Re: RDS 8000 vs. RDS 7.6 (Digitech timemachines)

[pcamann@csc.com]

>>What is the difference? (to the gentleman in the back
     row,I know one is 7.6 sec. and one is 8 sec.)And they
     are different in color, but what do the different
     buttons on the 7.6 do that the knobs on the 8000 do
     not?  <<

I own one of each, and the short answer to the second question is, well,
nothing really.

I don't have them in front of me, so I'm going on memory, but the 7.6 has a
flashing LED which gives you a visual indication of
the start/end of a loop.  It may also have an extra control jack or two on
the back for setting/synchronizing delay times to
drum machines or footswitches.  The rotary control on the 8000 (which is a
detented pot like the DOD DFX94) does the same
thing as the buttons on the 7.6 for range switching.

The most important difference is internal -- the 8000 board is _much_
smaller than the 7.6, and has a big honkin' LSI chip for
doing all of the delay functions.  I believe (someone may want to correct
me on this) it is also a 12-bit sampler/delay; the 7.6 is
definitely 8-bit.

I will now happily unsubscribe and re-enter the lurker's murk...

Paul Camann