Re: cyclone (was Vortex info)

[klaw@iglou.com]

No pun intended on this tornadic thread here. Seriously I do use a Cyclone
& while it is totally unreliable as a live dependable piece its great for
recording & sampling & for that matter Looping!Ive achieved some amazing
heard once never again rhythms with this little logic defying gray block of
plastic.
This thing does what it wants. Thats all there is to it.Be prepared to
spend hours reading & tweaking until you think youve got it all figured out
and...without any warning  it clears its memory !Since it uses midi notes
try running your midi controller keyboard etc thru it on the way to your
sampler then get ready. Predictive this thing is not.The programming is
deep & frankly sometimes baffling to me. The manual tries to make sense of
the cryptic symbols on the front panel but ends up being more cryptic. THe
thing is fun though and I do use it alot . Ill arpeggiate 3 or more samples
going into the Plex(audio loop)and it will always do something that will
surprise me . In my expierence the Echoplex does not like to be Cycloned
midiwise however.The front panel does some weird exotic stuff when in its
path. Totally unuseable for some applications absolutely brillant for
others> pickup one up cheap if you can.
Kim I tried Beat sync & I cant get it happenin. Im sending out pulses using
a Sound Sculpture SwitchBlade into the Bs input with< sync in> enabled  ..
nothing
whats up?   Thanks  K Law