Cost effective studio effects

[VesuviusJay]

Im using a behringer mixer (eurorack 1604A). I am ready to impliment a studio effects loop. Please suggest makes and models of effects units (Under $200.00 US) that you all have tried and liked. If possible please describe the pro's and/or con's of your suggestion.

Any and all help is much appreciated.

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[regebro]

Depends on what type of effects your after.

A good cost effective solution is a Clavia Micro Modular requires a PC or a Mac to edit, but has loads of filters and stuff. No delay or Reverb though. Second hand prices are dropping because they just announced a new extremely spiffy model to come out in June, so if you want one get it second hand. Will still set you back $300 though.

The Lexicon MPX100 is also really flexible, but costs $600 I think, but it can also do a lot of stuff, so instead of buying three other things, this one might do it. Excellent reverbs for the price.

Behringer have some cheap digital multi-effects too. The Virtualizer Pro is $160 or so. It does a lot of stuff, none of it particularily good, but it's a perfectly usable start.

[Gunther]

This is a good way to go:

Lexicon MPX-110 ($200 US)
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/.../base_id/59502

I own one, and love it. Reverb is clean, beautiful and noise free. It has that gorgeous shimmering reverb sound that you would hope for from a box. Everything sounds great through it, very professional product for such little $$s.

Problems… not very adjustable through the front panel. It comes with a CD Rom that has a program that allows your PC to configure the efx via MIDI, but I haven’t played with this yet. It is the only way to fine tune the many presets beyond the one ‘adjust’ dial on the face.

In this price range I would bet this is one of the best (if not the best) sounding efx you can buy.



I dont know where regebro got the $600 price for last years model from. Either they marked the prices way up in Paris or he is thinking of the MPX-500.