What is the history of software upgrades for the Gibson/Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro?
For almost the first 3 years of production between 1994 and 1997, the Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro shipped with LoopIII v3.2, the looping technology from Aurisis Research. (Actually, about the first 60 units shipped with LoopIII v3.0, in October 1994. The 3.0 version had some bad bugs and was quickly replaced.) LoopIII v3.x had revolutionary new looping features, but also had some infamous problems which people frequently complained about. In July, 1997, Aurisis Research released LoopIII v5.0, which fixed all of the known problems and much more, adding new features and numerous enhancements to improve playability. Gibson/Oberheim integrated this new version into the Echoplex Digital Pro, and upgrades were sold to existing users by both Gibson and Aurisis. All new Echoplexes sold since July 1997 have LoopIII v5.0. In June 2002, Aurisis released the long-awaited LoopIV. This is a whole new generation of Echoplex features and represents a huge upgrade. LoopIV is currently only available
