Re: EDP warning

["Mike Biffle" <mbiffle@svg.com>]

Mine had a loose screw as well... I heard it rattling around when I
unpacked the box and opened up the unit, removed the screw as well as
maxed the memory... all the other screws were there though.

I had a theatre gig starting in 2 days and spent those nights before
the gig getting some basics wired on the EDP... 

Along came tech rehearsal night and everything went fine... I
returned the next night for dress rehearsal with a live packed house
audience and no EDP baby! I shut it off and rebooted several times (I
swear the lcd gave me a 666 readout)... played 5 nights and then sent
it back to Mike Ayers who had it repaired... said the system clock
(crystal or some such) crapped out. 

I've yet to get mine to respond to regnen variation using cc
changes... got the proper send-receive channels assigned and double
checked my cc values... still no regen changes. Delay mode was on...
Any suggestions Kim? I love this box as a straight up looper and
multiply and insert are awesome... but I've always felt it was a very
fragile unit due to the knobs, the weird gain structure, etc. Mine was
one of the last ones before they "moved the plant to Opcode" and
should have had the resistor upgrade to the gain pot, but I tend to
run it at the bottom of it's range and it seems quite sensitive...

>>> Andreas Willers <AWillers@compuserve.com> 11/03 4:05 PM >>>
Equipment horror rose it's ugly head again today as my EDP (which is
about
12 months old) did not respond to powerup. After I sorted out a
single
screw falling around inside the chassis I noticed that the main
board
itself was not fixed AT ALL besides the plug sockets in the back!!!
There
are four or so holes where obviously screws should have been attached
and
they are missing save the one that was rattling around and caused
the
breakdown. 

Thank god the EDP is running again now but I remember back when a
loose
screw fucked up my Lexicon PCM 70 real bad. What do these guys think
we do
with these boxes, put them in the closet and worship? grmbl, now I'll
have
a hard time putting that thing back together for the road since
non-metric
screws are hard to get here. Check your units everybody before you go
out
on the road...



Andreas Willers 'Ground Guitar Music', Gigs in Germany in November:
6th, Bergneustadt, Schauspielhaus (close to Cologne -> A4 b.
Gummersbach)
17th, Goettingen, Apex (Goettinger Gitarrentage)
18th, Freiberg (Sachsen), Studentenclub
19th, Bad Hersfeld, Buchcafe
25th, Cologne, Loft (w. Matthias Schubert, ts & Frank Koellges, dr
/possibly reduced looping content)
30th  Wiesbaden, Artist