RE: Back in the saddle, again...

[Andy Ewen <andy.ewen@trace-elliot.com>]

Oh God!
I think I'll stop offering advise here; at least until I know what I'm
talking about :-(
Shouldn't you be in bed Kim? Isn't it 2.30am over there?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com]
> Sent: 01 August 2001 10:28
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Back in the saddle, again...
> 
> 
> actually, it is the crystals that are connected to the audio codec and
> generate it's clock that need replacing, for those keeping 
> track. the chip
> itself was not the fault. It was a pretty strange problem.
> 
> these days I'm somewhere in between digital and analog. Still 
> an Analog Kid
> at heart. :-)
> 
> kim
> 
> 
> At 1:55 AM -0700 8/1/01, Andy Ewen wrote:
> >That'd be the Crystal Codec then. I was unaware that they caused an
> >intermittent fault; from our experiance here, they either 
> worked or not, but
> >I bow to Kims superior knowledge, (as Geddy once said, 'He's 
> a Digital
> >Man'). It can't hurt to change this chip so if Shane hasn't 
> got any, I can
> >always ship a replacement out direct from here.
> >Andy. :)
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com]
> >> Sent: 01 August 2001 09:31
> >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >> Subject: Re: Back in the saddle, again...
> >>
> >>
> >> At 11:55 AM -0700 7/31/01, Jonathan El-Bizri wrote:
> >> >    Unfortunately, my echoplex seems to be broken :< I 
> can't turn the
> >> >feedback to 100% any more - it's always fading out. It
> >> doesn't seem to
> >> >matter whether I use a pedal, or the front panel (though the
> >> pedal is rather
> >> >flaky - it could be unrelated). Anyone had this happen to
> >> them? It's a bit
> >> >of a show stopper, unless I keep 'filling up' the loop every
> >> once in a
> >> >while, which breaks the sonfg structure and confuses band
> >> mates. I'd be
> >> >loath to do it live. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> hey Jonathan, welcome back!
> >>
> >> there was a batch of echoplexes that went out a year or two
> >> ago that had a
> >> component that was out of spec. The symptom was exactly that,
> >> every now and
> >> then you would turn it on and it was like the feedback was
> >> stuck at 95%.
> >> Most times you power up and it is fine. (that's why they
> >> slipped out, it
> >> was hard to detect....)  It is relatively easy to fix, just
> >> by getting that
> >> part replaced. If you contact Shane Radtke at Gibson he'll
> >> fix you right
> >> up. <sradtke@gibson.com>, 1-800-544-2766 x206 or (847) 
> 741-7315 x206.
> >>
> >> kim
> >>
> >> 
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> >> Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
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> >>
> >>
> 
> 
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