Why are there no 500 series FX units?

1979 · 31st October 2007, 07:12 AM

Like the title says. I know alot of you guys use FX ITB, but for those of us that do FOH work, it would be great if someone made a verb/delay unit in 500 series format. And beyond this it would be nice if they made a unit that had F%^&ing knobs instead of menus. I do a lot of work where I walk in and don't get much of a sound check, I don't have time to scroll through menus on your typical FX box. I want to be able to turn a knob and hear the difference. There should be a knob for decay time and especially a knob for predelay, a few switches for different algorithms would be great to.

Basically someone should make a 500 series pcm60, that has control over predelay times. I would buy it in a second, and I don't think I'm alone in this. Any thoughts?

DISCERN · 31st October 2007, 07:21 AM

Sounds good to me... I wouldn't mind seeing a two unit wide version with a simple switchable mono/stereo function. Selectable Hall, room, plate, ambience and delay algorithms with predelay & decay knobs sounds great.

1979 · 31st October 2007, 07:41 AM

Totally...

...and more to the point (500 series aside) why don't more fx boxes just have knobs. The tc m300 does n't have high end algorithms but it has a great interface. Menus and mini lcd screens suck- Why don't manufacturers know this?

sevendaysoff · 31st October 2007, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1979

Totally...
Menus and mini lcd screens suck- Why don't manufacturers know this?

Agreed. I absolutely HATE all of those 3" long LCD screens. A serious pain in my ass and vibe killer when I'm on my ass on the floor, out of my chair, 2 inches away from a 2.5" LCD screen trying to call up a delay setting.

Big fan of the eventide stuff but way over the new interface (eclipse)

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1979 Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 280	Why are there no 500 series FX units? Like the title says. I know alot of you guys use FX ITB, but for those of us that do FOH work, it would be great if someone made a verb/delay unit in 500 series format. And beyond this it would be nice if they made a unit that had F%^&ing knobs instead of menus. I do a lot of work where I walk in and don't get much of a sound check, I don't have time to scroll through menus on your typical FX box. I want to be able to turn a knob and hear the difference. There should be a knob for decay time and especially a knob for predelay, a few switches for different algorithms would be great to. Basically someone should make a 500 series pcm60, that has control over predelay times. I would buy it in a second, and I don't think I'm alone in this. Any thoughts?

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31st October 2007, 07:21 AM	#2
DISCERN Gear addict Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 395	Sounds good to me... I wouldn't mind seeing a two unit wide version with a simple switchable mono/stereo function. Selectable Hall, room, plate, ambience and delay algorithms with predelay & decay knobs sounds great.

31st October 2007, 07:41 AM	#3
1979 Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 280	Totally... ...and more to the point (500 series aside) why don't more fx boxes just have knobs. The tc m300 does n't have high end algorithms but it has a great interface. Menus and mini lcd screens suck- Why don't manufacturers know this?