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No, that's actually a good question. There is a big difference with starting two units at the same time, and having two units synched, and I think it's mainly a matter of accounting for slight differences in even identical units, or small initial errors that don't sound audible at first, but after many loops become very apparent. MIDI is not that stable either. Having one unit "slave" to another means that no matter what the first one's doing, the second will compensate to the two units will play together forever. Now, the matter of having two different sized loops is a good one. Using a Repeater and a JamMan both synched to a MIDI clock of a drum machine or Digital Performer 3 via my Mac, I'm able to make two seperate loops of totally different lengths, that both synch to the MIDI clock. Neither loop has to start at any particular time, in relation to eachother or to the MIDI clock, but they'll always start at the same time in the cycle as when they were first started. Hope that makes sense. Mark Sottilaro Keith Kotay wrote: > > > > My suggestion would be to go with either a Repeater or a two >Echoplexes if you're looking > > to have the loops in synch with eachother. I don't think there's >another way to do this > > right now. Two DL4s would be OK, if you didn't need the loops to be >synched. > > > > Mark > > > Mark, > > I know this is a real neophyte question, but what properties are you >trying > to maintain when two loopers are 'in sync'? I assume that it means the > loops are triggered at the same time, every time. Does loop length >factor > in at all? I mean, on the Echo Pro you can send a 'Play Once' MIDI >message > to two units and that would trigger both loops at the same time (or very, > very close--I would imagine too close to hear). As long as neither loop > was shorter than the 'Play Once' interval--and the musician recorded the > loops to the same beat--wouldn't they be in sync? > > Sorry for asking things you guys take for granted, > > Keith