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love this reviews guys keep them coming! cheers L.a --- David Coffin <dpcoffin@earthlink.net> wrote: > I’ve owned all of these. Each offers unique > pleasures, to be sure, > but the serious contenders for max mangling are only > the Eventide and > the FireworX, and I'd go for the Eventide without > hesitating. > > My takes on each: > PCM-81...a big disappointment as a mangler, even > with all the add-on > preset cards; opaque (but admittedly deep) > interface, and really not > a multi-effector; it’s a multi-delay--get the PSP > software version > and forget this one. > > G-Force...routing and modulation heaven with a great > interface, > always have 8 types of effect available in any > possible order/config, > but effects quite conventional; pitch-shifting > nowhere near as cool > as the Eventide. With clever, patient programming, > it can do some > wild morphing stuff because of the deep mod options > and many > simultaneous fx, not because of having unusual > effects. > > FireworX...should have been a G-Force on steroids, > since it’s packed > with odd effects for sonic mayhem, but it's > seriously crippled by low > horsepower; even tho its got lots of modules to pick > from, it’s > impossible to load more than 2 or 3 without maxing > the thing out. > Same mod power and great interface as the G-F, but > what's the point > of infinite routing options if you've only got 2-3 > effects going?? I > sold my G-Force to get one and regretted it > immediately. I hated > pretty much all the presets and never found anything > in it I loved > exploring. I'm sure it would repay deep, committed > investigation > because of the weird effects available, esp. in > concert with other > devices. Too bad neither tc device will send its > ultra mod power to > external devices via MIDI control... > > The Eclipse will only disappoint if you’re expecting > or used to the > kind of endless programmability you’d get with a tc, > or DSP-Eventide; > it’s a two slot device with fixed algorithms, but > these are rich and > complex, covering all the basics in deluxe style, > and filtered multi- > delays exceptionally well...plus it’s got that > multi-pitch-shifting > thing that nothing else can quite duplicate. It > sounds so magnificent > you’d never regret having one, unless it only makes > you yearn for an > H8000. > > You’ve already got really cool ring-mod-ing and some > rudimentary > "synth-fx" with your VF-1s; actually, it seems that > low-end hardware > is where you’re most likely to find the richest > collection of unique- > if-cheesy fx, all of which would benefit enormously > from an Eventide > fairy-dusting down-stream. > > You already know my opinion of Reaktor as the > weirdest and most > endlessly re-thinkable multi-fx to beat, right? Too > bad that's not > working yet with the Receptor..... > > Have fun! > dc > > > > > > On Jun 24, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote: > > > I'd like to get your thoughts on the Eventide > Eclipse, TC > > Electronic Fireworx, TC Electrronics G-Force, and > Lexicon PCM81. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com