Re: Syncing my Echoplex to the Echo pro

[Alessandro Ricciarelli <alessandroricciarelli@yahoo.com>]

Thank you, too bad nobody at Echo Pro thought about
facilitating the sync with other loop units.

Best, Alessandro

--- Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com> wrote:
> At 11:15 AM 6/25/2003, Alessandro Ricciarelli wrote:
> >Thanks for your reply - it's confusing, since in
> the
> >Line6 Echo Pro's Manual it says that the looper
> will
> >accept Midi commands (such as 101 for "play", 102
> for
> >"overdub" a.s.o.) So I thought it might be possible
> to
> >have the Echoplex transmit those Midi messages ....
> 
> the Echoplex won't send commands for a different
> device. It does send the 
> right commands for another echoplex, so you can
> chain echoplexes together 
> easily.
> 
> You could just use a midi controller programmed to
> send the right commands 
> to each device when you push one button. The two
> will basically start and 
> stop recording at the same time if you do that.
> However, they will slowly 
> drift apart because you do not have any sync
> connection between them, and 
> the two loops can never be precisely the same
> length. It might be ok for a 
> short time. When you have a sync connection between
> them this problem is 
> solved, since it will correct the drift and keep
> them together forever. 
> Unfortunately the echo pro does not have midi sync
> for the looper function, 
> so you can't sync it to anything.
> 
> kim
> 
> 
> 
>
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> Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
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