Re: using vg8 with a repeater

[<mizfeldman@bluefrog.com>]

Thanks for all the info!  Very useful.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spaceranger (E-mail)" <spaceranger@rpgmax.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 11:56 AM
Subject: RE: using vg8 with a repeater


> I use a vg-88 + sundry into my Repeater.  I use the control room out from
my
> mixer (auxes used for other) to feed the Repeater's inputs and patch the
> spdif output from the Repeater back into the mixer on two input channel
> faders.  Incidentally, I haven't EVER noticed that annoying 'drive noise'
> glitch that I used to when recording to CC.  Yay!  I'm able to loop live
> using the CC card for the first time ever without noise, I'm abusing the
> priviledge, ha!  Haven't pushed the operations that hard yet (i.e. no
rapid
> reverse toggles, instant tempo changes, etc.), but it works.  I have an
> alesis airfx in the Repeater's fx loop.
>
> I patch EVERYTHING into a digital mixer (midi controlled) with adat I/O 
>to
> Layla interface.  I like this because I detach two adat cables and my rig
is
> mobile.  Plugin two adat cables and I've got 8 digital ins to Cubase, and
8
> digital channel/busses back (as well as 8x8 analog un/balanced on the
Layla
> for additional patching).
>
> vg-88 goes into mixer and also some combination of mixer aux outputs (4, 
>2
> stereo to Vortex and Lexicon MPX1) for fx'ing.  I change patches on the
> mixer and control the Repeater with an FCB1010 footcontroller.  vg-88 is
fed
> by mag pickup output (which is also routed to GT-6) and Gk-2.  Funnily
> enough, I almost never use overdriven/crunch patches.
>
> I just turn everything on and go to town, honestly, it's very easy to
never
> do the same thing twice. *shrug* ;-)
>
> With the mixer I can try a number of things out, which is where I've
played
> around the most recently.  I have one 'bread and butter' Repeater bank on
> the 1010 footcontroller, and then some oddball Repeater ones, and also
> presets to change mixer settings.  I usually just grab tones with
different
> frequency squatting space and surf ...
>
> One thing I do a lot is use two Repeater tracks for 'fixed' material and
two
> tracks for transitory material.  And the switch at some point and make 
>the
> transitory material the 'fixed' material via feeback control (from 1010)
and
> vice versa.
>
> I highly recommend a mixer and some kind of aux routing to incorporate 
>the
> Repeater.  You don't want to have your vg-8 going direct thru the
Repeater,
> but in a parallel path thru a mixer, et. al.
>
> Have fun!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mizfeldman@bluefrog.com [mailto:mizfeldman@bluefrog.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:04 AM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: using vg8 with a repeater
>
>
> Does anyone use a vg8 with the Repeater?  I'd be interested in any
comments
> on this experience: how you've got your rig set up, how you use them
> together live, etc.  Thanks!
>