RE: Effects units

["Paul Weissman" <paul@nioterra.com>]

It's funny... I just unracked my Fireworx due to lack of use.  It's 
probably
going to get sold.

I know software may not be everyone's choice on this list, but since I got
Reaktor, using the Fireworx has seemed like such a bother.  I guess
Reaktor's not so good if you don't want to bring a laptop out to a gig, but
outside of that it's great.

Paul





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rainer Straschill [mailto:rs@moinlabs.de]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 2:01 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: RE: Effects units
>
>
> Steve,
>
> I recently acquired a TC Electronics Fireworx I got used for ?1000, and
> although I only found the time to barely check through the presets, I'm
> convinced that this is THE device:
>
> The great thing about the Fireworx is the the great combination of
> "traditional" high quality effects (reverbs, pitch shifter,
> delay), flexible
> routing, parameter tweaking and realtime control and the addition
> of several
> extremely weird algorithms. If you absolutely need the best pitch shifter
> available - go for Eventide, for the best reverb in town, Lexicon might 
>be
> the address, but for my use (I don't need reverbs that sound like a real
> room found anywhere on earth, anyway), the Fireworx does the trick as the
> "all-in-one single rackspace" machine several people have asked
> for on this
> list recently.
>
> A few highlights (mentioned partially with regard to ongoing
> threads here):
> the best distortion I found so far in a device that was not made
> exclusively
> for distortion, including digital sampling artifacts generator. A fine
> vocoder. A monophonic synth, which can be controlled by a pitch
> tracker, so
> you can have a synth that tracks your voice and sends the
> corresponding MIDI
> notes at the same time. The great "modifier matrix" concept. The
> filters are
> the bomb!
>
> Back to the discussion which had been ongoing here re: "How many loop
> manglers does one need ?": I could live with just the Fireworx as a loop
> mangler, plus a second Fireworx for the non-loop stuff, and then I'd be
> ready to extremely strip my rack down, getting rid of the Sony GR-MP5, 
>the
> Digitech StudioQuad (a great device for its price BTW, the V2 version is
> going for below ?125 on ebay recently), the Vortex, the DL4 and the 
>Filter
> Factory and just keep the Fireworxes plus a compressor...
>
>       Rainer
>
> Rainer Straschill
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: M. Steven Ginn [mailto:sginn@airmail.net]
> > Sent: Dienstag, 21. Mai 2002 01:03
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> > Subject: Effects units
> >
> >
> > I have been thinking about getting an Eventide Eclipse which looks
> > amazing, but I am wondering what anyones thoughts are about whether or
> > not it is worth it for the price?
> >
> > I recently saw a TC Electronics M2000 for about $700 and was wondering
> > if maybe that might be comparable to the Eclipse and save me
> > some money
> > in the mean time?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Steve
> >
>