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John Tidwell wrote: > I just bought a new Vortex last week from Big City > Music. http://www.bigcitymusic.com > > The price was $319 +s/h (I also had to lay out an > extra > six dollars because I used a credit card). ahhhh... this makes me feel *just a little* better about forking out AU$700 for an ex-demo 'texter (yep. that was me a while ago contemplating this less-than-ideal-we've-got-one-left deal... managed to talk them down from AU$800.. \begin{sarcasm} woohoo \end{sarcasm}... at least i'm not the US$700-for-a-used-jamman guy tho! :) that said.... believe the hype... the 'texter is without doubt a very strange creature in dire need of a mood management course. capable of subtly caressing or totally and brutally mangling a loop. capable of tangentalising(?) the feel of delay based rhythmic loops...all very organically... one minute it's a toy making fart noises and the next it's a surreal whispering chasm... and now that i've justified the purchase to myself... does anyone else have this problem (bug?) : with a footpedal connected (i found the cheap-assed "proel" expression/vol pedal works a treat) and bypassed, the 'texter seems to not accept a delay tap from the front panel 100% of the time (and yes, this is with the parameter knob pointing at one of the "echo /"s).. not serious i guess but unpredictable therefore infuriating... brad