Re: looping ambient

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 06:48 AM, Lance Chance wrote:

> this information has me idly wondering if anyone would be willing to 
> trade an edp for a repeater.   i'm reluctant , however, because the 
> repeater is out of production, and it does have some sweet functions.

Yeah, I had two Repeaters and decided to sell on to fund an EDP.  
However, I ended up owing more tax than I thought so that, basically, 
was the end of that.

I did have an EDP at one point, but it was extremely defective out of 
the box.  Getting a replacement was going to be a problem at that point 
so I went with the second Repeater.  When I was able to get the EDP to 
work I did have one major issue with it: MONO.  I loop a lot of nice 
synth patches that have really cool stereo components.  With a single 
EDP all that is lost.  Not bad for live shows, but a shame in the 
studio.

So...

While an EDP is surely in my future, it will only be when I can afford 
a pair.  Many can bad mouth the Repeater, but I get a ton of looping 
pleasure out of mine even though it's far from perfect.  When you 
realize that it's a stereo looper for less than a single EDP it just 
makes more sense if you need a stereo looper.  My advise is to keep the 
Repeater and wait until you can have dual EDPs and a Repeater.

Mark Sottilaro