------------------------------ Loopers-Delight-d Digest Volume 97 : Issue 151 Today's Topics: Re: upgrading the Jamman [ "Siobhan Canty" ] Re: upgrading the Jamman [ Roland Eberle ] RE: upgrading the Jamman [ "Hogan, Greg" ] Interesting article in alt.guitar [ Darcy Clark ------------------------------ Loopers-Delight-d Digest Volume 97 : Issue 151 Today's Topics: Re: upgrading the Jamman [ "Siobhan Canty" < ] Re: upgrading the Jamman [ Roland Eberle < ] RE: upgrading the Jamman [ "Hogan, Greg" < ] Interesting article in alt.guitar [ Darcy Clark < ] removal [ Benes Michael A < ] remove me [ Lance Weiler < ] Re: Digitech PDS-???? pedals for loo [ PMimlitsch@aol.com ] remove me [ Lance Weiler < ] Re: upgrading the Jamman [ improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel) ] Re: upgrading the Jamman [ improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel) ] Re: New software [ Kim Flint < ] Re: New software [ Floyd Miller < ] Re: The EDP Questionnaire -- Update [ Frank Gerace < To: < Subject: Re: upgrading the Jamman Message-Id: <<17004284403294@cfpa.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am right behind you...will be purchasing the chips for my JamMan on Monday. How much did Rogue charge you and how do I get in touch with them? I will also be purchasing two foot pedals on Monday so any advice on that would also be appreciated... As a classical singer, I am just starting to expand my electronic experimentation in my compositions and would welcome any suggestions as to cool vox applications...Half the time, you guitarists leave me in the dust of the lexoplexxoLPfiver15echodecomegawizzzzzzzzzzzzzz So if there are any vocalists lurking (any who survived the recent tree-shaking thread-o-matic philosophunk), please make a move and share some info and experiences..... I'd be really appreciative.... ---------- > From: Tom Bickley < > To: 'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com' > Cc: glarson@artswire.org > Subject: upgrading the Jamman > Date: Friday, September 12, 1997 12:35 PM > > I'm enjoying the traffic on this list very much, and I'll emerge from > lurking to say, > My set of four upgrade chips to expand my Jamman from 8 to > 32 seconds just arrived from Rogue Music. I'll have some time this > evening to install them. Any words of advice before I go at it? > > Thanks in advance! -Tom > > * "New music:new listening" -John Cage * tbickley@artswire.org > ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 11:52:25 -0700 From: Roland Eberle < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: upgrading the Jamman Message-ID: <<33C7D269.19664F98@ccnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain > . I'll have some time this > evening to install them. Any words of advice before I go at it? Indeed!... The hardest part by far is opening the damn case...be very careful not to strip the screw heads or your in for a major hassle...use a short screwdriver with as big a handle (diameter) as you can find...you'll need lots of torque but TURN SLOWLY. the rest is a peice of cake.. enjoy. > Thanks in advance! -Tom > > * "New music:new listening" -John Cage * tbickley@artswire.org ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:04:57 -0400 From: "Hogan, Greg" < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: RE: upgrading the Jamman Message-Id: <<215C1D5A0FFDD011B3CC00805FC18C290E8C64@NTSRV2.LEXICON.COM> Content-Type: text/plain Dear Siobahn and Tim and others out in JAMMANland, Unless your machines have a serial number prefix <<394 all you will need to do is follow the upgrade instructions in the manual and make sure that you are taking all precautions against getting static into the machine. If your machine does have a serial number prefix prior to 394 you will need a special "posidrive" screw driver in order to remove the posidrive screw that were used in the earlier machines. Please let me know if you have any questions or if there is anything that I can do for you. Best regards, Greg Hogan Lexicon Customer Service Phone 617-280-0372 FAX 617-280-0499 email: ghogan@lexicon.com > ---------- > From: Siobhan Canty[SMTP:siocanty@cfpa.org] > Reply To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 2:37 PM > To: GHogan@lexicon.com > Subject: Re: upgrading the Jamman > > I am right behind you...will be purchasing the chips for my JamMan on > Monday. How much did Rogue charge you and how do I get in touch with > them? > I will also be purchasing two foot pedals on Monday so any advice on > that > would also be appreciated... > > As a classical singer, I am just starting to expand my electronic > experimentation in my compositions and would welcome any suggestions > as to > cool vox applications...Half the time, you guitarists leave me in the > dust > of the lexoplexxoLPfiver15echodecomegawizzzzzzzzzzzzzz > So if there are any vocalists lurking (any who survived the recent > tree-shaking thread-o-matic philosophunk), please make a move and > share > some info and experiences..... > I'd be really appreciative.... > > > ---------- > > From: Tom Bickley < > > To: 'Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com' > > Cc: glarson@artswire.org > > Subject: upgrading the Jamman > > Date: Friday, September 12, 1997 12:35 PM > > > > I'm enjoying the traffic on this list very much, and I'll emerge > from > > lurking to say, > > My set of four upgrade chips to expand my Jamman from 8 to > > 32 seconds just arrived from Rogue Music. I'll have some time this > > evening to install them. Any words of advice before I go at it? > > > > Thanks in advance! -Tom > > > > * "New music:new listening" -John Cage * tbickley@artswire.org > > > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:36:09 -0500 From: Darcy Clark < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Interesting article in alt.guitar Message-Id: < Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I found the following article in alt.guitar and thought I'd forward to the list for your perusal. I have no experience with the Boss GT-5 personally. I have a Boss gx700 - I wonder if this technique would work on it also. I also just bought a used (once, supposedly) Jamman via UseNet News, so those looking for one, keep trying !!! Darcy ------paste Subject: GT-5 discovery From: dpcoffin@aol.com (Dpcoffin) Date: 1997/08/22 Message-Id: <<19970822173301.NAA04339@ladder02.news.aol.com> Newsgroups: alt.guitar [More Headers] I just discovered an amazing looping application on the Boss GT-5, which has only 1800ms of delay. BUT, it has a delay spill-over function such that if you write the same delay patch to several presets then change the other non-delay perameters, when you select the different patches with a loop running, the held delay contents carry over to run thru whatever new fx are set up the different presets (still on Hold, even tho the control pedal--set to activate hold--now is OFF; hit it twice to fade away the loop, in any of the presets). Each one can be completely different except in the delay settings--i just chose max delay and set up the hold thing--including what kind of basic voice you'll have in that preset: acoustic, ring mod, synth, pitch-shifted, whatever. So, with a bank of five such presets, you can create a loop with any of the five different voices, and send that loop to five different post-processing configurations. I've got auto wah set up after the delay in each, so I have five different frequency sweeps to choose to send my loop thru, with the expression pedal set to master level. Sending thru a synth or ring mod voice, with slowly shifting auto wah, on which the frequency rate is being swept by the internal triangle wave, is amazing, plus I've got 4 other fx chains I can send it thru, and on each one there's a different guitar voice I can play over it, let alone the other outputs on my three-output guitar. This technique has kept the same little synth figure entertaining thru the entire course of writing this post...it's always changing as the wah brings things in and out. I've only just discovered this, so I'm sure there are many variations...there's also a sound-on-sound function that will probably work the same way. whew! this is a serious box! dpc Anybody know if there's a GT-5 user group/web-ftp site? Darcy Clark +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Materials Science and Engineering Department University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-2136 USA +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Room 2130, Dow Building Phone (313) 764 3377 Fax (313) 763 4788 E-mail darcyc@engin.umich.edu http://msewww.engin.umich.edu/mse250 http://msewww.engin.umich.edu/people/darcyc/ http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~darcyc/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 15:32:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Tom Bickley < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: upgrading the Jamman Message-ID: < Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Siobhan and all, First things first, ;-) Rogue Music charged me $72 + $5 shipping for the four chips. I ordered them on Wed. and they arrived today (UPS NY->DC). Rogue's phone number is 212-629-3708. First things second, thanks for the good advice about installing the upgrade to my Jamman. I'll let you all know what happens. I'm a performer on early European wind instruments. I've been using extended techniques (multiphonics, etc.) for a while and am now moving into adding use of electronic processing. (I will post some of this for the Loopers web directory of musicians, too.) I've been working with Pauline Oliveros and consider her a strong influence on my composing/improvising. Speaking of looping, the Extended Instrument System that her Deep Listening Band uses to process their sounds is a wonderfully artful blend of delay and other dsp technologies. There's info about it at http://www.artswire.org/0h/Artswire/www/pof/EIShome.html and you can hear it on most of their recent CD's. -Tom * disciplined reading * * haiku structures perception * tbickley@artswire.org * disciplined writing * ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 14:56:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Benes Michael A < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: removal Message-ID: < Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I think it's great but it's jamming up my e-mail....please remove me from your e-mail list......thank you. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 09:41:01 +0200 (MET DST) From: Olivier Malhomme < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: Questions Message-ID: < Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Than you all for granting me part of your time to answer me. This is not going to change my feeling about the nice people of this great list. Olivier Malhomme ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 97 10:31:35 -0000 From: Phil Diem < To: < Subject: Re: Echoplex Sources Message-Id: < Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Paul, Thanks for responding to my request for more details about how to successfully locate Echoplexs. Interestingly, I heard about bananas last spring. I emailed them < at least twice requesting quote/info and never received a response. I guess I should've used the phone. Also, when I met with Jerry Lambert, District Sales Manager for Gibson/Oberheim, I did try to impress upon him a sense of the demand for the DP and the frustration of not being able to find them anywhere. He said that they are aware of the demand and are trying to get production up. He didn't give any indication as to when the results of this effort might become visible to consumers. >I love the units, they work better than expected and are deep with >compositional potential! If I disappear from the list for a while its >because I'm locked away with my guitar and the two units working on a >piece. BTW, this is exactly how I felt when I finally got my hands on a jamman, it was so over the top of my expectations. I can't wait to try out a plex. Phil ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 07:47:39 -0700 From: Roland Eberle < To: Loopers-Delight < Subject: Hook me up...Please! Message-ID: <<33C8EA8B.CABF245B@ccnet.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------84F86DF1914E38DD19544D24" My back hurts (from bending over a rack enclosure re-routing wires etc.) My brain hurts (from trying to figure out the best way to hook all this stuff up) A recent buying spreeÊ has netted me some long sought after/coveted gear andÊ I am now at my wits end as to how I should connect it all...Suggestions PLEASE. I am sure there are many of you out there who understand signal paths way better than I...and I would really appreciate opinions on optimizing this gear from a looping standpoint...here's what I have...most of it recently acquired: Echoplex Digital Pro...yes I am the lucky guy who got the plex posted for sale about a week ago have played with it about a half hour and find it much easier to understand than the jamman I sold about 6 months ago. Lexicon Vortex Lexicon Reflex Mackie 1202 mixer (the old one..not a VLZ...if that makes a difference) Roland DR-660 drum machine Roland GK2A midi pickup (I play guitar btw) and GI-10 converter going into a Roland M-GS64 sound module (got it at the Guitar Center Labor Day sale for $99!) Carvin Quad-X pre-amp (9 tubes; 4 channels; 2 stereo fx loops which can be operated by the excellent foot switch; 4 channel inserts a great sounding unit which I recommend) Yamaha QY-10 (compact sequencer/sound module thingy) DBX-163x mono compressor Peavey Classic 50/50 all tube stereo power amp 50 watts per side into 2 Peavey Classic 112 speaker cabinets (12 inch speakers in sealed cabinets) I am spending way too much time reading manuals trying figure the midi guitar stuff and the plex...don't know squat about using mixers but understand from reading posts here that they are a real boon...and I am just too fatigued to try and figure how best to implement all this stuff. All replies will be greatly appreciated..Thanks in advance. Reply to the list (I'm sure there must be others who would benefit from the wisdom of you technically minded loopfolke) or to me at roland@ccnet.com Again...thanks. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 13:36:34 -0400 From: Lance Weiler < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: remove me Message-ID: <<341ACF22.686B@voicenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please remove me from the list. Thanks -- FFM Productions Ltd. Lance Weiler lenzz@voicenet.com 215-598-8496 http://www.tebweb.com/lastbroadcast ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 14:24:35 -0400 (EDT) From: PMimlitsch@aol.com To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: Digitech PDS-???? pedals for looping Message-ID: <<970913142434_1356822784@emout12.mail.aol.com> In a message dated 9/11/97 3:39:30 AM, you wrote: <<<> Darcy; The Digitech PDS series of pedals (1sec, 2sec, 4sec, and 8sec) and their equivalent rack mount versions (RDS series) all have the capability to loop-that is, they are digital delay/echoe units that have a "hold" function. Should mention that while Digitech is not making these "loopers" any more (although their 2101 Preamp/processor does have a 5sec delay/loop module), DOD does make a 4sec. (dfx94) "looping" pedal. For the price they can't be beat and are a good place to start in "getting your feet wet". One of the things that you CAN'T do with them that you can do with a Jamman (I don't know anything about the Echoplex or Boomerang) include accurately defining (via "tap tempo" or midi sync.) your loop length. This may not be a big deal if you're going to do your looping in a solo/improv. context where you're not worried about syncing to a pre-defined rythm.-in effect "you play to the machine". Another possible drawback is that they are constantly in fade mode, even w/"feedback" set at max., so if you're doing a multi layered loop the stuff you added on your previous passes is fading as the new stuff gets layered (the "hold" function stops this and freezes the loop). Again, if you're aim is to work with constantly changing loops/textures this may not be a disadvantage. One of the things you CAN do with these Digitech Loopers, that you can't with the Jamman (again, I'm only comparing Digi. to Jman 'cause that's what I use and know nothing about Plex/Rangs) is change the pitch of the loop by tweaking the delay time knob either as you're adding stuff to the loop or after it's "held" - yields some wild "synth" sounds especially when fed. back into another looper (ie: Jman/Vortex). Now, if you decide to pick up one of these little buggers don't make the mistake of getting rid of it in the "upgrade trail", if/when you decide to get a Jman/Plex/Rang.,- there's no such thing as having to many loopers. I should mention, as in my previous post, that at "The Trenton Avant Garde Festival" fellow Stickist/Loopist Jim Speer and I (performing as "Invasion of Time") were the only ones using "sophisticated loopers" (2 Jammen in addition to RDS 8000 and Vortex), the other 5 loopers were all doing some mighty fine loopage using the Digi'PDS8000 and the DODdfx94. Just goes to prove it's not the tools but what you do with them that matters. Have fun.-Paul ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 14:30:06 -0400 From: Lance Weiler < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: remove me Message-ID: <<341ADBAE.565@voicenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please remove me from the list... Thanks -- FFM Productions Ltd. Lance Weiler lenzz@voicenet.com 215-598-8496 http://www.tebweb.com/lastbroadcast ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:37:32 -0800 From: improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel) To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: upgrading the Jamman Message-Id: < Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >I'm enjoying the traffic on this list very much, and I'll emerge from >lurking to say, >My set of four upgrade chips to expand my Jamman from 8 to >32 seconds just arrived from Rogue Music. I'll have some time this >evening to install them. Any words of advice before I go at it? > >Thanks in advance! -Tom Removing the old chips is a bit of a hassle, since their mounted partially under the lip of the front panel, and it's hard to get your fingers in there. .A small flat blade screwdriver can help, just pry (very) gently on the front of the chip. Good luck! ________________________________________________________ Dave Trenkel : improv@peak.org : www.peak.org/~improv/ "...there will come a day when you won't have to use gasoline. You'd simply take a cassette and put it in your car, let it run. You'd have to have the proper type of music. Like you take two sticks, put 'em together, make fire. You take some notes and rub 'em together - dum, dum, dum, dum - fire, cosmic fire." -Sun Ra ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 17:37:35 -0800 From: improv@peak.org (Dave Trenkel) To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: upgrading the Jamman Message-Id: < Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >I am right behind you...will be purchasing the chips for my JamMan on >Monday. How much did Rogue charge you and how do I get in touch with them? > I will also be purchasing two foot pedals on Monday so any advice on that >would also be appreciated... > I found the chips through VisionSoft, which deals in Amiga parts and software. The chips were $9.95 each, and the phone sales people were very helpful. One chip they sent was defective, which turns the JamMan into a harsh digital fuzzbox depending on which slot it ends up in, and VisionSoft was very cool about replacing it. VisonSoft (800)735-2633 Homepage: http//www.visionsoft.com Good luck! ________________________________________________________ Dave Trenkel : improv@peak.org : www.peak.org/~improv/ "...there will come a day when you won't have to use gasoline. You'd simply take a cassette and put it in your car, let it run. You'd have to have the proper type of music. Like you take two sticks, put 'em together, make fire. You take some notes and rub 'em together - dum, dum, dum, dum - fire, cosmic fire." -Sun Ra ________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 22:31:12 -0700 From: Kim Flint < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: New software Message-Id: < Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 7:34 AM -0400 9/12/97, KelRey@aol.com wrote: >I just have reeived the new software upgrade V 5 for the Plex. I didnt get >any documentation. Does any one how to get documentation on the changes in >the new upgrade. > >Thanks, hmm. They didn't send anything at all? I gave gibson all of the release notes for the software when we delivered it to them. I guess I assumed they would actually use that to create some sort of documentation to send to people, but in retrospect I guess I should know better. I can put that information on the Loopers Delight echoplex page, hopefully that will help. It was posted to the mailing list when the upgrade was announced, so you can probably find it in the archives anyway. Did they at least send instructions on how to install the eproms? Since I'm going to the trouble, anything specific you would like to have in the upgrade docs? kim ______________________________________________________________________ Kim Flint | Looper's Delight kflint@annihilist.com | http://www.annihilist.com/loop/loop.html http://www.annihilist.com/ | Loopers-Delight-request@annihilist.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 11:48:21 -0400 From: Floyd Miller < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: New software Message-Id: <<3.0.1.32.19970914114821.0069fc34@popmail.voicenet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 10:31 PM 9/13/97 -0700, Kim wrote: > >Since I'm going to the trouble, anything specific you would like to have in >the upgrade docs? > Yes - where to get the upgrade, user-installable. **************** ********** Floyd Miller ****** floyd@voicenet.com ** http://www.voicenet.com/~floyd ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 12:06:05 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Gerace < To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com Subject: Re: The EDP Questionnaire -- Update Message-Id: <<199709141606.MAA01269@user1.channel1.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" David, Just an amusing side note. On Thursday, when I answered your questionnaire, I said I had one on order as my answer to "would you buy one tomorrow". Well, Friday I got a call from Mr. Music and lo, it was in. So I did buy one tomorrow. Now all I need to do is upgrade the memory. Frank Gerace Dreamchild At 01:42 PM 9/12/97 -0400, you wrote: >Just to let readers know, I've received about 30ish responses to my >off-the-cuff questions. I plan to data into a spread sheet and see what >story emerges. I'll see about getting the raw data out to the list >(minus the names of respondents), so everyone can have a crack at >interpretation. I'm shooting for Monday. > >I will also try to get the results into the hands of folks in Marketing >at Gibson. After we've all had a chance to chew on things a bit... > >So, if you haven't already sent in your responses. I'll keep the door >open until 4:00pm this afternoon. > >Thanks to all of you > >- JamMen, DigiFolk, EvenTiders, Votexians, and Oberpeople. > >David Kirkdorffer > > >Q1 Have you ever seen an Echoplex DP? yes no > > >Q2 Have you ever tried an Echoplex DP? yes no > >Q2a. Would you like to try an Echoplex DP? yes no > > >Q3. Have you tried to find / looked for an Echoplex DP? yes >no > >Q4. Do you currently own an Echoplex DP? yes no >Q4a. How many? > >Q5 Do you currently own other LOOPing tools? yes no >Q5a. Please list the other Loopers you own > > Looper Quantity > Jam Man > Boomerrang > other? (list them!) > >Q6. Do you want to buy an Echoplex DP? yes no > >Q7. If one were available locally to you, would you buy an Echoplex >DP tomorrow? yes no > (Assume retail price w/footpedal approximately = US$700 +/- >10%) > > >Q8; Why do you want to buy an Echoplex DP? > > >Q9. What City, State, and Country are you in? > > >Again, please send your replies ASAP to: dkirkdorffer@exapps.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 16:56:38 -0400 From: "Paul J. Dresher" < To: "INTERNET:Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com" < Subject: Re: New software Message-ID: <<199709141656_MC2-205E-DF3F@compuserve.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: inline Kim: At the moment, I have one unit with the new and one with the old software. I'm assuming the manual which came with the new unit is still really based on the 3.2 software. I would love to get the info on the new software too. Let us know when its posted on the Web site. (Even with different software versions, the two units sync up fine in BrotherSync mode). I have a number of questions about the units and wondered is it appropriate to ask those questions here? Do you recall which archive digest included your info on the upgrade? All the Best, Paul Dresher --------------------------------