan, the echoplex is more like a sampler in this respect. It uses Midi Notes or Continuous Controller messages for changing loops. If you have the velocity parameter turned on, the Echoplex will use the velocity info in the note on message (or the value of the controller) to set the volume of the loop you switch to. You jump directly to the loop you want by pressing it's associated Note/controller number. (you can set which notes/controllers it uses for the loops.) The parameter called "SamplerStyle" sets exactly how it reacts to the midi message. If it is set to "run" the echoplex jumps to the loop and keeps it looping in the normal fashion. If SamplerStyle is set to "One" the echoplex will trigger the loop from the beginning and play through one time and stop. Sending repeated messages for the same loop will give you stuttering or retriggering effects. And finally, if SamplerStyle is set to "Att" (for attack) the echoplex will trigger the loop and play it as long as the note is held down, which is like playing a sample from a keyboard controller. Again you can do retriggering effects. With the midi switching, the SwitchQuant parameter can also be on, and will act as described above with the NextLoop button. So as you can see, there are plenty of possibilites to cover just about any sort of use. As far as whether your ADA pedal will work, that I don't know since I'm not very familiar with that pedal. I suspect that Mr. T was not very ambitious with that one and just designed it to control the MP-1, which means it is probably a very limited pedal. There are a variety of better pedals out there, some of which can be picked up used for very little money. You might want to get something like a Digitech PMC-10, the Butler Midigator (I think it'll work, not sure), Roland FC-200, or maybe Rocktron AllAccess if you can afford it. The web site explains what to look for in a pedal for the echoplex. hope this helps, kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com