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>I just found an analog echoplex in mint condition for $250.00. Is that a >good price? I don't know....I guess so. I've never seen them for less. >Also, I hear so much about the digital echoplex. Is the digital echo an >attempt to emulate the analog, or is it just a different effect? So much >of the analog effect is due to its mechanical and temperamental nature, so >I wonder about the digital's efficacy. I don't know a lot about the analog echoplex, but I'm sure the Oberheim Echoplex is a different beast. For one thing, it has total MIDI implementation, ie. you can control all the functions via MIDI, and it will sync to a MIDI clock device (and vice-versa). Also, its got lots of features like UNDO, MULTIPLY, INVERSE (play loop backwards), which I doubt the original unit has. Plus you can have up to 9 loops, with a total of (up to) 198 seconds of loop time. While there's some purposes that I prefer to have analog (such as synth oscillators, or recording kick drums or bass -- for that analog compression, or an analog delay -- for that rounded, echoy sound), I prefer digital for most reproduction purposes. You get full bandwidth, no tape hiss, and no degredation over time. Most of my sound sources are analog, so I'm not worried about the "brittleness" that comes from a full-digital system. I can see the value of using the limited bandwidth or degradtion to make cool sounds that you couldn't get with digital, but for me, this isn't worth it. Of course, it depends what you're using it for, and what you like.... - Chris --------------------------------------- Chris Chovit cho@gomez.jpl.nasa.gov ---------------------------------------