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Original Message Date: 29-Oct-02 @ 05:24 PM - TC-Electronics ???

Kazhul

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Hi ! Anyone tried the Fireworx and the M300 ?
I know they are different products, of course.
But the M300 is cheap, so does it sound cheap ?
But the Fireworx seems to offer wonderful effects. Is that so ?
And, BTW : does anyone know a cheaper effect module that could give the same "lo-fi micro" effect (just like Neil Armstrong on the moon talking) on a voice that we can hear in Fireworx demo ?
Thx.

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Message 11/34 30-Oct-02 @ 11:02 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

JX3P0

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Spark is very realtime.They even have presets
now in the fx machine(the plug in window) for
doing multiband dynamics processing like my
Hardware finalizer(less setup time).I mainly
use my Finalizer now as A/D D/A for my
Mac.Only deal w/ Spark is it's a Mac
program.But it's definitely the cream of the
stereo editors.It also works in OS X which
compared to PC solutions just makes it all
worth the expense.But I do video editing w/ my
Macs so it offset the cost for me.The best way
to work w/ it is to Batch Process all your files
you intend on working on for a
session(SRC,Normalize,Dither,etc.) then cut/
process w/ the plugs and hit create file.After
that you just drop the files into a playlist and
export the image to your burning app and
boom it's done.Not to mention it's got a
wicked VSTi modular synth.I got Peak DV w/
my Final Cut Pro 3 upgrade and tried it.I was
like,WTF is this crap?If those PC apps are
anything like Peak then I feel for all you
peeps.Cause Spark is the shizznit for
editng,mastering and burning your material.It
also includes the Pro MP3 encoder.Not to
mention tech support is so wicked.One night
when I first got it I had a lil trouble w/ my plug
inz giving me an error code.Well I got on the
horn to Germany and get this,The dude who
answered the phone fixed my issue
immediately.Blew my freakin mind.He
answered the phone in german but as soon
as I spoke Enlish he just asked me the
trouble and fixed it right up.No hold time,No
countless questions about what platform(mac
of course that's what it's for silly),just a straight
answer to a pretty odd question.TC are the
gods of gear.If they made synths and mixers
and turntables,and all the other goodies I
would have a TC studio.They Rock.

H- They're just so good at what they do it's
scary.

The Hardware is from Denmark and Software
from Germany and they know their stuff,all of
em.

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Message 12/34 31-Oct-02 @ 07:22 AM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

Pongoid

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The Lexicon might be the MPX1 (?). Good unit and pretty damn affordable of the sound quality.

Ape

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Message 13/34 31-Oct-02 @ 11:22 AM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

Kazhul

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Ah, hu, yeah, the MPX1 is one of the most affordable Lexicon unit, yet, as far as I remember, it is just a reverb-delay unit...
Gonna check right now on their site :-)

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Message 14/34 31-Oct-02 @ 11:44 AM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

milan

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also those small half-rack ones. mxp/lxp? something like that. they can make some nasty fx. but i thought you wanted something which can do complex layered fx?

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Message 15/34 31-Oct-02 @ 12:38 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

Kazhul

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Well, Milan, layered effects ARE great, cause you can create deeper effects !

But my aim would be to "improve" some synth sounds, actually !!!

Huge phasers are great, but some nice distos or fat compressor could do the thingy I'm looking for.

I've tried a guitar pedal "Metal Zone" on a voice and on a synth, but the result is crappy.
That's why I look into another direction: real racks for effects...

See what I mean ?

In the electronic music, nice phasers and delays are important, of course, but also some fat sounds and nice distos... In my mind...

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Message 16/34 31-Oct-02 @ 12:43 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

milan

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well i keep on kicking new ideas in your direction all the time. no need to explain, i know what you�re on about.

give that DP4 a look, you might like it.

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Message 17/34 31-Oct-02 @ 03:16 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

Kazhul

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He he he !!! Milan (and all the others), don't worry that your pieces of advice and your ideas are not taken into consideration ! They're more than welcome to me !!!
If they were'nt, I wouldn't have created this thread. Or I would be a silly dumbass !!

By the way, the DP4 doesn't seem to be produced anymore, because they don't mention it on their site. I keep looking... And of course, I keep reading your ideas :-)

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Message 18/34 31-Oct-02 @ 03:29 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

Kazhul

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JX3PO : yeah, Spark sounds great, except for one lil thing ! It's on Macintosh... And I'm a PC barbarian user... sorry... The whole price of a new Mac and the Spark software seems a lil high for my financial conditions :-)

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Message 19/34 31-Oct-02 @ 04:43 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

damballah

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I told you, there's some on ebay, or were last I
checked. the mpx-1 is the lex that retailed for
around US$1000, a little more versatile than
it's little mpx brothers -- mpx100, mpx200, mpx
500. the low-end tc stuff has better sounding
tails on their verbs than the cheapie lexicons.

also ^^ there's a link to an eventide h3000 that
goes off in 3 days, is only at US$799 currently,
with no reserve. (and no, it ain't mine, just the
same town by coincedence).

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Message 20/34 31-Oct-02 @ 08:03 PM - RE: TC-Electronics ???

99devils

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The Metal Zone sounds nice on synths.. Just remember it is used to getting a guitar level signal, not a line level signal. Turn whatever is feeding it waaaay down and use very little gain.

-Craig

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