Repeater Synch Workaround.

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I will not chill out.  I waited a year for this sucker, because I was told 
"we
wanted to release a bug free Repeater."  No such thing, I knew, but this 
seems
pretty big, no? But anyway, I figured out a work around, based on something
Daemon said on the Electrix site.

OK, here's the problem.  Electrix is implementing something called "Loop 
Point
Assist™"  It sucks.  The only way I can figure out to defeat it is to 
first,
record a blank loop while in "USER" synch mode at a desired tempo, one that
matches your sequence.  If you're not into "priming" your loops, you can 
stop
reading now.  After you end the recording put the unit back in MIDI synch 
mode.
Put the unit back in record and record your loop.  I tried this with the 
drum
machine test, and it passed with only an occasional flam (doubling)  as my 
midi
clock seemed to falter.  I do notice the Repeater reports that my tempo is 
often
changing by a few tenths of a BPM every now and then, so I guess this is 
to be
expected.  I wonder  if I'd get better results if my midi clock were not 
going
through a MIDI merge, so that I can get footcontrol and clock.

Anyway, my plea to Electrix is take Kim's advice and make it so you can 
choose a
time signature, and number of bars and have it start recording with no Loop
Point Assist and end at the exact point all on it's own.  KILL that loop 
point
assist crap, or make it something you can turn on if you want.  NOT the
default.  I can't understand why they didn't do it that way in the first 
place.

OK, our nation is going to war now, and I've got to get to work and try to
convince people that Oracle software is really good.

Mark Sottilaro



Brett Maraldo wrote:

> >So I've noticed the Electrix people have become silent all of the 
>sudden.
> >Hello?  Is this thing on?  Is this something that can be fixed via 
>software,
> >or should I give up?  I've got an itchy looping finger, and I'll jump 
>ship
> >faster than you can say, "Sorry Kim Flint."
>
> First of all, Electrix is doing us a BIG favour corresponding with us
> so don't take that for granted or they might very well f*ck off like
> every other manufacturer. Can you imagine Roland or Yamaha
> interacting as much as Electrix have been? NOT!
>
> I am sure Electrix is on it. They have pinned their whole business on
> the Repeater. Bad move I think but hey - go for it! They have also
> agreed that the midi sync thing is a problem - they identified a bug
> (again, can you imagine any other manufacturer admitting to a bug in
> their product a couple weeks after it was released? NOT!).
>
> So chill out. The Repeater is pretty cool as it is and when Electrix
> can make it better with an new OS they will.
>
> plexus