Re: RE: JamMan Rumors

[improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel)]

>In a message dated 1/3/97 12:30:58 PM, you wrote:
>
><<Yes, it is true that we are no longer making the JAMMAN.  There may be
>limited availability at some stores.  We do not currently have any plans 
>to
>release another dedicated looper.
>
>Please let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything that 
>I
>can do for you.
>
>Best regards,
>
>Greg Hogan
>Lexicon Customer Service
>Phone 617-280-0372
>FAX 617-280-0499>>
>
Is this really the wisest move on the part of Lexicon? I've had 4 friends
in my area, not exactly a hotbed of musical activity, pick up JamBoys or
Echoplexi in the last 6 months. I also see a lot more interest on the net
and in the press for looping devices, and not just on this list. And I see
a lot more musicians using them onstage in the last year. Maybe loopers are
devices that needed some time for the public to really get interested in
them, and that's starting to happen now. Is there any possibility on
Lexicon re-thinking this decision?

>Well, guys, now's the time to hammer Lexicon with requests for them to
>utilise the expandability of the MPX...which HAS a 2-sec looper installed,
>AND it can be used simultaneously with 4 other (true stereo) FX--- 
>(WARNING!!
>I don't know for SURE that the looper is stereo, but the delays in the 
>unit
>apparently are)---PLUS their world-class reverb, all for under a grand!
>The PCM-80 also is expandable to over 42 sec STEREO delay with standard
>30-pin SIMMS, but it's twice the $$$, unexpanded, and ain't a real 
>multiFX...
>(DOUBLE WARNING: I am NOT a Lexicon employee OR a musical gear sales 
>person.
>My info comes from reading sales lit. and talking to Lexicon tech support
>folks. SO IT IS TRUE ONLY TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, NOT ACTUAL 
>EXPERIENCE!
>Let's find out, huh?)
>David

How exactly is the MPX expanable? I use an LXP-5 for looping all the time,
I love the idea of all the pitch/reverb processing after the loop. If the
MPX could be expanded to do long loops, it could be a killer box. But
frankly, I'm skeptical that Lexicon would leave us this possibility...

later,
Dave T.

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