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Re: Line 6 M-13 and continuos controllers - and Line6 products in general (a little bit of whining)



 I’m in agreement with what both Rainer and Travis commented on the somewhat arbitrary nature of product design among manufacturers.  Travis’ point about catering to more conventional musicians rings true for most companies, which is not to say that the companies aren’t listening to more outside the box players. I would not be surprised if, for example, Adrian belew had some design input on the VG-99. I’m  just speculating of course. I know that Line 6 does listen to pros in the industry and welcome feedback. To me they are more open to this than most companies.  I have friends who are industry pros down in LA that Line 6 calls upon for beta testing and feedback and also to borrow some of the cool effects they model. I believe my friend Lyle Workman loaned them is Tri stereo chorus and foxx distortion  for cloning, he gets a thank you in the manual. Let’s face it guys, us fringe  dwellers have deeper needs than more conventional musicians J  I do know that Line 6 endorsement artist  seem to have some clout, but I think if you really want to make your self heard you need to start blogging on the various forum sites these companies have.  Also Rainer, the routing scheme on this box, though not nearly as sophisticated as that cool old sony box you have, does allow you to run any effect in any order and also has some cool delay patches with a wet/dry routing scheme, No series parallel capability but definitely an easy way to put effects in unconventional arrangements.

Bill