Over the last year, I have acquired a number of units which I have wanted for quite some time; Roland GP8, Yamaha SPX90II, and Lexicon LXP15.
When changing patches, there is moderate to severe signal cut/lag. With the GP8, it seems to be only when bringing in the digital section, in particular the delays. The SPX90 is indiscriminate in its lag and the LXP15 is the worst of all, as it needs to load each individual preset.
Most guys have been telling me to just bypass them when I'm not using them, but I'm afraid that's not an option for me. I play music which requires varying delay times and different patches throughout a song, so not only do I need to change overall sounds, but sometimes I'll need to change the repeats and other modulation within the same song. As such, no one has been able to offer me a legitimate fix to this problem.
What I've considered doing is picking up a Decibel 11 Switch Doctor, controlled via MIDI, to loop in and out whatever processor I'm needing to use, in lieu of having everything chained together. My hypothesis is that this will, at least somewhat, not cut out my signal altogether when looping in delays, but I have no way of testing it without the unit itself.
Any of you guys been able to find fixes to this kind of problem? I know some of you use an elaborate rackmounted mixer scenario, but I'm not sure if you typically use the same delay times throughout your sessions.