[A6] filter feedback (effect unit VERY disappointing)

oliver hesch vivalamarcha at web.de
Tue Sep 17 01:43:34 PDT 2002


hi chad,

well i don't seem to like lexicon actually. i love revrbs like the VP9000 internal effect which is seemingly based on the srv3030 engine. great open sound especially at high reverb levels.
instead of a wedge, i would have loved better buttons (moog like).
oliver



"Chad Gould" <Chad_Gould at Jabil.com> schrieb am 16.09.02 17:40:05:
> > I don't exactly share you're opinion regarding the Wedge and the dig fx on
> > the A6. The Wedge is the best reverb Alesis has ever made. Now, if you
> don't
> > like Alesis reverbs per se, that's ok. I can accept it, although I
> > personally like them a lot and use them frequently.
> 
> Sure. I personally am not a fan of the Alesis verb though - a bit "tinny".
> This problem is not so bad if you keep the levels low. However, anytime you
> try and make the effects prominent (any effect, actually), you get a
> "grainy" sound typical of low-end effects units. This despite any of the
> PCM-90 clone tricks in the archives (which do help the internal A6 effects
> sound). As far as the Wedge goes, despite picking one up for $99, I never
> used it that much and ended up selling it, prefering even the Boss units
> like the SE-70 (which aren't natural at all and are even tinnier, but can be
> used to effect like that). 
> 
> If it satisfies your tastes, though, that's cool. Many people hate the
> Lexicons for having a bulky "unnatural" reverb, that I personally find
> "lush". And certainly some keyboards have much worse effects processors than
> the Wedge. It's a bonus, and given that its easy to totally bypass the
> effects, no one should really be complaining that much. :)
> 
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