Re: Multi-effects Unit

[Paolo Valladolid <pvallado@waynesworld.ucsd.edu>]

Some intriguing new toys described in the latest Musician's Friend 
catalog:

Boss ME30 Multiple Effects Pedal ($249.99)

Has the usual array of effects, but adds a Phrase Trainer feature
that records up to 12 (or 22 - the catalog contradicts itself)
seconds of whatever is plugged into a certain input.  The apparent
intention is to use the Phrase Trainer for learning a lick from, say,
a CD.  The recorded phrase can be slowed down up to 25% of the original
speed without changing pitch.  It can also be looped.   The built-in
expression pedal looks like a nice touch.  Of course you don't have to
plug in a CD player into the CD input...  it could be something else...

Digitech Guitar Talker ($239)

Plug in a guitar (or whatever you want) and a mic.  This is basically
a vocoder pedal that lets you select between Vocoder, Talkbox, Darth
Vader, and other sounds.  One trick I've always wanted to try with
a vocoder or similar effect is to use it in conjuction with an Ebow.

Paolo Valladolid
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