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Re: Reflections on right brain/left brain approaches to gear



The "good pitch shifter" part will be the killer IMO- only thing I can 
think
of is like the Eventide Eclipse- I have no experience with floor multi
effects- I have TC M-One which I love but for the awful pitch shifting.
Anyone know how well the Lexicon pitch shifting is on the budget rack 
boxes?
Cliff

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carsten Wegener" <carsten@tyfoo.de>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Reflections on right brain/left brain approaches to gear


> am 27.09.2002 7:43 Uhr schrieb Mark Sottilaro unter 
>sine@zerocrossing.net:
>
> > On Thursday, September 26, 2002, at 04:58  PM, S V G wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>      After just posting that last bit on the FCB1010 MIDI pedal, I
> >> started ruminating a bit on the
> >> process that I go through as a musician in developing a relationship
> >> to my gear.
> >
> > I used to totally be a "stomp box guy" until I started playing/singing
> > in a pop band.  I quickly realized that the "dance" I had to do to go
> > from a clean chorus sound to a heavily distorted lead sound with delay
> > was too much to deal with.  I ended up buying my first rack mounted
> > multi effects processor then.  My lack of money caused me to sell my
> > stomp boxes to buy the ART SGX2000.  I guess it was OK, and it did, in
> > fact, do things that my current boxes don't do, but I missed my boxes
> > when ever I was home alone just playing or doing some loose improv
> > stuff with friends.  I still do!
> >
> > On the other hand, I don't miss the noise and large floor board the
> > stomp boxes are famous for.  It's all a trade off for sure.  I couldn't
> > do what I need to do with stomp boxes anymore.  Most had no easy way to
> > control settings with your foot.  Unless you bought an expensive
> > router, you were stuck with the configuration you set up unless you
> > were  going to start pulling cables in the middle of a show.  Now I
> > have stuff that does all this in software.  I press a foot switch and
> > I've got a new amp, and a half a dozen stomp boxes all configured
> > exactly as I like, AND I can control any of the parameters with a
> > pedal.  That's right *ANY* parameter.  Often multiple parameters at a
> > time with one pedal.  Try that with a bunch of stomp boxes.  WHERE IS
> > YOUR GOD NOW?
> >
> > And some multi effects processors are for sure better than others.  My
> > Digitech 2120 SUCKS to program, though I now know it intimately.  I
> > wouldn't have designed it the way they did.  Judging by the new stuff
> > Digitech is putting out (GNX line) they wouldn't either.  All their new
> > stuff uses a "matrix" editor, like the EDP and AdrenaLinn.  This makes
> > it way easier to program on the fly, even with a tiny LED display.
> > Electrix got it right, but I think the world is going toward better UI
> > in the world of audio gear.  It can only get better!
> >
> > My advise is to spend some time getting to know your clunky Roland
> > interfaces.  Once you start understanding their nature, it will all get
> > a lot easier.  It just takes some time.
> >
> > Mark Sottilaro
> >
> I want to buy a multi-effects processor for my rack. There is so much
gear,
> I have no idea, which one I should get. good sounding reverbs, good Pitch
> shhifter, easy programming and intuitive performance are important for 
>me.
> Also I prefer a tool with less functions, I donīt need every effect I 
>ever
> heard of in this box. Anyone who can help me?
> Thanks Carsten
>
>
>