TC FireworX (was: mp3 of G2 & EDP)

["Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill" <rs@moinlabs.de>]

You asked:

> On a similar note related to the G2, is anyone out there using the TC
> Electronics FireworX effects unit?

I'm using one (as is or was our own Luca Formentini btw). The quick 
rundown:
the greatest thing about this device is its flexibility when it comes to
routing and modulation (can't compare it to the G2, as I don't know it).
Basically, you can arrange and combine your different effects any way I
could think of. Two inputs into two different effects, which then go into a
ring modulator, which is then effected by two different effects which are
routed two two different outputs...you get the picture. Plus, you have the
added bonus of a freely assignable feedback chain (i.e. for building your
tape delay simulations where you place your compression/distortion/eq in 
the
feedback chain around your delay). And you can add an external insert
anywhere in your processing chain.

And the modulation possibilities: you have envelope follower, adsrs, lfos
MIDI controllers (the standards), pitch detection, a step sequencer and
mathematical functions to work on your modulation signals. Everything is
possible here.

Regarding effects, apart from the standards (delay, flanger/chorus, reverb,
pitch shifter, dynamics, ringmod), you get a very nice digital artifacts
generator, a formant wah, a vocoder, a synth (!) and several nice other
goodies.

Very nice UI.

The downside? Lacking processing power...with those possibilities regarding
patch constructions, I could use like four times of the available power...

For detailed questions, feel free to inquire by private email!

        Rainer

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