Re: while we're talkin equipment

[Mark Pulver <mark@redmoon-music.com>]

Nemoguitt@aol.com (05:27 PM 01.25.2001) wrote:

>has anyone had experiance with the ALESIS' airFX or the airSYNTH
>($295.00), im curious, both look like neat boxes.....michael

I haven't played with the AirSynth, but I imagine that it's much the same 
as the AirFX in concept which I have some exposure to.

The AirFX is a totally preset box. There is no memory, no MIDI, and the 
inputs are RCA jacks.

You drive the box via the "Axyz" controller which is an infrared device 
that can detect movement on 3 axis. This is different than the Roland 
D-Beam technology which can only detect movement on 1 axis.

The ability to free-form things like phaser swirls, filter sweeps, scratch 
effects, vocoder effects is pretty cool. For example, call up a phaser and 
you have simultaneous control over effect depth, phase position, and 
phaser 
speed (I think those are the three params). If you find a certain spot 
that 
you like, hit the button and the box will hold that spot for you.

The effects are good quality. All processing is done at 24bit and is 
spec'd 
at a bandwidth of 20hz-20khz.

List price is $249.99, and I think the street is well under $200.

Well worth the cash.


Mark