RE: Oberheim/Gibson?

[mike@michaelplishka.com]

I second Phil's note here.  I bought a used one and had the folks over at
British Audio go over it and reset it to Factory Shipped specs and it's an
amazing tool. I've never regretted it.

~peace~

Plish


> My way of understanding the life of the EDP is this
>
> my original Oberheim  shipped with 4 1mb ram modules for a total of 12
> seconds of loops and loop v3.32
>
> then my gibson white (beige) model .. this has shipped with the memory at
> its maximum amount and mine came with loop v3.5
>
> finally the blackfaces gibsons, this units came with max memory and with
> loop4 pre-installed
>
> at to buying on the used market, i would say if you are thinking of
> getting more then one, go for the newer models as there are known
> synchronisation problems between some older obi units and the newer
> gibsons.
>
> as for syncing between black and white gibsons, that's always been fine
> for me.
>
>
> On a more personal note, I have been having ,as you may have read,
> troubles between my units of late...however Iwould very very strongly
> still endorse the unit as the most creative tool I have at my disposal
> (even more then the creativity generated by my instrument on its own).
> There are people on this list who have worked hard to provide me with 
>this
> tool and I tip my hat to a very respectful angle towards them for 
>creating
> such a musical tool. get one...it will change your life!!
>
>
> Phill MyOneManBand
>
>> From: glenn.poorman@autodesk.com
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:45:05 -0800
>> Subject: RE: Oberheim/Gibson?
>>
>> Not really much difference at all.
>>
>> The colors don't differentiate Gibson from Oberheim. Many of the Gibson
>> models were still white and identical except for the company name. The
>> black means it's the "Pro" version that Gibson introduced. I believe the
>> only difference is that the Pro version has a CE rating.
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ricky Graham [mailto:rock.guitar.guru@btinternet.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:36 AM
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: Oberheim/Gibson?
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Please excuse my ignorance, but i'm hoping to invest in an echoplex for
>> the
>> first time this week and I was hoping that you might be able to tell me
>> if
>> there is a great deal of difference between the oberheim (white) and
>> gibson
>> (black) models?
>>
>> Thanks very much for your help!
>>
>> Ricky
>>
>
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