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Re: DOD Dimension 12 review



<P>MUCH RATHER HAVE AN EMU SAMPLER AND SEQUENCER...
<BR>&nbsp;AND WHO'S IDEA WAS IT NOT TO PUT AUDIO SPECS&nbsp; ON A 
PROFESSIONAL
PIECE OF AUDIO GEAR ANYWAY..

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<FONT SIZE=+2>NEXT...</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>Chuck Zwicky wrote:</FONT>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE><FONT SIZE=-2>Kim,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>&nbsp;This device has a LONG way to go before it could
be very useful to anyone</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>here. For instance: If you could play 4 samples 
simultaneously,
record and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>trim samples while the others played, trigger samples
with MIDI or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>footswitches,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>copy delay loops into samples, reverse the delay while
overdubbing, use</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>audio inputs to trigger samples, even stereo direct 
signal
pass through.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>Please imagine what you would like to be able to do with
the box in a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>performance setting, then re-read the review and this
reply.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>-Chuck Zwicky</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>- Does it have any sync functions, to midi clock for
example?</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>NO</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>- any display for delay time or anything else 
useful?</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>3 digit LED display for time</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>- what's the audio quality spec'd at?</FONT><FONT 
SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>No Spec given</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>- is the interface intuitive or confusing?</FONT><FONT 
SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>Confusing and idiotic. Pressing one of the 4 front panel
buttons selects</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>(doesn't play) the sample. Pressing two of them clears
the memory. With the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>modulation unselected, turning the depth knob glitches
the audio.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>can the lengths of these samples be independent of each
other? Does it let</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>>you do one 24 second loop, or are you stuck at 6 
seconds?</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>TWO 6 sec can be played simultaneously from one "group",
i.e. 1&amp;2 OR 3&amp;4</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>LENGTH can be independant, however:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>You CANNOT listen to one sample while recording 
another.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>You CANNOT overdub on a sample.</FONT><FONT 
SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>Is there any sort of retriggering?</FONT><FONT 
SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>NO. There is a 'Stutter' button, which alows retriggering,
but you have to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>SELECT the sample, then tap the stutter button.&nbsp;
There is no way to trigger</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>all 4 samples quickly.</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>any more details on the midi functionality? Does it just
replicate the</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>>front panel buttons?</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>YES</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>Are you able to trigger samples with midi? 
(although</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>>triggering them with program change would be a bit 
different
from the way</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>>any other sampler does it...)</FONT><FONT 
SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>NO</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>>>'Looped' delay cannot be edited, reversed or copied
into a Sample location.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>>a fluff piece I saw said you could edit sample 
start/stop
points. How well</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>>does that work?</FONT><FONT SIZE=-2></FONT>

<P><FONT SIZE=-2>Fine, as long as playback is stopped. Otherwise it gets
locked in a mode</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>where the loop gets shorter and shorter.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=-2>10ms accuracy only.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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