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h82w8
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Username: h82w8

Post Number: 4
Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 12:33 am:   Edit Post

Does anybody know about this rackmount signal processor? It has 100 algorhythms, delay, eq etc. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
kmh364
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Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1508
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Tuesday, December 20, 2005 - 5:34 am:   Edit Post

I have one...I bought it new in the late '80's from Sam's A** during one of their clearance madness sales for under $300...and it was a $1200MSRP or so unit. It's digital, and 80's digital at that, but it's a pro-grade unit and was decent enough for studio work. I bought it primarily for PA/Live use, but never got much use out of it. My brother used it for his many forays into portable 4-track studio 80's metal a la any Shrapnel-label shred-fest you can name from that era. It's still sitting in my huge Mesa/Boogie "shock mount" rack case in my storage locker along with my Yamaha SPX-50D digital "efector" from the same vintage.

To sum, it's no Lexicon, but for what I paid, it was well worth it. You can't possibly be talking about a lot of money here for such and old, obsolete unit, so if the price is right, go for it!
h82w8
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Username: h82w8

Post Number: 8
Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 2:48 pm:   Edit Post

Thank you for the reply; I tried the Roland with my bass rig (QSC 1500, JBL 18 cab, jbl 3way 15 cab, EV b215m)and decided it wasn't for me I thought it had a compressor and sub out; it has neither. Nice clean delays & reverbs tho...-Tom
kmh364
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Username: kmh364

Post Number: 1582
Registered: 9-2003
Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 5:51 am:   Edit Post

Yup...that's all it is. It's reverb and delays...all digital. Great for PA use, but that's about it. It was certainly worth the under-three bills I paid for it.

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