Re: Is Electrix out of business?

["terry o'brien" <anomalousdisturbances@hotmail.com>]

The signs don't seem encouraging do they?

Electrix is really IVL, based in Victoria, BC.  My brothers and a few 
friends did some beta testing for them a few years back.

I was at their plant when they were just developing the Elextrix line, in 
fact the working name at the time was 'groove station...or...somethin' or 
other ...can't remember.  I had to sign a non-disclosure agreement (hope 
I'm 
not breaking it now) and was only shown artist renderings of the housings. 
 
The units themselves were still in R&D stage, so it was more talk than 
listen to an actual effects unit. We had a demonstration of some circuit 
boards, wires and alligator clips that created some some sort of 
discernable 
processing - I think it was the genesis of MoEFX.  There was no mention of 
anything resembling the Repeater at the time - spring1998.

Last I spoke with them was just before the Repeater came out. I was trying 
to score one to use on my album, but they told me that The Edge was 
waiting 
for his and I'd have to wait....I'm still waiting!  I had my suspicions 
there was trouble when they deep-sixed the other units that proceeded the 
Repeater.  Well, ...they took me out for dinner and beers at least.

But..that's all I know (for what it's worth).  I'll see what I can find 
out.

Terry O'Brien
www.anomalousdisturbances.com

>From: Stuart Wyatt <stuart@solostring.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Is Electrix out of business?
>Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 10:02:48 +0200
>
>Hi,
>
>I've heard various rumours that Electrix is, or soon will be out of
>business. Their forum is like a ghostship, with the tech guy's long
>absence being put down to 'Holidays' and 'Illness'. There are rumours
>that there will be no more updates to the OS, and it has been stated by
>Lisa@Electrix that 'due to a restructure', shipping of Repeaters will be
>suspended.
>
>Does anyone on this list have any inside info?
>
>If the rumours are true, then it will be a sad day for the looping
>community. The potential of the Repeater is limitless - only let down
>here and there by a few software glitches. Given another year or two of
>development, and I could seriously see this box wipe the EDP off of the
>planet....
>
>--
>Stuart Wyatt - Solo String Project
>http://www.solostring.com
>stuart@solostring.com
>




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