Re: Oberheim/Gibson Echoplex Synced together?

["David Kirkdorffer" <vze2ncsr@verizon.net>]

Kim -

My Beige Gibsons EDPs date from the first
"use-the-components-sitting-in-a-warehouse-back-in-production-and-now-with-a
-Gibson-name-on-them" group-purchase run that we helped get organized back 
a
gew years (6?) ago.  With Loop III I know I had no sync. issues at all.  
And
I definitely have a minor sync. issue since going to Loop IV.   And I've
re-initialized the software a few times.  The two devices are connected the
same way the always have been.

Let me know what else I can do / describe to help sort this out.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: Oberheim/Gibson Echoplex Synced together?


> At 01:57 PM 1/13/2006, David Kirkdorffer wrote:
> >I am an owner of an Oberheim EDP and newer beige Gibson EDPs.
> >
> >With the previous Loop III software, I had a Oberheim EDP and a Gibson
EDP
> >connected together to make a stereo pair and I experienced no
> >synchronization issues at all.
> >
> >However, when I upgraded my EDPs to the latest Loop IV software, I
> >experienced synchronization problems between the Oberheim and Gibson
models.
>
> This really doesn't make any sense. The sync used for stereo is done by a
> hardware circuit, not software. It is hard to understand how it could be
> possible for such a sync problem to develop just by upgrading the 
>software
> to LoopIV.
>
> I think it must be that your units had some problem with sync before that
> you didn't notice, or you are doing something different now that is
causing
> some other problem. Upgrading to LoopIV seems like the least likely
reason.
>
> >I learned from reading Loopers-Delight that the older Oberheim and the
newer
> >beige Gibson models can have synchronization problems because of
differences
> >in the "crystals" they each use.
>
> Not exactly. There were some sloppy manufacturing runs in the distant 
>past
> where the clock crystals used were the wrong tolerance spec. Oftentimes
> they still work fine for sync, but there have been some occasions where
> those units had problems. It is easy to fix if you are willing to have 
>the
> service done. (or you can do it yourself if you have the soldering 
>skills.
>
> All the new black EDP Plus units use very tight tolerance crystals, 
>better
> than the original spec. These units are very well made and the sync works
fine.
>
> kim
>
>
>
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