Re: E-H 16sec Reissue Update

[Joey <tentaclejoe@gmail.com>]

How new of a unit ships with this upgrade? Is there anything in the
manual that tells you about this? I don't see it on my manual or the
online manual and I believe I have a fairly newer unit.

Joey

On 12/2/05, Legion <legion@helpwantedproductions.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you SOOO much for posting this. EH is being (as always) very
> secretive about this upgrade (no info on web site, no info sent out to
> retailers, and I got a cryptic email that didn't really answer my
> questions.)
>
> Apparently all "new" units are shipping with this chip but I didn't get
> any info on how you can tell if the unit has it done already or not. If
> you (or anyone ) get's this done please post to the list and let us know
> how it works. From what I've been able to piece together in the new mode
> there is no count in and you can start/stop the loop (and presumabaly
> internal clock) on the fly by stepping on the record switch (this is how
> the orignal worked).
>
> Apparently the unit can be set back to the count-in mode by the user with
> some special  button presses.
>
> What I'd like to know is if the unit still spits out midi sync in time if
> you start and stop the loop manually and if you can reset it to internal
> clock but NOT have the count in.
>
> I AM thrilled to see EH came to their senses and made this option as the
> previous system of having ot play to the pedal's internal clock was very
> counter-intuitive to improvising and made NO sense given how the
> original (and virtually ever other looper since) works. If this will 
>allow
> the user to stomp in the loop points and then spit out midi sync that
> would make it about 300% more useful and I'd probably make it my main
> looper for live use!
>
> On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, egdono wrote:
> > For anyone that uses the E-H 16sec Reissue, there is an upgrade 
>available
> > now that allows you to disable the count-in and set the loop endpoints 
>on
> > the fly.
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