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am 27.09.2002 7:43 Uhr schrieb Mark Sottilaro unter sine@zerocrossing.net: > On Thursday, September 26, 2002, at 04:58 PM, S V G wrote: > >> >> After just posting that last bit on the FCB1010 MIDI pedal, I >> started ruminating a bit on the >> process that I go through as a musician in developing a relationship >> to my gear. > > I used to totally be a "stomp box guy" until I started playing/singing > in a pop band. I quickly realized that the "dance" I had to do to go > from a clean chorus sound to a heavily distorted lead sound with delay > was too much to deal with. I ended up buying my first rack mounted > multi effects processor then. My lack of money caused me to sell my > stomp boxes to buy the ART SGX2000. I guess it was OK, and it did, in > fact, do things that my current boxes don't do, but I missed my boxes > when ever I was home alone just playing or doing some loose improv > stuff with friends. I still do! > > On the other hand, I don't miss the noise and large floor board the > stomp boxes are famous for. It's all a trade off for sure. I couldn't > do what I need to do with stomp boxes anymore. Most had no easy way to > control settings with your foot. Unless you bought an expensive > router, you were stuck with the configuration you set up unless you > were going to start pulling cables in the middle of a show. Now I > have stuff that does all this in software. I press a foot switch and > I've got a new amp, and a half a dozen stomp boxes all configured > exactly as I like, AND I can control any of the parameters with a > pedal. That's right *ANY* parameter. Often multiple parameters at a > time with one pedal. Try that with a bunch of stomp boxes. WHERE IS > YOUR GOD NOW? > > And some multi effects processors are for sure better than others. My > Digitech 2120 SUCKS to program, though I now know it intimately. I > wouldn't have designed it the way they did. Judging by the new stuff > Digitech is putting out (GNX line) they wouldn't either. All their new > stuff uses a "matrix" editor, like the EDP and AdrenaLinn. This makes > it way easier to program on the fly, even with a tiny LED display. > Electrix got it right, but I think the world is going toward better UI > in the world of audio gear. It can only get better! > > My advise is to spend some time getting to know your clunky Roland > interfaces. Once you start understanding their nature, it will all get > a lot easier. It just takes some time. > > Mark Sottilaro > I want to buy a multi-effects processor for my rack. There is so much gear, I have no idea, which one I should get. good sounding reverbs, good Pitch shhifter, easy programming and intuitive performance are important for me. Also I prefer a tool with less functions, I donīt need every effect I ever heard of in this box. Anyone who can help me? Thanks Carsten