From frankj5205@aol.com Mon Aug 21 09:46:34 2000
Subject:Re: EFX (Rotaries & Sims) & Mixers

In a message dated 8/21/00 3:53:49 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
VoceSupportGroup@egroups.com writes:

<< If my SE-70
performs better than my G4, there'll be a G4 for sale on eBay soon. >>

My current, and so far favorite, rotary setup (for the kind of live setups I
need) is a V3 (driven split, or layered in the pedal range, by a Fatar 2001;
expression pedal into the back of the V3) efx out, into a Blue Tube rackmount
(sitting close at hand, so I can work the knobs), into a MotionSound Pro3
(with replaced, non-metallic diaphragm) sitting on top of one PA stack (JBL
EON Pak 15+EON PowerSub 15, two of each with reasonable spread and angling
for coverage; the whole PA setup is eq'ed appropriate to the room using a
Rane analyzer/eq in the audio line). The stereo bass sim from the Pro3 is fed
back to the system mixer (a MidiMan unit) where it is put back into the mix
with the other keyboard mix and sent out to that PA, the EONs. That MidiMan
is a half-rack wonder that I cannot understand why it is not still in
production. Its grounding can be a little spooky, giving hums until you tap
it down into place on its slide-out cradle; but its then quiet as a mouse,
relative to its location in an on-site unbalanced audio setup (a Hush quiets
the stereo feeds from the MidiMan, into the final limiting, eq, crossover
stage). The efx side at the MidiMan stage is handled by a Boss SE-50, the
half space (voila, sits right next to the MidiMan) predecessor to the SE-70.
The SE-50 remains a much-admired secret of several guitarists and others who
liked the size, the rock-solid multi-processing, the quality of the sound,
the programmability, the controllability (expressiveness), versatility, etc.,
etc., and (don't say this too loud) the vocoder. The SE-70 is a sweeter,
full-space, big brother to the SE-50. I have used, but not a lot, the Leslie
sims in the SE-50, feeding them things like the good organs in the old E-mu
Vintage Keys Plus. Perfectly usable in mixes, solos in variety situations.
There would be other options for an evening of gospel or critical jazz, but
for an all around tool box, I think these Boss SE-50 and -70's were
unbeatable working-pro workhorses at reasonable cost. Later improvements are
due to the increased processing and memory available, of course.