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Re: Echoplex w/drum machine question

I can't get it to stay in sync at all for any length
of time. I tried having the echoplex out to the DR670
in and then tried reversing it with the DR670 out to
the Echoplex in. 

(I have quantize on and set to LOP, 8th cycle is set
to 8, and sync is set to out, switch quant is off.I
set the tempo to 140.)

Using the echoplex out to the DR670 in the echoplex
goes a whole bar before it even turns the drum machine
on. I want it to start the drum machine when I hit
record. 

Or better yet it would be nice to be able to start the
drum machine and then be able to hit record whenever I
wanted to start the echoplex.

It stays in sync as long as I don't hit any buttons
except overdub. If I hit reverse it is totally out of
sync when I hit reverse to go back to forward again.

If I hit half speed it is out of sync when I go back
to normal speed. 

I tried setting the half speed button to a parameter
with double the value of everything else and it did
keep the drum machine at the same speed when I hit
half speed but, If I hit half speed again later to
return it to normal speed, the drum machine doubles
it's speed. 

It is also out of sync. 

If there is a clear explanation in the loop IV manual
of how to make the echoplex work in time with a drum
machine I can't find it.

Can someone walk me through this, leaving nothing out.

I heard there is a new (300 page?) manual. Is there a
pdf of it anywhere?

Are any of you out there able to use all of the
functions in the echoplex and keep a drum machine
going steady and in time for 10 minutes without
drifting, and without going schizoid when you hit any
button besides overdub?

It's a good thing I didn't try using a drum machine
with the echoplex when I first got it or it would have
gone straight back to Guitar Center. Another couple of
nights like tonight and it may end up on e-bay.

Terry








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