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Re: Effects on the floor? ( was Re: Lexi MPX1)



If you like how your korg sounds I would tell you to try the AX1500. I just
tried it in a friend's music shop and I find its sounds and effects to be
really good. Another machine compared to the AX1000, too. To my hear at
least...
The thing I liked most of the unit was changing the delay times with the
tone knob way down and the feedback to the max. The result sounds really
analog to my hear. Similar to the sound I obtained with a very old analog
delay. I've tried to do the same with both my rack multifx units and
couldn't get even near this result (I tried it with a Boss VF-1, a Digitech
Valve FX and a Korg A1). No clicks or pops while turning (quickly) full 
down
and full up the time knob. Only sound swirls.
Loved this.
And the other fx are good too. Loved the tremolo and the chorus. Plus it 
has
some weird fx in it and a (not so good to be honest) whammy effect, too.

Peace
Luigi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 8:05 PM
Subject: Effects on the floor? ( was Re: Lexi MPX1)


> I saw mine for that price while picking up MIDI cables at Guitar Center,
but I
> bet any big music retailer would match that price.
>
> My floor is officially full up.  I can't put another pedal on it.  I'm
actually
> toying with the idea of getting rid of my Digitech 2120, because with the
> Control 1, it takes up a big chunk of floor space, as well as two rack
spaces.
> I know it get's a bad rap for some reason, but I actually really like 
>that
> box.  I think the key to getting a good sound out of it is not going into
a
> guitar amp afterwards, but into a pair of full range speakers, but I
digress...
>
> Is there something really hot that lives on the floor?  Something like 
>the
> Digitech GNX3?  Anyone have it here?  It seems to have nice looping
> posibilites.  Korg AX100?  I love my (now dormant) AX30, but it needs a
nice
> preamp after it to sound beefy.
>
> Mark Sottilaro
>
> Bill Cummings wrote:
>
> > Mark,
> > who's blowing them out for that price? Also, have you checked out the
> > Lexicon MPXR1 MIDI Remote Controller? they look like they were made for
each
> > other
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Sottilaro" <sine@zerocrossing.net>
> > To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 8:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: OT: Drum machines vs. Human beings
> >
> > > max valentino wrote:
> > >
> > > > One last thing.....I have also recently switched my processing
around
> > now
> > > > favoring putting fx (which is now pretty much down to an M-One and
> > > > parametric eq) AFTER my looper; insuch processing the loops instead
of
> > > > looping the fx.  Using timed delays, and detuned delays, this
creates
> > some
> > > > very interesting polyrhytms whic can be "undone" by simply 
>switching
> > back to
> > > > the original fx program (or to an different one).  Just curious
about
> > how
> > > > many of you are setting up fx and loop mangling....
> > > > sorry about the length....
> > > > Max
> > >
> > > This is exactly what I've been doing with the Repeater and the 
>Lexicon
> > MPX1.
> > > It's in the Repeater effects loop, usually set to be on the loop,
instead
> > of
> > > the input.  This means what I play is dry, until it hits the first
> > iteration of
> > > the loop.  Very nice.  The MPX1 has an A/B button similar to the
Vortex,
> > where
> > > I set the A to Mix=0% and the B=100%.  Then I set the rate of change
to
> > "50" (I
> > > have no idea what this coorasponds to, but it gives a nice gradule
change
> > from
> > > dry to wet and back again)
> > >
> > > One of my favorite patches is a factory preset that initates a looped
> > delay
> > > based on midi clock.  When you hit the a/b button, it grabs a smaller
> > chunk of
> > > my Repeater loop.  Picking weird times to hit the button can give
really
> > > intereseting results, and you can go back to your loop by hitting the
a/b
> > > again.
> > >
> > > The MPX1 has been discontinued, so they're blowing them out for $425.
Not
> > bad
> > > for a box that sold for $700
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
>