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john - what city is the guitar center in? At 05:09 AM 11/30/96 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, > >Just in case someone still wants one, the Guitar Center "December Deal >Days" catalog announces a "Last Chance On Lexicon Price Breakthrough!" >on the Vortex at $149.99. Presumably, they have enough left to warrant >the catalog space. They also advertise the DOD DFX94 4-second >sampler/delay stompbox for $120-- can anyone give a real-world review >of this unit? Is it worth the money? > >I've been reading the newsletter and visiting the Web site since Kim >made the announcement in the Digital Guitar Digest. I'm delurking >now because I feel a flood of questions and comments building up, >and think it only fair to give you an idea who they're coming from. > >I'm possibly the oldest reader of this list (still 51, for a few weeks), >and likely one of the newest loop addicts (I got my Vortex three weeks >ago today). I played music for a living for 15 years, beginning as >a steel guitarist and ending up as a one-person band, driving a pair of >synthesizers with a MIDI guitar and a MIDI pedal keyboard while singing >or playing harmonica. I "retired" several years ago, after I realized I >dreaded going to work; I'm now beginning to recapture the joy of making >music for its own sake, and for mine. > >Rather than burdening the list with details of my gear, I invite anyone >interested to my Troubador Tech Web site (URL in sig), which is devoted >to tools and techniques of possible interest to the solo simultaneous >multiinstrumentalist. It includes the modest beginning of a page on >delays and looping, where you can find out how to get four delays of >up to 12 seconds each from a Casio VZ-series synthesizer. > >I'm deeply grateful to everyone who contributes to this project, for >the information and the inspiration. May all your loops yield happy >surprises! > >John Email: johnpollock@delphi.com >Troubador Tech on the Web--http://people.delphi.com/johnpollock/ > > Jay Taylor P.O. Box 1333 The State Columbia, S.C. 29201 (803) 771-8549 fax: (803) 771-8430, 8480 jtaylor@scsn.net