Re: EDP Brother/Cascade switching

[Chris Chovit <cho@newdream.net>]

Andy wrote:

>     I sometimes want to use my pair of EDPs in brother synch mode mode,
>and then switch fairly quickly into a mode where the output of one is fed
>into another.

>The main problem is that I need to to reconnect the output of one unit to
>fedd into the other. Another problem is the foot switch is connected a
>unit which sends MIDI to the other.
>
>I know I should get a third or fourth unit but that seems excessive.
>
>Does anyone have novel ways to do this type of mode switching?

You can solve the aidio routing problem by using a mixer with 2 fx loops.
Put a EDP on each fx loop and then EDP output back into mixer input
channels.  This way you can send one EDP signal to the other via the fx
sends.

Re: your footswitch problem:  of course, you need to be able to send the
footswitch commands SEPARATELY to each EDP, which it sounds like you can't
do.  I use one EDP foot controller to control two EDP's by using an A/B box
(with grounds lifted).  I'm not sure how you'd do this with a MIDI
footswitch....perhaps you have the EDP's receive on separate MIDI channels,
and switch between them with you MIDI unit...?...?

good luck,
- chris


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Chris Chovit                                          
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