What would you say of a product like this:

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Would you want one?

  • Yes

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • No

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • What the fuck are you talking about?

    Votes: 10 62.5%
  • Total voters
    16
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regebro

regebro

Insane Genious!
A rackmount effect processor, that has
- 4 independent 24/96k INs and OUTs that
- can be arranged in any combination of mono/stereo and 4ch surround, and well, even 3-channel surround, if you want. :cool:
- can run 4 different programs at once (each independently accessing all ins and outs)

- has reverbs, delays, phaser, chorus, flanger
- distortions, waveshapers, ringmodulators
- a vocoder and a bode pitch sifter
- Loads of different EQs: hi-pass, low-pass, midpass, shelving, graphic...
- Loads of Envelopes, and LFOs and other sources of control signals
- Midi syncable control signal sources, such as LFO's and even sequencers
- Loads of internal signal sources in addition to the four inputs, like Square/saw/triangle/sine oscillators, FM oscillators, PM oscillators
- and loads and loads more...

- All different types of effects completely and freely connectable to eachotehr in any order. Absolutely no fixed architecture at all.
- All paramateres controllable via MIDI

- Costs $1000, but looks so inconspicous you can tell your spouse that it just cost $100! :o

Sound nice eh? Wouldn't you want one?

// Regebro (Can't stop drooling)
 
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sounds like a nightmare to me.

i would prefer a patchbay and a rack of gear. even if it cost more than $1000.
 
hypothetically of course....

i dunno, the reverbs are pretty good. the delays are usable but uninteresting. the chorus and flanging and phasing have that typical boring digital feel to them. you sort of like them, then you plug in your $30 univox phaser, or your ibanez ad202 and realize how much better sounding they are (if only they werent so noisy and picky about loading!)... all the routing options are pretty good, but it takes too long to make a sound on the fly, and the interface is confusing and slow so i dont use it that much. it has knobs, but when you turn them you realize that they didnt program in the effects of a knob twiddle, so you cant play with them like you do on your analog delay. at times it can sound like a lexicon vortex, only it cost about 10x as much! the vocoder is decent. the filters are decent, but not outstanding. the distortion is terrible.
 
regebro said:
Yup.
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Then it seems a lot like one of those Sony multi-effects units. But I'm guessing it's something new. I give. What's up?
 
eeldip: Are you in Frankfurt? And what do you mean they didn't program in the effects of a knb twiddle? Maybe you are talking about something else... :)

OK, here goes:

http://www.clavia.com/News/G2_1.htm

Oh, did I forget to mention that you get a full modular synthesizer included in the price, and it comes in a Keyboard version ($2200) too. :) Oops, bad me. ;)

Can't wait to June to try this baby out. :cool:
 
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Yeah, I've been wondering that too. And I'm also slightly annoyed at the keyboard being only 3 octaves. Humpf. :mad:
 
knob programming

well, when you get a digital device with knobs and say you run a delay and you change the speed, one would expect to hear the funny ramping up/down of pitch for the sounds in the feedback loop... but usually you just get this short cough where you hear nothing, the parameters are changed and you hear the new delay time....

no fun. no fun at all.
 
yup. reverb: I like my reverb chamber. My emt plate and even some of my spring reverbs.

Delay: my analog delays kick ass. You can use delay to create most time based effects. You want flange, dial in the right ms setting. ADT: dial it in on the delay unit with the proper ms setting. chorus: use multiple delay units. somtimes I delay my chamber reverb, acts as a makeshift predelay. all analog. Also I have a few nice 1/4" decks that are maintained well. I keep them on rolling carts. I'll use the robert fripp technique of moving the decks apart, meaure the legnth of tape to get delay times. Machine A gets the tape reel, machine B gets the take up reel. All machines are locked to time code and can rw/ff to whatever point i'm at in the mix. Flange: I mult a track to a reel to reel and put my finger on the tape as it records. When it is played back I return it to an open channel. every time you pull up the channel fader you get real analog flange off a kick ass reel to reel deck. Same with my stolen fripp delay technique. I try to keep all effects analog until I run out of reel to reels. Then I turn to mr. Eventide which I generally prefer to TC or Lexicon.
 
Re: knob programming

eeldip said:
well, when you get a digital device with knobs and say you run a delay and you change the speed, one would expect to hear the funny ramping up/down of pitch for the sounds in the feedback loop... but usually you just get this short cough where you hear nothing, the parameters are changed and you hear the new delay time....

no fun. no fun at all.
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Ah, yeah, but that's just the delay, obviously (even though it would be noice if you could tweak the delay time too).
 
Sony DPS-V77.
(I dunno if it does 96k as well, but 24 bits yes, and 4 I/O both analog and digital.

I saw one on Ebay a month ago for $700. Too bad I just got the smaller brother DPS-V55M for $225.
 
No, I wouldn't want it. Will it help me to get a better clean dry track with no EQ, compression, or effects of any kind? If it doesn't, I have no use for it.-Richie
 
Well, keyboard version has a Mic input, so it can be used as a preamp. Very expensive preamp mind you. :)
 
Well, it does all of it except work as a full-fledged modular synthesizer yes. But then it costs three times as much. :D

(Although it no doubt has MUCH better reverbs).
 
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