Re: Mixer with MIDI scene recall

[Greg Mills <gregmills@blueyonder.co.uk>]

Sure, I'll keep you posted

Greg




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> Glad it helped.  I've considered going to one of these myself, so if you
> take the plunge, send us a review.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Mills [mailto:gregmills@blueyonder.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:39 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Mixer with MIDI scene recall
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> Actually Dan, I overlooked your earlier suggestion of the Yamaha 01x. 
>After
> looking around at the second-hand prices and reading the manual, I think
> that might be the type of unit I need. I've got a TC Fireworx, which will
> interface via the digital send/receive, and I think it may help to sort 
>out
> some of the MIDI connectivity problems I'm facing as well. Thanks for the
> suggestion.
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> Greg
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>> In the 90's, I was the village MIDIot for a local MI company.  Part of 
>my
>> job was showing off the equipment and the Peavey MIDI Bass was on of my
>> favorites.  I used this same configuration with the exception of the 
>8128
>> which was already out of production.  Once the rest of the kids got past
>> snickering at the Peavey name, it was fun to see their faces at what 
>that
>> setup could do.  Gotta be careful with the segmented frets, though.
>> (Remember the Guit-Organ? Oy!!!)
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>> The only available rack mount unit I've found that could replace the 
>8128
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>> the Switchblade.  It is a incredible piece of gear.  Still, at $2K, I
>> suspect the price is driven more by lack of competition then by
> technology.
>> Besides the line inputs, I need one good mic preamp and that's the 
>>only<
>> reason that I'd hesitate to buy one for a rack.
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>> dm
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doug Wellington [mailto:dougwellington@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:43 PM
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: Re: Mixer with MIDI scene recall
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>> Previously:
>>> Nice idea, I don't know why they dropped it.  ...years ago  ...without
>>> comment. ...or replacement.
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>> I wondered that myself.  I still have a PLM8128 in my old bass rig,
>> with the MidiBASE interface, the Spectrum Bass and the BassFex.
>> Haven't turned it on for ages.  I suppose I've kept it more for
>> nostalgia than anything...
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>> There was an expansion for the PLM8128 that you could get - IIRC, you
>> could even add two for a total of 24 channels.  There once was a
>> time...
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>> Doug  (Hmmm, maybe I'll take that rig to next year's Different Skies.
>> What do you think Bill?)
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