Post by johneppstein on Aug 24, 2018 15:29:47 GMT -6
I miss my RE-201 also. And my RE-150. Would really like an RE-555 and a Korg Stage Echo.
I have never encountered any digital Space Echo emulation that works right. They always miss something, usually two or more somethings. That includes the Boss pedal.
www.thenocturnebrain.com/products/the-atomic-brain-mini
I've never used a real Roland so I can't vouch for how close this comes, but I like the sound I'm hearing in the demo.
For me, live I use either an original Ibanez AD9 delay or a TC Flashback. I miss the crunchieness of the SPX90 for live as well.
Plugins - Primal Tap has replaced my use of Mod Delay III, but also use PSP's Lexicon PSP42, SoundToys Crystallizer and Echoboy.
Thanks - it looks interesting but it's still not a space echo. If you've been reading my criticism of space echo emulations you should have noticed that my major beef has to do with the "head switching" in conjunction with the "motor speed" - specifically a real SE emulation needs to be able to change playback head setting without affecting the "motor speed" so that once you get the "motor speed" in sync with a song you can switch head settings without losing sync. I also need the "head selector" to be switched, not set with a pot, so I can quickly change head setting with precision on the fly.
As I see it, the major design problem all the guys doing echo pedals have is that they're guitar pedal oriented, and a real Space Echo isn't a guitar pedal. It's intended equally for use as an instrument effect and a board effect and what I'm looking for is all oriented toward use with a console. So I need real "head" switching, and "motor" speed that is totally independent of head setting - that does not reset the "motor" speed to a default when the "head" selection changes. The "head" switching could be either rotary like on a Roland or pushbutton like on a Korg Stage Echo (or even mini toggles) but it HAS to be switched with a real switch/switch bank.
I'm not really very concerned with the box "emulating tape" (other than going into a soft "saturated" distortion slowly instead of hard digital clipping) because I've never heard a digital emulation that sounds like tape anyway - I'm concerned with being able to use it like the original box.