Re: RE:EDP or REPEATER?

["Om_Audio" <clifsound@mediaone.net>]

I think the fact that Gibson bought Oberheim/Trace Elliot and has kept the
EDP alive is a good thing.

Cliff

----- Original Message -----
From: "William R. Walker," <chillyb@cruzio.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 2:12 PM
Subject: RE:EDP or REPEATER?


> Heh William!
>
> If the following things are true  for you, I'd get a Repeater.
> 1. You want to be able to save loops for later playing.
> 2. You want to be able to play your loops from a midi controller (much
like
> you would a normal sampler)over a 3 octave range.
> 3. You can live with the three button footswitch, until you integrate a
> midi footcontroller into your rig. (you are limited to
> Record/Overdub,Stop/Start,and Undo/Redone, with the 3 button footswitch)
> 4. You can live without the instant overdub capability a alaA the EDP.
> 5. You would rather support an innovative, small company like Electrix, 
>or
> a much larger corporate entity like Gibson ( who makes the EDP,correct me
> if I'm wrong)
> and has built a reputation of buying up small innovative companies and
> running them into the ground (see Opcode, among others).
>
> Either way, they are both worthy devices, and one could argue that Gibson
> resurrected the EDP, though for how long I don't know.
> Good Luck,
> Bill Walker
>
>
> Disclaimer: I have never owned an EDP, I have checked them out thoroughly
> however,  and I was never too impressed by the footswitch which seemed
> suspiciously like an ADA footswitch, and a bit flimsy. I always relied on
a
> jamman which only had four button footswitch live capability( unless you
> used a midi pedal),so the repeater doesn't strike me, as it does some
> loopers as a particularly cumbersome live tool.
>
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