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Terry, nice to have you with us. I'll respond below, K? If you'd like, you can hear a bit of what I'm currently doing with the plex by visiting my website at: http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates -and listening to an improv piece called Naked Blues, on the music page. Have a great evening... Smiles, Cara At 10:03 PM 6/9/03 -0700, you wrote: >1. What is the best kind of pedal to use with the >PMC10 to control the feedback function, and the volume >function in the echoplex. > >2. The echoplex works differently depending on how you >have the preset set up. What preset or presets do each >of you use? How do you personally set these functions? > >record mode I commonly use sus record, but also sometimes record directly into a loop location via midi. >overdub mode Usually use this mode normally, but occasionally use sus overdub. >round mode This varies since I'm playing the EDP via midi. >insert mode This also varies alot. I tend to use alot of sus replace, sus insert, stutter, reverse, and sus togglespeed all via midi. >mute mode I rarely use this, but when I do, it's in a very basic sense. >over flow > >loop/delay I always have it set to loop. >quantize I rarely use quantization, but when I do, it is set to eighth, with values of 32 or 64. >8ths/cycle see above. >sync >threshold >reverse I mostly use it as a toggled setting, but occasionally use it as a sus setting. >start point I have this set up via midi to be reset and/or triggered on the fly. > >more loops I currently tend to work with three loops, but may also go up to four. >auto record on >loop copy off >switch quant mostly off (see below) >looping # >velocity >sampler style start > >midi ch 1 >control source >source >vol control output is at max for my set-up. >feedback control max > >I know that all of these setting are personal >preferences, but that is what I am asking. How do each >of you prefer to set up these parameters in your >echoplex? > >4. Also do you set up one preset with all of you >favourite settings or do you set up sereral with >different settings and switch between them. I set up several. > >5. If you set up several presets, why. <smile> -because I'm so damned picky and want EVERYTHING!!! lol! so, to have that, I need to set up a bunch of presets I can switch between to enable all of the functions I want when I want them... How do you set >each of them up? Well, I've gone into it a little bit above, but in essence, I have a couple of presets with different eighth values, a preset with stutter mode enabled, One without, and another one with a different switch quant setting, so I'll be able to selectively copy loops on the fly. > >6. Can you use the regular echoplex pedal and the >PMC10 at the same time? > >7. Can you use two PMC10's at the same time to control >one echoplex? > >8. How do you prefer to set up your echoplex when >using with a drum machine? In what order and using >which sync settings? I prefer to have the plex receive clock from the drum machine, and simply use the drum machine as a sync source, but use the plex completely by itself for the most part at the moment. > >9. Do you always set up your programs in the PMC10 >starting with a program change so you can access the >preset you want in the echoplex? > >10. Do you prefer to have more loops set up to auto >record when you inter them, or not, and why? I like to play and record new material seamlessly, without pressing record. > >11. How many different banks do you use on your midi >controller to access echoplex functions. I currently use four banks and have an FCB-1010. > >12. What are you favourite echoplex functions and why? SUS UNROUNDED MULTIPLY!!! -sus replace, sus record, and sus unrounded insert. I really love the sus unrounded multiply function a whole lot, simply because it allows me to dynamically alter loop length, as well as overdub simultaneously. So, to me it gives the EDP a very organic and musical feel. I also really enjoy glitching out loops and creating rhythms using the sus replace function. I not only use sus record as my main method of recording loops, but will also create realtime stutter effects using it while playing a line. I use sus unrounded insert mostly to create very strange granular loops after an unrounded multiply, or sus record. > >13. How many loops do you set your echoplex up to be >able to do and why? As I mentioned above, I have mine set to three at the moment, but also sometimes go with four. I like to have at least three, to allow for a song structure, with an A part, B part, and C part. > >14. Who are your favourite loopers and why? Andre LaFosse, -because he's cute, cuddly, a wonderful human being, and a totally bitchin' MOFO! on the plex! <smile> David Torn, because he plays beautiful loops and he likes caffeine alot, and so do I... Amy X, as she's a super intense performer, and perfectly and flawlessly executes her craft and is a very nice person. Rick Walker and Steve Lawson, -Rick is a hellaciously good drummer, and Steve a phenominal bassist. -and they're both total Sweethearts... I also like What I've heard of Tom Heisley's work. I hope I've at least come close to the right spelling of his name! lol! Anyway, these are only a few very talented people. I could go on... -Hope this makes some sense and helps give you an idea of how I work with the plex. Have a great evening... Smiles, Cara --- "The only things I really think are important, are love, and eachother. -Then, anything is possible..." http://home.earthlink.net/~thefates Please visit BadFiction and The Guitar Cafe. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/badfiction http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the-guitar-cafe