Guys,

I am thinking of buying a hardware multieffect processor (reverb, delay, interesting effects, harmonizer, etc).

My budget is around $2000, and I am considering the Eventide Eclipse..

Is it worth the buy for trance music? Or are there any better ones out there?

Your advice is appreciated!

Thanks,

NK

The TC powercore is nice.

TC fireworx
TC - powercore
Eventide - elclipse
lexicon effects

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well since you have the cash then you should look into a TC Electronics D-TWO(Delays) and a Lexicon mpx1(reverb)...but if you wanna go all out and have the best damn reverb in the world to date then you would go after the classic lexicon pcm 91. Also check out the TC Electronics Fireworx, its got just about every effect you could ask for. But no doubt about it, lexicon has the best reverbs for trance...huge lush and clean. Also remeber that you want to have a filter on your delays feedback so thats why I suggested the D-Two. The D-Two and the MPX-1 are the perfect combination..trust me when I say this.

Limit Out!

If you want a really cheap, but good FX unit, take a look at the TC M300. It's a damn good reverb in there for a very cheap price.

http://www.tcelectronic.com/Default.asp?Id=771

Also, the fireworx is cool but cost a little more..

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If you want to spend all of that cash on on outboard FX processor, go ahead. The Lexicon PCM 91 is amazing, but I would ask, "How much more amazing than the reverbs on, say, a Powercore card?" As far as I know, the reverb on the Powercore is the same as in their system 5000 or whatever it is called. It's not as good as the PCM91, but how many times in a busy EDM mix will you notice the difference. Maybe, maybe on the breakdown. With a Powercore, you could several instances of this reverb, plus, with all the money you have, you could buy the Sony Oxford Inflator and the EQ, and still have room left over for a Virus Powercore and other plugins.

But, who knows, maybe it is worth it. I would check the resell prices on Ebay before putting all of these eggs in one basket. I've thought about doing the same thing in the past, let us know if you make the purchase and whether or not it's worth it.

Just my 2.

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Originally posted by Etherium let us know if you make the purchase and whether or not it's worth it.

I made the purchase... I bought a powercore card a week ago (Matt knows this)

I can certainly vouch for how awesome it is. I don't really like the sound of the MegaReverb (the system 5000 reverb).. but that's just me.. I like ClassicVerb more which sounds F**KING AMAZING... blows the shit out of waves reverb...

I recommend getting the Powercore PCI/Virus bundle.. comes with Master X3 (which is AWESOME) AND the Powercore|Virus which sounds exactly like a Virus B/Indigo 1

the bundle sells for the price of a Powercore Element (doesn't come with Master X3) and the Virus|Powercore seperatly... so you get Master X3 for free (again, an AWESOME Plugin)

I was going to get a UAD-1 card as well, but for the time being I don't see the need for it as these FX are awesome

Here is a demo of what the Powercore|Virus, SatEQ, ClassicVerb, and MasterX3 can do together

http://people.alfred.edu/~alm1/powercore.mp3

Only thing I don't like about the Powercore is that the next synth they're coming out with for it is V-Station and not a Nord or JP8080 or Waldorf Q.... or just about ANYTHING except for V-Station (it'll sound like the hardware K-Station.. but that's the problem... the hardware K-Station sucks horribly..)

A thread about the K Vs V-Station if anyone cares

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Last edited by alanzo on Sep-15-2004 at 11:53

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I made the purchase

I was talking about buying a PCM91 or other such unit

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Thanks guys!

How about for vocals? (Making them sound better)

[QUOTE]the hardware K-Station sucks horribly..)[QUOTE]

I don't know what drugs your on but the K-Stataion is awsome...I hope you've owned one to make that assumption...an yes I also have a Qkb,and a Nord Lead 2, among other things

Edit: Oh and I just read your post about the v-station vs the A-station..of course they would sound the same(on the right sound card of course)...thats why they are called virtual analog sunths..they are just software with dedicated dsp...the only difference you might encounter is the filters.

Last edited by Limit on Sep-15-2004 at 22:02

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Originally posted by Limit [QUOTE]the hardware K-Station sucks horribly..)[QUOTE] Edit: Oh and I just read your post about the v-station vs the A-station..of course they would sound the same(on the right sound card of course)...thats why they are called virtual analog sunths..they are just software with dedicated dsp...the only difference you might encounter is the filters.

? The soundcard doesn't matter at all, it's going to sound the same on my card as it does on a built in card.. your soundcard doesn't act as a DSP.. that's why VSTis suck you your CPU!

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I have the Lexicon MPX100 and it has the same lexichip as the PCM91
so the reverb is the same and it`s awsome!!
I love it....sounds great and the MPX100 cost me 75$ on ebay.
Just get one....don`t think twice.
I hear that the only hardware FX left in the Anjuna studio after moving to all software FX is the MPX100 (just check out A&B`s gear list)