Re: Is my Echoplex a whore

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

I say go for the Echoplex.  Sure you'll get one with problems, but what 
piece of gear ships with a 0% defect rate?

PS: my mom's a librarian in NJ who ran away from San Francisco in the 
60s because "...friends were doing drugs and sleeping with boys."

HA!

Mark

On Jul 4, 2004, at 12:38 PM, Optimus Rob wrote:

> He meant your mother....oooohh.  No man, just kidding -- and I would 
> like a bumper sticker b/c I work Apple tech support in the AM to pay 
> for the PM.
>
> About a year ago, I decided not to use a laptop on stage until I could 
> afford a "gig-only" laptop -- like that will happen any time soon.  
> I'd been using a G4 Powerbook, but it's not meant to be schlepped 
> around like a keyboard.
>
> So my current live rig includes a Minimoog Voyager, Roland Handsonic, 
> TC Helicon Voiceone, Edirol UA-700, Alesis Airsynth, an ipod for loops 
> (boo, I know), and a Samson Airline vocal wireless headset (I love).  
> So I pretty much use the Handsonic's built-in looper to loop rhythms 
> that I sing voice-effects over while playing rhythms/leads/basses with 
> the Moog.
>
> So to me, it's become obvious that a Gibson Echoplex would be ideal.  
> I could loop anything and everything, and not be limited to looping 
> just electronic percussion.  I finally just scored enough cash from 
> selling a Korg Karma (email me privately if you want to discuss, that 
> one's a story...) to afford the Echoplex.
>
> Would anyone advise against buying one?  I just saw that email about 
> it breaking -- is reliability an issue with it?  That's pretty much 
> the reason I've converted my entire rig to hardware vs. software 
> because of reliability and dedicated zero latency.
>
> So, that's my intro to the forum and a question to boot.  I've enjoyed 
> reading everyone's postings so far -- and Sarth, checked out the site 
> and really dig the tunes.
>
> Happy 4th and hope all are well,
> Optimus
> ......................................................
>
> Warm blends of downtempo beats that will soothe your your mind...
> "an original score to the tragedy of American idealism"
> *http://www.optimusrob.com*
> ________________________________________________________
> On Jul 4, 2004, at 2:21 PM, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>
>> You mean the feeble whore that you went to to send out this email or 
>> another feeble whore?
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2004, at 12:09 PM, John Metzler wrote:
>>
>>> It is receiving beat clock but not any of the note messages.
>>>
>>>
>>> I just got everything working and then the next day it's back to 
>>> fixing something rather than playing something.  TECHNOLOGY IS A 
>>> FEABLE WHORE !!!  I'm having bumper stickers that say that in old 
>>> gritty typewriter font,  anyone want one?
>>>
>>> ---John M.
>>>
>>
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