Re: evangelize EDP please

["Lance Chance" <lrc8918@louisiana.edu>]

man, you are the second guy to mention my gain stages.   i guess i'll have
to go home and tweek that stuff some more to see if i'm missing something.
say, are you fellows using a compressor on the input of the thing?   maybe
that's my problem.

lance

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Barrs" <mbarrs@nightviewer.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 12:42 AM
Subject: RE: evangelize EDP please


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lance Chance [mailto:lrc8918@louisiana.edu]
> >
> > don't get me wrong, i love my repeater and the project that i'm working
on
> > right now features it as a main piece.
> > i see your points about controller issues.   i do like the
> > integrated nature
> > of the direct pedal plug and dedicated foot controller, but for
different
> > controllers it all works out to be the same.
> > however, my unit does have a cfc "tick" and, for me, between the
operating
> > noisefloor and peak values, i would say that i probably have about 4db
of
> > boogie room.   i don't know, my edp seems wider that that,
> > somehow.
>
> If you only have 4db of headroom in your Repeater, then maybe you don't
have
> your input and output levels set right? The Repeater is very sensitive to
> gain staging. It can sound like crap if you don't nail the levels just
> right. Once you do get it dialed in, it's a reasonably quiet unit with
> enough headroom to work with.
>
> > there
> > is also a warmth to the sound of an edp that seems lacking in the
> > repeater.
> > it sort of sounds like the repeater is "mpeg-ing" everything and you 
>can
> > hear the packets being delivered.
>
> I won't argue with that. The Repeater doesn't have the best A/D-D/A
> converters in the world.
>
> <snip the rest>
>
> The reason I bought a Repeater, and the reason I stay with it, is that
it's
> a great song writing tool as well as a looper. I have four tracks to work
> with. I can save my loops and fool around with them on my PC. I can
> experiment with chord progressions with lead lines on a separate track.
It's
> the perfect bridge between a multitrack recorder and a looper (it's
both!).
>
> I realize other people/loopers may not be thinking this way, and may be
more
> into a live performance thing. If I didn't care about using the Repeater
as
> a scratch recorder for song ideas as well as a looper, then I'd be using
the
> Echoplex.
>
> --
> Mike Barrs
>