First thing to know is don’t feel bad about being flamed by Blue Bear (Bruce Valeriani) because that’s what he does. He is a frustrated phony that has set himself up as an expert, basically invented the notion that he is “something” and has a small following of undiscerning little urchins that don’t know any better.
He talks like Jesse Ventura, but looks like Gilligan and would melt into a quivering mass of “Yes sir, no sir, I’m sorry sir” if ever confronted in person. Blue Bear is just a member name he has chosen and it’s an insult to real bears everywhere. His abusive behavior is a front that he can only get away with in cyberspace.
Also, post counts and rep points may or may not mean anything. You will soon figure out who the decent folks are regardless. Some people have relatively low rep points because they speak their minds against the prevailing groupthink. Some people have ridiculously high rep points because they setup bogus accounts and give themselves points.
Second thing to know is sometimes there are legitimate misunderstandings even in the Analog Forum that I would characterize as family squabbles that can get pretty ugly, but then all is forgiven.
The difference is the atmosphere created by members like Bruce is a chronic condition like a city’s crime problem. The handful of instigators are the same culprits over and over, harassing and picking on members for sport. The primary reason they are even here is to discourage and sabotage, probably because they feel small and helpless in their real worlds. It’s not because of misunderstandings, but rather malicious intent from the get go.
If homerecording.com ever becomes too much for you go to the following group where this bullshit isn’t tolerated for a minute.
http://tascamforums.com
Anyway, about reverb. There are a lot of good processors to choose from. Falken mentioned
the Alesis Quadraverb. I’ve had one since it came out and I like it a lot. It sounds great and is very versatile. Another good choice is the Lexicon Reflex. If you want something simple and easy the Alesis Midiverb II has about every treatment you need at the push of a button – no tweaking necessary or available. The Midiverb III gives you a little more tweaking but not so much as to become a distraction. If I had to get rid of all of my reverbs except one I would keep
the Lexicon LXP-1 just for the sound.
The above processors are all older models. My newest processor is an Alesis Quadraverb 2. They just haven’t really improved anything for me to buy the latest stuff. In fact, you get a lot less in some of the latest budget processors in my opinion.
If you want new stuff you can get something like
the Lexicon MPX110 for less than $200.00. I personally would not trade any of my older stuff for one though – just my opinion.
Whatever you get old or new, stick with a company with good support. The manuals for nearly all the Lexicon and Alesis stuff are on their respective websites to download for free. Zoom is also great stuff.
You don’t need a preamp. On the 424 MKII just take the output from Effect Send 1 and connect it to one input of the reverb processor. You can use the left & right Sub inputs on the mixer to return the stereo signal form the reverb to the portastudio.
One more thing, if a thread you start ever turns into an abusive flame fest you can close the thread so no one else can post. You can also report posts to the moderator by clicking on the red & white triangle at the top right of each post.
Welcome to the Analog Forum and good hunting,
-Tim