Fw: EDP Alesis Stumped

["Michael and Nikki" <cosmicchai@charter.net>]

This is a reposting of an earlier email. I still need help. Has anyone had 
a
similar problem?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael and Nikki" <cosmicchai@charter.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>; "kim flint"
<kflint@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: EDP Alesis Stumped


> QUANT=loop
> SYNC=in
> 8THS/CYCLE=8
> AUTORECORD=on
> SWITCHQUANT=loop
> MORELOOPS=2
> RECORDMODE=toggle
> SAMPLERSTYLE=run
>
> 1 I turn on the Alesis SR 16 drum machine, the EDP shows it is receiving
> MIDI clock from the drum machine
> Using the Gibson foot controller I:
> 2 press Record
> 3 play something, I'll refer to it as loop1
> 4 end recording by again pressing Record
> 5 press NextLoop, the EDP indicates it will switch to loop2 at the end of
> the current loop and begin recording
> 6 at the end of loop1, I play something else I'll refer to as loop2
> 7 I end recording loop2 by pressing NextLoop
> 8 the EDP is now playing loop1 and everything is still in sync with the
drum
> machine
> 9 I press NextLoop and at the end of loop1, the EDP switches to loop2. No
> problem.
> 10 I press NextLoop and at the end of loop2, loop2 starts over again.
Loop2
> plays for a beat or so and then switches to loop1
> 11 The EDP is now out of sync with the drum machine.
>
>
> The following five variations produce the same problem:
> If AUTOREC=off
> then in step 5 after pressing NextLoop I also press Record
> the same problem happens.
> If in step 7, I end recording loop2 by pressing Record, then the proccess
> skips directly to step 10 and the same problem happens.
> If the EDP is synced to a metronome via BeatSync, the same problem 
>happens
> If I do not use the foot controller and enter everything via the front
panel
> of the EDP, the same problem happens.
> If SWITCHQUANT=Cycle (or anything besides off) then the same problem
> happens.
>
> The following two variations do NOT produce the problem:
> If in step 4 I end recording loop1 by pressing NextLoop and thereby
> immediately record loop2 which I also end by pressing NextLoop, then the
> problem will not happen. I can switch back and forth between the two 
>loops
> and the EDP will stay in sync with the drum machine.
> If I start with SWITCHQUANT=off then during step 8 I reach over to the
front
> panel and set SWITCHQUANT=loop. The problem will not happen.
>
> Any help/suggestions would be great. Thanks again for taking a look at my
> problem.
> Nervously,
> Michael
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 3:50 AM
> Subject: Re: EDP Alesis Stumped
>
>
> > again, could you please just describe the exact sequence you did that
led
> > to the problem? your mail here was confusing to follow.
> > kim
> >
> > At 10:07 PM 4/24/2004, Michael and Nikki wrote:
> > >First, THANKS for responding!!
> > >I have used both the Gibson foot controller and the front panel with
the
> > >same results.
> > >For the purpose of this email, I'm using the footswitch.
> > >The drum machine is an Alesis SR16.
> > >I've been messing with the EDP all day and I've found that:
> >
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> > Kim Flint                     | Looper's Delight
> > kflint@loopers-delight.com    | http://www.loopers-delight.com
> >
> >
>
>
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