Re: Lexicon Vortex (maybe) For Sale

["Jeff Duke" <jeff_d@embarqmail.com>]

Love that tune Rainer!

Also since getting the Vortex(s) I have used Andys page quite a bit but 
also 
take a look at
Todd Madsons Vortex page right here at Loopers Delight 
http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/vortex/vortapnt.html

Also the use of an expression pedal really opens up the unit. Many of the 
cool sounds I like are in between the patches.
Something to consider.


all the best,

Jeff

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rainer Straschill" <moinsound@googlemail.com>
To: <loopers-delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2010 10:02 AM
Subject: OT: Lexicon Vortex (maybe) For Sale


> Edward (and also possible buyers of course),
>
> prices for the Vortex have sometimes been wildly changing, also caused
> by the fact that some years ago, some new devices in original
> packaging had suddenly surfaced (I got mine back then). Prepal lists
> them at $157 (is this info still worth anything?).
>
> As Ted already mentioned, Andy Butler and his Vortex Page
> (http://www.andybutler.com/vortex/vortex.htm) are the most competent
> source of info for that thing. I especially liked that phrase from
> Andy's site: "The Vortex was the first of those four units to be
> discontinued , essentially because no-one understood what it did."
> That basically says it all.
>
> Personally, apart from some of its algorithms which are kinda special,
> I also like its very characteristic sound, which to me almost has some
> kind of analogue feel. Some time ago when I rebuilt my studio thingie,
> the Vortex suddenly became available again to be patched into the
> setup, after it had been sitting around unused for several years.
> A quick example:
> http://soundcloud.com/moinlabs/saustoi-a-submission-for-twitterchords
> - the delay on the snare drum in the part starting at 2:00 is a
> Vortex.
>
>           Rainer
>