Re: Echoplex w/drum machine question

[Goddess <thefates@earthlink.net>]

  Ah, there's the problem!, Guitar Center!, This was a known bug!, -if you
bought it from there, you'll almost always run into sync issues.   lol!
-couldn't resist...  <smile.     SEriously though, At least from my
experience, if you start really doing some serious loop mangliage, you'll
need to realign the loops to get them back in sync.  Also, you mentioned
you configured a command to go into half speed and change the eighth value
appropriately, did you configure the reverse to go back?  -in other words,
changing the eighth value back again as you reenter normal speed?  -or are
you going between presets?...  
  These are just some thoughts, and as I don't currently use the plex like
this, perhaps someone else can better assist you.  -Hope this helps...  

Smiles,

Cara

At 02:38 AM 6/24/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I can't get it to stay in sync at all for any length
>of time. I tried having the echoplex out to the DR670
>in and then tried reversing it with the DR670 out to
>the Echoplex in. 
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>(I have quantize on and set to LOP, 8th cycle is set
>to 8, and sync is set to out, switch quant is off.I
>set the tempo to 140.)
>
>Using the echoplex out to the DR670 in the echoplex
>goes a whole bar before it even turns the drum machine
>on. I want it to start the drum machine when I hit
>record. 
>
>Or better yet it would be nice to be able to start the
>drum machine and then be able to hit record whenever I
>wanted to start the echoplex.
>
>It stays in sync as long as I don't hit any buttons
>except overdub. If I hit reverse it is totally out of
>sync when I hit reverse to go back to forward again.
>
>If I hit half speed it is out of sync when I go back
>to normal speed. 
>
>I tried setting the half speed button to a parameter
>with double the value of everything else and it did
>keep the drum machine at the same speed when I hit
>half speed but, If I hit half speed again later to
>return it to normal speed, the drum machine doubles
>it's speed. 
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>It is also out of sync. 
>
>If there is a clear explanation in the loop IV manual
>of how to make the echoplex work in time with a drum
>machine I can't find it.
>
>Can someone walk me through this, leaving nothing out.
>
>I heard there is a new (300 page?) manual. Is there a
>pdf of it anywhere?
>
>Are any of you out there able to use all of the
>functions in the echoplex and keep a drum machine
>going steady and in time for 10 minutes without
>drifting, and without going schizoid when you hit any
>button besides overdub?
>
>It's a good thing I didn't try using a drum machine
>with the echoplex when I first got it or it would have
>gone straight back to Guitar Center. Another couple of
>nights like tonight and it may end up on e-bay.
>
>Terry
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