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Hi Terry, you really ought to take a little time and at least give the manual a scan, since the plex is an extremely deep box. -especially with loop IV, and using midi commands in the way that you've started to do, a quick read might help out a whole lot. -just a suggestion, of course... I'll respond more below, K? Have a great evening!... Smiles, Cara At 04:29 PM 6/11/03 -0700, you wrote: >I don't quite get what the difference between rounded >and unrounded functions is. > Well, rounding can sort of work a little differently depending on what functions you're talking about, but in essence, it refers to a cycle length, and where a function is ended in relation to that. To get back to what I said about it being sort of relative, for example, a rounded multiply, will multiply until the end of a cycle, and allow you to play live along with it also uhntil the end of the cycle, regardless of when you again press multiply to terminate the function within that cycle. An unrounded multiply will also multiply until the end of the cycle, but will terminate the overdub when multiply is pressed again to terminate the function. The sus application of unrounded multiply, only works for multiplying and overdubbing while the function is engaged. -and, it also redefines a new cycle length in addition. So it's a little different. Now, even if you're using rounded multiply, you can still terminate it with the record function which will end it immediately and redefine the cycle length. So this is yet another variation of multiply. So, you can see, the manual is a good idea. lol! -and speaking of which, perhaps someone can correct any of this if my explanation isn't complete, or incorrect in some way. <smile. I also don't quite get what quantize does on the >echoplex. quantize divides a loop into a number of parts depending on how it and/or eighth is set, and then quantizes functions to that scale. So if you have quantize set to eighth and eighth set to 16, then the loop will be divided into 16 parts, and certain functions will wait to be started and stopped for the boundries of those parts to be reached. In other words, if you were replacing a section of a loop, and were almost at a boundry point, but pressed replace anyway, nothing would happen until that boundry was reached, and then you'd be in replace mode, and then if you disengaged the function, it would again wait until the next boundry point, and then be turned off. Does this make sense? On a drum machine quantize will actually >correct the timing of the things you play into the >drum machine. Does the quantize function work the same >way on the echoplex? As I mentioned above, in essence, yes, since it changes the timing with which functions are initiated. > >What is the difference between quantize and switch >quantize? Switch quantize refers to the switch between loops. I'm not sure what else this parameter effects, but again, perhaps someone else here might be able to help. When you're dealing with switching between loops for example, the switch quant parameter will take effect. Say you have it set to loop, and you're playing loop 1. You press next loop, to advance to loop 2, and nothing will happen, since switch quant will cause the plex to wait until the loop boundry of loop 1 is reached, and then initiate the switch to loop 2. Does this make sense? > >It seems that many functions (except record) will act >as sus functions if you just hold them down. this isn't the case. Is record >the only function that doesn't become a sus function >when you hold it down. You need to set record to sus for it to function that way. > >I recorded in a studio once using a drum machine where >we recorded a sync track (no drums, just sync code). >Then I recorded the guitars, bass, keyboards, vocals, >etc, then wen't back and programmed drum parts which >locked in perfectly. > >I was wondering if the echoplex can send out some kind >of sync data that you could record onto a track of an >adat. That would allow you to then go back and sync up >as many loops as you had tracks available on the ADAT. Though I haven't used the plex this way, You should be able to send midi clock out this way. -Check the manual. Have a great evening!... Smiles, Cara --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit BadFiction and The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/badfiction http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe