Can two EDP's do this? How?

[TJ Sutherland <mail41@covad.net>]

Hi, all

I have one EDP and now need to loop in what I think of as a two-track 
mode, with two EDPs:

I need to lay down track 1 of the loop, put down my instrument/pick up 
another, listen to track 1, and then lay down track 2 of the same loop 
without affecting track 1 in any way. I need the two outputs to be 
independent of each other, for volume, panning, and effects reasons.

I know I can MIDI sync two EDPs, but can I control their inputs 
independently, so that I can lay down track 2 without overwriting track 
1?  (I can reach over and turn the knobs by hand, if need be.)
I will be panning the output from my mixer hard R or hard L to send the 
sounds to either of the EDPs' inputs.

 From there, I think what I need to do is more typical sync--have the 
two EDPs be set to have the same number of multiple loops, respond to 
the same Nextloop/Record command, and shuffling between the multiple 
loops via Nextloop.

I think that what I need is for the Master EDP input setting to not 
control  the Slave input setting, but otherwise have the Slave following 
the Master commands.

Can two synced EDP's do this?  If so, how?
The more explicit your description, the better off I'll be. I need to 
know stone cold that I can do this before I buy another EDP.


(And for the record, I know the Looperlative is an amazing machine, but 
I've been told by folks on their forum that in terms of recording, there 
is no way to treat the stereo loops of the LP1 as two distinct tracks. 
The best I've been told I can do is to Group a pair of loops together to 
create a two-track loop. And it that it may or may not be possible to 
then shuffle between the groups in order to move between loops. So even 
though the fidelity of the LP1 is higher, and it has many other 
admirable attributes, I am still thinking that a pair of EDPs may do the 
job I need more directly, and therefore easily.)

Thanks for your thoughts,
TJ