Effect's for trance????

[TeenGirlLust]

I was wondering concerning effect's............WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO ie; HARDWARE or SOFTWARE for trance music??????? Let me know what you guy's think.

[Tomer=Trance]

what are you missing?
the Virus TI effects are rather good,i realy like the virus reverb and phaser and now you have a fx section for every single channel so you are very unlimited.

[Merlot]

Delay and reverb. Give this delay plug a run. I like it second best to loic's tape delay.

http://www.pspaudioware.com/indexen.html?url=http://www.pspaudioware.com/plugins/608md.html;

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Id say for reverb and delay use something like a Lexicon 550....and then for chorus and phaser use ur virus

DS

[Doc Jones]

I agree with Tomer, the effects on the TI are really good. In conjunction with those, I use dBaudiowares Quantum fx set - http://www.db-audioware.com/ for more sound mangling (very fun) and finally for mixing and mastering I use Universal Audios UAD-1s.

[MADSTATION]

Merlot: I haven't tried PSP608 yet but it looks overkill a bit don't you think? How is it on the cpu?

[Khazul]

Smooth sounding distortion seems to be the relm of old hardware only and is the one thing Im missing.

The rest seems to be taken care of one way or another with patience between synths and plugins...


As for the hardware route - thers alot of good useable hardware processors around that dont cost alot - the killer comes when one day you cant deal with the chaos any more and need patch bays, so you tot up all your ins and sends order and few patch bays then realise you have do a shot gun job on several large high street banks to pay for all the extra cables you need :)

[Khazul]

Just having a look at the Lex MPX 550 - anyone know how it compares with the MPX-1?

Is the MPX 1 still worth the extra loot given its age?

[Drammy]

You could always try the plugin SIR, with some free MPX550 impulses, to get an idea of what the box can sound like.

Obviously the impulses are static but they still sound great.

I used to have an MPX550 amongst others and have got rid in favour of Plugin effects. For verb I mainly use the Powercore verbs and the UAD's Plate 140.

For delay I use PSP42 or PSP84 and Ohmboyz, looking forward to the space echo emulation soon to be released by Universal Audio.

For chorus I use the UADs - the 2 roland chorus are fantastic.

Compression = Voxengo and various UAD comps.

Drammy

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Just having a look at the Lex MPX 550 - anyone know how it compares with the MPX-1?

Is the MPX 1 still worth the extra loot given its age?

All depends on how pro your recordings are......and lets be honest 8) Are you releasing your material? Are you producing it in its entirity? Do you produce in a dedicated studio?

If your home bound and want good results for reverb and delay duties then Id say the MPX 550 will suffice....and its easy to set up and tweak. The MPX1 on the other hand has a more complex UI and editing could be a pain. Both will give you nice results for reverb and delay. For additional effects look elsewhere. Perhaps for chorus and phaser....either use your virus, dedicated software plugin....or better still....get a true analog version. True analog chorus/phaser is sublime.

Within the next few years I think im going to use plugin effects and use analog chorus/phaser. Plugin effects have really improved in recent years....

DS

[Khazul]

I'm mainly working out of a small home studio.

Theres a friend who runs a commercial studio and I know he has a couople of MPX-1 in there, I should ask him what they are like :)

What appeals to be about the MPX1 is all the routing options, for eg inserts into the feedback path of the delay is *very* useful.

Im my world all delays should have feedback inserts along with both pre and post eq/damping - it would be written into law :)


Kind of thing I like doing is high EQ + distortion + phaser in a delay feedback path as a for eg...

I couldnt tell if the 550 provided that kind of flexibility.

[cortexxious]

I am using a Lexicon MX200 dual effects rack , its probably the best bang for your buck and the effects are top notch .

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MX200/

i was all over it like a fat kid on a donut :P

[TeenGirlLust]

Ok......so for reverb and delay = plugin ......... Chorus and flanger = Virus....... What about cool distortion's?????? Also when I saw Front 242 a few months ago , there was a delay that they were using on the vocals , one in which they were controlling live ie; If I sang "This is the Virus Forum" the delay would keep repeating my last word "Forum,Forum,Forum,Forum" until I canceled it. Or if I wanted it to , I would sing "This is the Virus Forum" and the delay would only catch the middle ie; "the Virus, the Virus, the Virus, the virus" until I canceled it..........what is a good delay for this.........I mean unless they were sampling live........I don't know...........let me know if you guy's have any idea's......later