Real Roland RE-201 Space Echo vs BOSS COSM and UAD-1 - Page 2

tstu102 · 5th May 2008

no way, it doesn't have anything to do with radiohead...How about original reggae dub..Anyways I've been obsessed since the first time I used one in real life.

Sounds Great · 5th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbuehler

You guys all sound like you are obsessed with tape echo.

Forget the obsession, nobody wanted that Roland until Radiohead used it anyway!

I've had my Multivox for almost 30 years. I've had a ton of digital effects boxes come and go in that time.

jaguarsg · 5th May 2008

was this thread meant to be a joke?

tstu102 · 5th May 2008

i don't think I understand either of the two above posts. and i'm not on drugs today

tstu102 · 5th May 2008

yeh, that sounds about right, that's usually how it goes on these forums...

CorkyTart · 5th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by cl516

this is certainly a hilarious thread!

Thats kinda what I was thinking. P.S. I like the Hiwatt Tape dealy

tstu102 · 5th May 2008

really? i was thinking of getting one. One person said there's some notorious clicking problem with them and the other rumor I've heard is that the sound is "too clean" but both of those sound hilarious and untrustworthy...

tstu102 · 5th May 2008

i don't know what that means either

baikonour · 5th May 2008

We have a real RE- 201 andwe also had a mint RE-150 we sold a few month ago, we have a Binson echorec II and a Watkins Copycat....So I now the tape echoes and analog delays pretty well

But since we got the UA RE-201, we are using the old box less and less. I don't say that the original has no value anymore, it's a great tool and really inspiring, it's good to tweak it and track something through it but as a mixing tool, the UA RE-201 is better. Soundwise, I have no problem using the plugin instead of the original. UA really nailed it (same for the CE-1 and Dimension D)

narcoman · 5th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbuehler

You guys all sound like you are obsessed with tape echo.

Forget the obsession, nobody wanted that Roland until Radiohead used it anyway!

...and Radiohead didn't want one until they borrowed mine.

manthe · 5th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by tstu102

so what happened with it? The dude called me and I told him I wasn't in a position to buy it and that he should honor the original deal he made (without going into too much detail). so...what happened?

I don't know if he got scared or embarrassed or what. I am going to try once more to contact him today. I can't imagine he'll just sit on it! Maybe I should scan eBay.

indravayu · 5th May 2008

I have never played through an original RE-201, so I don't have a real frame of reference (other than what I have heard on other's recordings), but I own both the BOSS pedal and the UAD plugin and really like both of them; I don't think your average listener would be able to tell the difference between these and the original.

- Chris

Sam an huel · 5th May 2008

People used to use plugins and fond of RE-201 must try this 19€ plugin.

GS201 VST from Guido Sconamiglio: SoundFonts.it

I bought it in promo for 14€ ^^
Great tool, sounds good, if someone can compare with the UAD's one i 'd be curious since i did not receive my UAD yet.

manthe · 5th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sam an huel

People used to use plugins and fond of RE-201 must try this 19€ plugin.

GS201 VST from Guido Sconamiglio: SoundFonts.it

I bought it in promo for 14€ ^^
Great tool, sounds good, if someone can compare with the UAD's one i 'd be curious since i did not receive my UAD yet.

Looks cool. Like I mentioned, I have the UAd and the BOSS COSM stomp...I think I'll compare them just for fun. I've always been very, very deeply impressed with the UAD version and really was not expecting to care for the BOSS pedal...but, after playing with the pedal in the store for 10 minutes, I scooped it up. I actually used it on an aux sent bus insert the other night (the pedal). It has a direct/non-direct switch that allows you to go 100% wet! sounds awesome...still want a real one, though and am deeply saddened that this seller was such a flake!

matskull · 21st April 2009

How do you hook those in a studio?
Is it all unbalanced -10 or something like that?

Anyway, I saw one for sale locally, the price seems ok, not a great deal but ok.
It'd look cool in the studio and it seems to sound pretty good.

Is there anything like it that isn't as old, maybe rackmount (no plugin)?

Diametro · 24th December 2009

Got an RE-201 today ... Hooked it up to JP-6 ... Sounds fantastic ... !!!

boody · 25th December 2009

I have the uad and the real re-201. While the plug is nice it's not the same thing. The real one inspires when you play with it, the plug makes a nice useful delay. One is like an instrument, the other just a tool. That said I do use the plug a lot and the real one gets most of it's use live

CJ1973 · 29th December 2010

Anyone compared the original or UAD RE-201 as yet with the GSi version?

Thanks!!

gongbass · 29th December 2010

I used to have an RE-201. It was in pretty good shape and I of coursed loved it. However it was an enormous pain in the a$$ to service and I had it repaired twice in 6 months. When the Boss version came out I was highly skeptical, because although I have a few Boss pedals I like, I'm normally not impressed with them. I A/B'd the two and of course the real Space Echo was the easy winner. However I found that after stacking tracks I didn't really notice much of a difference. As a matter of fact just a few other tracks seemed to take most of the magic out of the Re-201. Both sat next to each other until I had a guitarist over to play on a soundtrack thing I was doing. He was drooling at the Space Echo.

I was paying him $250 for the session but at the end when I went to write him a check he said "willing to sell the space echo?" I said I wasn't really looking to sell it then he offered to pay me $500 and not charge me for the session. That was it, it went home with him and the Boss pedal has actually grown on me.

RicardoWheelock · 14th July 2011

I own both (restored to mint RE-201) and the UA plugin, have used both extensively and the more I used them, the more I like the real deal.

By the way one cool trick is to use a mono jack adapter and plug it where is saya "to P.A" it take out the dry signal from the output, that way you can have 100% wet signal.

Im a big fan of fx plugins, (have tons of them) but there are some things plugins can't touch, so far: tape delays, high end reverbs (VSS3 is the closest thing) and SSL type master compressors.

tomdarude · 14th July 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by narcoman

...and Radiohead didn't want one until they borrowed mine.

and knowing narcoman´s gs contributions I have a feeling that wasn´t a joke?

I love gearslutz

25th December 2009	#47
boody Lives for gear Join Date: May 2004 Location: the Netherlands Posts: 837	I have the uad and the real re-201. While the plug is nice it's not the same thing. The real one inspires when you play with it, the plug makes a nice useful delay. One is like an instrument, the other just a tool. That said I do use the plug a lot and the real one gets most of it's use live __________________ There's music that serves as entertainment and there's music that is meant to be Art. Art can be entertaining, entertainment can be perceived as Art. But the initial goal is totally different. www.ietmusic.com www.mokosound.com

29th December 2010	#49
gongbass Gear addict Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Ramsey NJ Posts: 370	I used to have an RE-201. It was in pretty good shape and I of coursed loved it. However it was an enormous pain in the a$$ to service and I had it repaired twice in 6 months. When the Boss version came out I was highly skeptical, because although I have a few Boss pedals I like, I'm normally not impressed with them. I A/B'd the two and of course the real Space Echo was the easy winner. However I found that after stacking tracks I didn't really notice much of a difference. As a matter of fact just a few other tracks seemed to take most of the magic out of the Re-201. Both sat next to each other until I had a guitarist over to play on a soundtrack thing I was doing. He was drooling at the Space Echo. I was paying him $250 for the session but at the end when I went to write him a check he said "willing to sell the space echo?" I said I wasn't really looking to sell it then he offered to pay me $500 and not charge me for the session. That was it, it went home with him and the Boss pedal has actually grown on me. __________________ myspace.com/patrickrfinnegan Professional/affordable drum tracks from my studio for your songs: gongbass@msn.com (demo reel available) patfinneganmusic.blogspot.com/

14th July 2011	#50
RicardoWheelock Gear Head Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Barcelona Posts: 48	hep I own both (restored to mint RE-201) and the UA plugin, have used both extensively and the more I used them, the more I like the real deal. By the way one cool trick is to use a mono jack adapter and plug it where is saya "to P.A" it take out the dry signal from the output, that way you can have 100% wet signal. Im a big fan of fx plugins, (have tons of them) but there are some things plugins can't touch, so far: tape delays, high end reverbs (VSS3 is the closest thing) and SSL type master compressors. __________________ Ricardo Wheelock

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