Blue Bear Sound said:
I was thinking of the Behringer boxes -- I've heard good things about the early Alesis Midiverb units, but the Nano series is garbage, IMO...
This man right here...
Cuzzin' Brucie Blue-Bear...(along with several other exper'ncd peeps here & at
ProRec), schooled me to the severe shortcomings of Behringer gear 5 yrs ago!
Mannnnn, I was a Beh gear addict!
At one point I owned the MX2426,
Multi-Com,Auto-Com,Composer Pro comps;The Intelligate, DSP Pro1000, Edison, Ultra-Bass, ECM 8000 & the Pro2000 patchbay! All this gear... brand-spankin'... new for less than $850 tops! PLUSSSS, these joints looked great racked together!!
Unfortunately I realized the limitations of several of these units perf-wise.
Thru discussions with Cuzzin' Brucie, A/B/C comparisons & tests between Beh, Mackie & Alesis perf'd by long-time HR members, sonusman & Recording Engineer (with Bill Parks & BManning of ProRec conducting simplified perf tests bet Beh & A&H) along with my own negative experiences, Beh rated near the bottom in most "taste" tests. I do give small props to Beh for 2 of it's dynamic processors; the AutoCom & the Composer (both yield fairly adequate
signal proc'ing results); the Harvey Gerst-recommended ECM8000 and my personal pref...the Intelligate (not for it's gating functions, but for it's Hi-Lo Pass filters that come in handy somewhat when controlling "hissing" from drum machines & the like).
Way back when, Cuzzin' Brucie hipped me to the transparency & clarity of the RNC vs Behs Comps. He was right. I bought 2 of 'em! I relayed to him back then what I thought was the plusses of Beh's DSP's. He politely responded about Beh's DSP's limited effect parameters that can only be adj'd in .5 increments. He recm'ded the Lex MPX500. He was right again. I purchased the 500 and was amazed by the huge diffs bet the 500 and Beh's DSP1000 in re to overall quality & perf. Buying cheap gear will eventually lead to buying twice. I'm no gear snob, hi-end gear owner or expert but I have gained most valuable experience in maximizing what spare change I have to get gear that will yield quality results like the Grace 101 I bought last year(sweet ma'f#%kin' pre)!
All I'm trying to say is to take the advice this po'-@ss brother who learned the hard way that buying cheap, lo-end gear will give forth lo-end results.
Train your most precious commodity...your ears...to hear the subtle diffs in gear fr lo to hi. If your $$$ ain't rite and you're on a strict mama-drama budget yet you want to start rec'ding rite away, don't buy cheap-weak crap like Beh! Be patient and let that $29.00 you got saved to buy a Beh MX9000
grow by adding $1-$5-$25 whatever each week,month etc to that $29.00
so you can purchase a product that's worth it!
Remember, Buy cheap-lo-end gear and you WILL buy TWICE!!!
Peace
Q.rM