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25: astonishingly, it's taken me this long to join the list where I ought to have been for ages..... my band has two jam-mans, a repeater and was using tape-based loops before that, since about 1979. we have a large number of 1/4" machines and an old powertran delay/sampler that we used to use before the jam-man was available.
29: much later we got a powertran mcs-1 (kit-sampler/delay from the early 80s), then a boss half-rack delay/shifter with a freeze input. now we have two jam-mans, two repeaters.... but most of the musical repetition is from analogue sequencers, up to seven patterns running simultaneously and changing/being edited in real-time. the lexicons and electrixes are referred to locally as "freeze boxes" and tend to be used for grabbing chunks of noise, with guitar phrases and keyboard phrases coming second and third on the list.
200212/msg00473:RE: [looper's] RE: OT: 1/2 rack boss delays
41: lugging my old powertran mcs1 (now /there's/ a freezer box from the past) and
200212/msg00478:RE: [looper's] RE: OT: 1/2 rack boss delays
53: couldn't face lugging my old powertran mcs1 (now /there's/ a freezer box from
38: and meanwhile, on the EH 16s delay.... does anyone else out there remember the bel bd180? I didn't have one of those either, but our first solid-state looper was the powertran mcs-1 delay line/sampler, a 2U box with about 64k of memory... it could function as a crude monophonic sampler using midi or cv/gate, and could be hooked up to a bbc computer for sample dumps, but we used it chiefly as a long delay/looper (completely unsynced). it's 8 bit and has dbx chips at either end of the digital section in an attempt to improve the s/n ratio. also, there's an lfo that can be used to modulate the master clock and put wobbles on the delays/loops.
45: and meanwhile, on the EH 16s delay.... does anyone else out there remember the bel bd180? I didn't have one of those either, but our first solid-state looper was the powertran mcs-1 delay line/sampler, a 2U box with about 64k of memory... it could function as a crude monophonic sampler using midi or cv/gate, and could be hooked up to a bbc computer for sample dumps, but we used it chiefly as a long delay/looper (completely unsynced). it's 8 bit and has dbx chips at either end of the digital section in an attempt to improve the s/n ratio. also, there's an lfo that can be used to modulate the master clock and put wobbles on the delays/loops.
23: dl4's and an old powertran MCS1, aswelll as numerous 1/4" revoxes), /and/ owner
31: zoom2100 and modified powertran DDL along with a strat & various
28: meanwhile, however, I have recorded just about everything into jamman, repeaters, boss 1/2 rack pitch shifter, powertran mcs-1 and cheetah sx16. this latter- a rather budgety stereo sampler from the late 80s- was across the whole mix for one session and was good for a one-off stereo freeze lasting about 20 seconds (i.e. no overdubs). we found we could refresh the freeze with one button push but had to fade it out first or it would shut off abruptly.
200307/msg00644:RE: How Many Delays, synced and unsynced
24: I can manage two repeaters, two jam-mans, a powertran mcs-1, several boss delays and (most importantly of all) 12 full size and 9 portable 1/4" decks. of course, there wouldn't be room for us on the same stage.....
30: agreed. I think I could make my old powertran mcs1 do much the same thing, and it too has a click output that doesn't get recorded.... and the repeater makes a decent delay line if you turn the feedback (overdub level) down and use it with a mixer, so the fripp impressions- if that's how you get y'r kicks- are easy to do. and the sellon-ed jamman would be good at this too, being able to switch between echo and loop modes on the fly.
200310/msg00579:RE: Echo Pro successfully syncronised to sequencer
34: see, I was going to do all this "remedial" reworking on my old powertran mcs-1 "freezer box" but now this dod's on the way...
144: Re: powertran mcs-1, January 26, 2004357: powertran mcs-1, January 26, 2004
3: powertran mcs-110: Subject: powertran mcs-118: Title: powertran mcs-1
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200402/msg00275:RE: 16 second delay reissue a reality
29: I just bought another powertran mcs-1, which box I have mentioned in a positive light in previous posts, for £120 (about $500 at current rates ;-) ) . as far as I can tell, the functionality is more-or-less the same.
29: there isn't a perfect looping tool because we all want them to do different things. I also use jam-man, dl4, repeater, powertran mcs-1 (2 of each).... the dod does it's own thing, quite badly, but that's partly why it's such fun.
54: different things. I also use jam-man, dl4, repeater, powertran mcs-1 (2 of
36: them to do different things. I also use jam-man, dl4, repeater, powertran
200507/msg00004:RE: definitive list of every looper I've ever used
35: fast-forwarding a bit, my first sampler was the mighty powertran mcs-1. built from a kit, 8-bit with dbx, & a huge 64k of ram, which could be backed up onto floppy with the aid of a bbc microcomputer. 62: 2 x powertran mcs-1
24: >>There's a new section for the old Powertran Digital Delay Line, a piece of history:25: http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/powertran/powertran.html<<33: Title: powertran mcs-1
200507/msg00501:Re: Drum-machine tips and other LD additions
51: There's a new section for the old Powertran Digital Delay Line, a piece of 53: http://www.loopers-delight.com/tools/powertran/powertran.html
200507/msg00009:RE: definitive list of every looper I've ever used
38: fast-forwarding a bit, my first sampler was the mighty powertran mcs-1. built from a kit, 8-bit with dbx, & a huge 64k of ram, which could be backed up onto floppy with the aid of a bbc microcomputer. 45: the full list of solid-state loopers (i.e. no tape decks): 2 x jam-man 2 x DL4 1 x vortex 2 x repeater 1 x headrush 1 x EH 16sec reissue 1 x DOD dimension 12 1 x boss rps-10 (the 1/2 rack pitch-shift/delay) 2 x powertran mcs-1 various boss digital delay pedals
50: > looping festival. The loop that "moves" is an old powertran echo (see
33: looping festival. The loop that "moves" is an old powertran echo (see
200510/msg00814:RE: For Mellotron afficionados...
41: this weekend, btw, I shall be adding a line 6 echo-pro to the rack that holds my repeater, powertran mcs-1 & bel bd80.
65: > festival. The loop that "moves" is an old powertran echo (see tech
40: at other times, we have also used a second jamman, a DOD dimension 12, a vortex, a modified boss rps-10 (extended "freeze" duration at expense of fidelity), another DL4, powertran MCS-1, bel BD80, two revoxes, two uher portables.....
200605/msg00473:RE: MIDI sync survey: is it important to you?
43: back in 1994, we started to record a piece that revolved around a repeated guitar phrase. the phrase meshed quite nicely with some sequenced synth lines, but since we weren't multi-tracking anything then (purist ethic/particular school-of-improv), the guitarist couldn't let loose with a corresponding lead line or solo. so I set up a delay on our powertran mcs-1 that matched the length of this phrase & gave him a footswitch to "unfreeze" this delay. as the frozen delay drifted out of sync with the sequencers, he would hit the footswitch & re-enter the phrase. this not only got the parts back in sync but, since he had to do this every thirty seconds or so, it prevented him noodling for the entire piece.
22: powertran DDL (modified up to 6 seconds)
41: >things I do use a 20 year old Powertran DDL that a friend added extra
40: things I do use a 20 year old Powertran DDL that a friend added extra
49: > things I do use a 20 year old Powertran DDL that a friend added extra
200608/msg00606:RE: "Tape Speed" style pitch/speed variation (was: Re: repeater question)
24: my varispeed looper devices are the powertran MCS-1 sampler/delay & the venerable bel-BD80. two of the first & one of the latter. 32: (they both have voltage control inputs so that one could control the "pitch" of the frozen audio using a standard cv/gate synth. this raises the odd spectacle of a monophonic "sampler" being played from a monophonic synth; the powertran also has a rudimentary midi spec for this purpose.)36: I don't know about the BD80 (developed by mick barnard, who was briefly in genesis a long time ago) but the powertran is 8-bit & uses dbx companding. this makes it sound more like tape, ironically.
32: powertran analog delay, giving me two loop options - a long "clean"35: The powertran then feeds an alesis AirFX for "mangling" and both52: one which is being "fiddled with" on the powertran and airFX at the
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200609/msg00267:RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")
3: RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")10: Subject: RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")21: > I know there was a powertran delay line aswell as the MCS-1; is that
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200609/msg00261:RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")
3: RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")10: Subject: RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")18: Title: RE: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")
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200609/msg00224:Re: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")
3: Re: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")10: Subject: Re: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")21: > I do assume you meant Powertran 'digital' delay though, correct?
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200609/msg00207:Re: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")
3: Re: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")10: Subject: Re: Powertran delay (WAS "Instrument" vs "Effect")25: I do assume you meant Powertran 'digital' delay though, correct?
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36: Looping isn't the issue - I've looped used a powertran DDL and later
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