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Re: Effect units with inserts (was: Lexicon MPX G2)
Mark suggested:
>I was going to say that the Roland GP100 scores reasonably well on this
>front as well.
thats right, Mark! It took me a while to find a manual.
ftp://ftp.cygnarowicz.com/pub/gp100/GP-100_Owners_Manual.pdf
>It has a stereo effects loop that supports placement at
>arbitrary positions in the signal chain.
and you can choose mono-series mono-parallel and stereo which helps
to use two EDPs in different ways
>It also has two outputs which can
>be helpful as a way to add some final effects is you have another mixer
>available afterwards. On the other hand, it doesn't have a looper and it
>doesn't have MIDI syncable effects.
>
>I also really doubt that it's reverb can match Lexicon's. (And 20 seconds
>is
>nothing. I used to love to crank the reverb time on my SPX90 up to 99
>seconds. Great fun when used in conjunction with the cheap little Korg
>drum
>machine I had at the time.)
yes, seems its limited to 10sec only :-(
>Although discontinued for some reason (I'm sure findable on ebay)
>the Digitech 2112 and 2120 have a pretty good effects loop.
>Although it's insert point is fixed, it's after the preamp. Useful
>for looping.
ok, in general... but I need at least the pitch shifting and
preferably modulation and crazy effects before the loop!
>I've tried the EDP in it with good results. I actually compared
>it's distortions/preamp to the Lexicon G2 and it's no contest. The
>Digitech blows it away.
does that mean its better?
>Time based effects are another story...
this means they are not as good, I expect...
>
>Mark
Thank you
Matthias
>
>on 3/2/03 2:06 PM, Matthias Grob at matthias@grob.org wrote:
>
> > Thank you everybody for those informations.
>>
>> It reinforces my impression that this unit is especially suited for
>> looping since:
>> - it has a looper in it
>> - it can send and receive MIDIclock to sync this internal looper to an
>> external
>> - it has a insert between two effect stages for the external looper and
>> - you can choose for any effect to be before or after the inserted
>looper.
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