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I didn't get a chance to reply to your first message asking if anyone else does this. I don't use a G2, but I do use a TC-Electronic G-Major, and it has MIDI synchable delays as well. Sounds like you've accomplished all that I have - basically synching the EDP and the G-Major and using various divisions on the GMaj to create interesting polyrhythms. With longer delay settings (whole note), the line between delay and loop gets blurred... which is a good thing! I like using the GMaj to effect my loops (vs. using it to apply effects to the sound that is captured in the EDP). I use my fx+preamp unit (a Roland GP-100) to get effected sounds into the loop. The GMaj is a decent, not-so-farout loop mangler. Delays and modulation are synchable, and I like that. By the way - I don't "beware" the EDP features you mentioned (EDP changes only at the cycle boundary, after you leave the parameter mode)... instead, I celebrate it! A very nice way to ensure that things happen musically, and not based on my clunk button pushing skills. Just thought I'd chime in! Doug Bernhard Wagner wrote: >Hi Gary > >Andy Butler actually gave me the idea to sync them. My approach has always >been to just hook things up, play them in one configuration for as long as >possible to explore all possibilities and then shyly move on to further >settings. Andy configured the G2 to sync in a specific way to the EDP and >it >was just right for me. When I came home, the battery inside the G2 had >died >and I lost all settings (I should always make a MIDI dump of all devices >when I found a good setting). I just vaguely remembed what the setting was >and I'm afraid I didn't get the same configuration back, even though I >tried >all kinds of combinations. But at least during those tests I learnt how >the >EDP slows down its MIDI timing when kicked into halfspeed (because the G2 >delay doubles its time) or when choosing a subcycle division on the EDP, >the >G2 reacts to it (but beware: the change of subdivision only happens on the >EDP when you exit the parameter edit mode. And it only changes at the >moment >where the current cycle has finished). And then you can configure the G2 >to >react to 8th, dotted 8th etc. All together this adds up to quite a field >to >explore to find good combinations. And of course, there are quite a number >of G2 effects affected by timing so that adds yet another dimension (not >speaking of your playing style: rhythmic/spheric)... > >Bernhard > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Gary Lehmann [mailto:hqr@cox.net] >>Sent: Donnerstag, 14. Oktober 2004 01:49 >>To: 'Looper's Delight' >>Subject: Looping with the Echoplex with the Lexicon G2 slaved to its >>clock >> >> >>Hi Natives-- >>OK, first breakthrough in a while-- >>As the subject line reads, I am running guitar into the G2, then into the >>EDP, with the clock out of the EDP driving the G2. I want to >>hear from some >>folks who are doing this--looks like Bernhard is one, I believe >>Steve Lawson >>does this too--but first my big news. >>I don't have the R1 foot controller; when I bought a second hand one it >>didn't seem to work right so I sent it back, so I have not been able to >>control all the parameters of the G2 that I might like. Tonight, >>I was able >>to control the delay time ratio, using sysx generated from the unit and >>stored in a sequencer, then played back during a loop frenzy. This works >>really well--the clocks are synced, so when you window, the slave changes >>its time frame too. >>I haven't gotten that far yet (it's time for bed), but I bet I >>can start to >>control lots of the other G2 features now that have been less >>accessable to >>me up til now. I'll just dump the sysx into the PMC-10 . . . >>So that's my exciting if technical and abstruse news. What are >>some of you >>other G2 users doing with these two units? Does the R1 let you do this >>stuff? >>Gary >> >> > > > >