Phil O'Keefe Posted July 10, 2015 Share Posted July 10, 2015 It's called the Electro Harmonix 22500 Dual Stereo Looper, and this thing looks like it's going to be a real powerhouse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grueller Posted July 10, 2015 Members Share Posted July 10, 2015 Reggie Watts demo or it didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mbengs1 Posted July 11, 2015 Members Share Posted July 11, 2015 wow it looks hi tech. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 11, 2015 Members Share Posted July 11, 2015 I see a Foot Control jack and a "Trigger" mode, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is compatible with the EHX Clockworks. If indeed it is, I'm all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 13, 2015 Author Share Posted July 13, 2015 I see a Foot Control jack and a "Trigger" mode' date=' so I am keeping my fingers crossed that it is compatible with the EHX Clockworks. If indeed it is, I'm all over it.[/quote'] In what way(s) would you want the Clockworks and 22500 to interact? I doubt the Clockworks would be able to control the sample rate clock of the looper and thus vari-speed / pitch shift the loop's audio... but maybe the pulses from the Clockworks could make it switch between loop A and loop B or something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 14, 2015 Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 In what way(s) would you want the Clockworks and 22500 to interact? I doubt the Clockworks would be able to control the sample rate clock of the looper and thus vari-speed / pitch shift the loop's audio... but maybe the pulses from the Clockworks could make it switch between loop A and loop B or something like that. Currently I'm using the Clockworks to trigger 3 vintage EHX Instant Replay units, which are 8 bit samplers that have a maximum sample time of about 1 second at the lowest resolution. The CV pulse sent from the Clockworks triggers the sample to play through once, then waits for the next pulse. Despite being lo-fi, they really sound great. But 1 second is a bit limiting for anything more than percussive samples, single notes, or very succinct melodic snippets. My hope is that the 22500 is able to behave like the Instant Replay, but with higher res and longer sample times. However, I also see that the 22500 has an R Tempo mode. I'm hoping this means that it will accept a CV clock source into the FC jack that controls the tempo. My old EHX 2880 has tempo sync via MIDI (and I assume the 45000 also has it), but CV will work fine for me since I'm using the Molten Voltage CV-Sync. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jorhay1 Posted July 14, 2015 Members Share Posted July 14, 2015 Currently I'm using the Clockworks to trigger 3 vintage EHX Instant Replay units, which are 8 bit samplers that have a maximum sample time of about 1 second at the lowest resolution. The CV pulse sent from the Clockworks triggers the sample to play through once, then waits for the next pulse. Despite being lo-fi, they really sound great. But 1 second is a bit limiting for anything more than percussive samples, single notes, or very succinct melodic snippets. My hope is that the 22500 is able to behave like the Instant Replay, but with higher res and longer sample times. However, I also see that the 22500 has an R Tempo mode. I'm hoping this means that it will accept a CV clock source into the FC jack that controls the tempo. My old EHX 2880 has tempo sync via MIDI (and I assume the 45000 also has it), but CV will work fine for me since I'm using the Molten Voltage CV-Sync. Try to find a Super Replay, they have 4 secs at max time. Yeah they sound great. I use one and a S900, 8 and 12 bit crunchies ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 15, 2015 Members Share Posted July 15, 2015 Try to find a Super Replay, they have 4 secs at max time. Yeah they sound great. I use one and a S900, 8 and 12 bit crunchies ! Oddly enough, I do have a Super Replay. But unfortunately it is tempermental. After about 15 minutes of use the samples start to drift out of pitch. I'm not sure how to get it fixed. The calibration trimpot sometimes helps, and sometimes doesn't. It's not noticeble for short samples, but quite pronounced with longer pitch dependent samples. Probably typical of digital gear of that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AJ6stringsting Posted July 29, 2015 Members Share Posted July 29, 2015 From my experience, Electro Harmonix has been great. I still have my Electric Mistress Flanger Deluxe from 1979 .... never failed and still going strong !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 30, 2015 Author Share Posted July 30, 2015 They've released a demo video showing the 22500 in action... [video=youtube;evGGPmJgchU] You've got to love Mike Matthews. The manual is up now too... It should answer quite a few questions for the curious who are willing to do a little digging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted July 31, 2015 Members Share Posted July 31, 2015 Thank you for posting the manual, Phil! Unfortunately, the 22500's FC jack doesn't appear to accommodate CV inputs. Bummer. I am perplexed why EHX would design such a fancy hi-tech looper without any ability to sync to an external clock or trigger, especially since the 45000 at least has a MIDI input jack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groovezilla Posted July 31, 2015 Members Share Posted July 31, 2015 Sweetness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Verne Andru Posted August 1, 2015 Members Share Posted August 1, 2015 Yeah, I saw it, drooled then noticed it doesn't do MIDI. We need loopers to sync with drum boxes, etc. more than a bunch of fancy effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 Thank you for posting the manual, Phil! Unfortunately, the 22500's FC jack doesn't appear to accommodate CV inputs. Bummer. I am perplexed why EHX would design such a fancy hi-tech looper without any ability to sync to an external clock or trigger, especially since the 45000 at least has a MIDI input jack. I was hoping it would support MIDI over USB, but from what I just read in the manual, it doesn't appear to. That would be a cool and very useful feature for a looper like this to have - like you said, for clock sync and triggering, if nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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