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Re: chorus echo & space echo



A pity roland wouldn't reissue a digital updated version of their old 
space 
echo or chorus echo tape delays.  My first sound on sound soundscaping 
experience (I was 13).  I look back on those machines with great fondness.


>From: Kim Flint <kflint@annihilist.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
>Subject: Re: Lexicon & JAMMAN
>Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 02:04:17 -0700
>
> >David Kirkdorffer <DKirkdorffer@exapps.com> wrote:
> >
> >>My guess is the best one can hope for from Lexicon re:JAMMAN is what 
>they
> >>are doing now -- that is, building some/many JAMMAN like capabilities 
>into
> >>other effects devices they produce.
> >
> >Hey, the Echoplex got reissued, now didn't it?  It did take a little
> >time, mind you, and it was somewhat different.
>
>Actually, the Echoplex is not a "reissue" of anything. There is the 
>ancient
>tape delay from decades ago called "Echoplex". It happens that Gibson owns
>this name. When Gibson decided to license this fascinating looping machine
>from Matthias Grob decades later, somebody thought, "hey, we have this
>Echoplex name, let's call it that!" And it was deliciously subversive and
>so it was done.
>
>But the two device have nothing to do with each other at all, really.
>
>and the current Echoplex Digital Pro (as we brilliantly named it...) has
>never been discontinued, so it's not yet in a position to be
>"reissued"....at least not yet. it's just on one of its yearly
>"sabbaticals"...;-)
>
> >I'm sure Lexicon would love to have more of a presence in the
> >lower-priced effects market as there is a great deal of volume
> >in that area, even though the margins are smaller.
> >
> >I can imagine that they'd release an improved version, though...
> >a "son of JamMan" which had better MIDI and that sort of thing.
>
>Lexicon lost a boatload of money on the jamman. (largely because they
>didn't have a very solid grasp on "low cost" markets at the time.) When
>they killed it, they had a warehouse full of unsellable jammans! it was a
>running internal joke there for quite a few years. The prospects for 
>future
>jammans have never been very good....
>
>And now, Lex has largely lost the autonomy they once enjoyed within the
>Harmon organization, which is probably a bit sad. I wouldn't place my 
>chips
>on that square, but you never know....
>
>
>kim
>
>
>______________________________________________________________________
>Kim Flint                   | Looper's Delight
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