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Topic: What's The Best Multi-Effects Unit |
Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 11:06 am |
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I'm thinking about buying a TubeFex. Are there similar units that I should consider?
Any opinions will be greatly appreciated. |
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Ken Williams
From:
Arkansas
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 11:57 am
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I play through an ART SGE for delay,chorus, etc. and an ART FXR Elite for reverb. I'm pleased with them. Each of these can be purchased on Ebay for less than $100. ART doesn't make the SGE unit anymore.
Ken
http://home.ipa.net/~kenwill |
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Pat Burns
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Branchville, N.J. USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 12:06 pm
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| ..I like the Lexicon MPX 100...great reverb, more options than you'll ever use, good old fashioned knob technology so that you can tune it in on the fly...single rack space...I got mine for $150 used... |
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Bobby Lee
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Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 12:16 pm
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I'll chime in about the Lexicon MPX-100. The effects are very clean and pretty, and you can mix them on the fly with a rotary nob. You can sync to tempo with a tap or with MIDI. It can be subtle or extreme or anything in between. It includes some unusual patches (shuffle echo and ping pong, for example) that will turn heads.
It doesn't have a few things that guitarists like (auto-wah, distortion), but for echo, reverb, chorus and even phase shifting the MPX-100 sounds just great.
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 12:17 pm
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| Check out the Line 6 POD XT. It doesn't just have FX, it models classic FX, as well as many amps and speaker cabinets. I tried one in a music store and am thinking about getting one. |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 12:36 pm
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By far, the most flexible (and the one with the most KNOBS) is the Boss GT-6. Eliminated all my stompboxes. You have Preamp/EQ, Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Distortion available (or bypassed) all the time, with one or two parameters available for on the fly adjustment. For example, delay has a tap feature to set delay time, plus feedback (# of delays) and delay signal volume on easy to reach knobs. Editing all the other parameters is one or two clicks away. VERY well designed user interface. In additon, it has the most natural sounding amp and speaker modeling I've ever heard -- once again, you can use it or bypass. And that's just the beginning. There are two additional menus of Fx that you can add - an Fx1 and Fx2 - with pitch effects, compression/limiting, wah (there's even modeling of popular wah pedals). It's like having 50 or more stompboxes all ready to go at any time. In addition, it has S/PDIF digital out for recording directly to the computer's soundcard and a bunch of additonal features that don't come to mind. See this link for a review http://www.harmony-central.com/Effects/Data/Boss/GT_6_Guitar_Effects_Processor-01.html[/ URL]
(it gets an overall rating of 9 out of 10 by 176 reviewers)
Works 4 me
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[This message was edited by Larry Bell on 13 June 2003 at 01:43 PM.] |
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Jerry Roller
From:
Van Buren, Arkansas USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 1:34 pm
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Peavey Profex II is still hard to beat. I use it with the EQ's deleted making it just an effects unit. I keep trying to replace it with a Lexicon MPX 1 but I just can't get the Lex to perform on par with the Profex II.
Jerry |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 1:40 pm
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Jerry,
Do a little tweaking on the MPX 1 and I'm sure you'll find that it will put a big smile on your face....Not that the Peavey is a bad unit, but that Lexicon is so smooth !...Jim |
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James Quackenbush
From:
Pomona, New York, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 1:41 pm
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| The TC Electronic M300 is also a unit worth looking at..Inexpensive for what it does..Very nice indeed....Jim |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 3:45 pm
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I think the Boss GT-6 is marvelous. Signal-to-noise is much better than the old GX-700 that I've used for 5 years. And the distorted sound are really sweet/or-whatever-you-like in the both amp models, and the overdrive section.
It includes nearly every effect that I can imagine for guitar, except Leslie speaker.
I even bought a GT-6 last week.
But I returned it to the store, mostly because I had trouble getting a good straight steel sound out of it. The old GX-700 is better. Even the amp models in the GX-700 seem to work better for steel, despite the GX-700's omnipresnet 60Hz hum.
Also I prefer a rack unit that I can hang off the legs on the right end of my steel guitars. This big GT-6 has to sit on the floor. It is not nearly as convenient to operate as a rack unit.
Still, if I were needed lots of sounds with hair on them, I would get a GT-6 for that alone. They are only $400 new. |
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Ron Randall
From:
Dallas, Texas, USA
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Posted 13 Jun 2003 5:59 pm
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A TubeFX the Profex and the Transtube FX are all very good units. The have a preamp up front with knobs, more EQ's you can program, plus the usual effects. Versatile, bullet-proof, and still going strong long after production ceased.
The multi-effects units like the Lexicon and the TC Electronics do not have a preamp. Something to think about. I don't know what your setup is.
To answer your question: "what is the best multi-effects unit?" my answer is Lexicon PCM 81 or the TC Electronics G-Force. These are pricey units, but they offer the BEST of today's multi-effects technology. Silky smooth reverbs, interesting delay programs, tape echo emulators, sound effects, etc.
Plenty good enough are the MPX series of Lexicons or the TC Electronics G Major
hope this helps
Ron[This message was edited by Ron Randall on 13 June 2003 at 07:03 PM.] |
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JB Arnold
From:
Longmont,Co,USA (deceased)
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Larry Behm
From:
Mt Angel, Or 97362
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Posted 14 Jun 2003 7:37 am
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I attach a Boss SE70 (now called VF1) to the right front leg of my steel with a mic stand adapter. It can do every thing including horns and is right at my fingertips.
Larry Behm |
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