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Conference napalm::guitar

Title:GUITARnotes - Where Every Note has Emotion
Notice:Discussion of the finer stringed instruments
Moderator:KDX200::COOPER
Created:Thu Aug 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3280
Total number of notes:61432

394.0. "SPX-90 or DEP-5" by PLANET::WATKINS (Don't mind me-low brain cell count) Fri Nov 13 1987 07:45

    Looking for information on a few pieces of equipment.
    
    Anyone got (or heard) a Yamaha SPX-90?  How about a Roland (?) DEP-5?
    
    Any opinions appreciated.
    
    Stacie
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394.1MTBLUE::BOTTOM_DAVIDNot so famous rock starFri Nov 13 1987 08:0632
    You may want to look at NOVA::COMMUSIC, reviews of the SPX-90 are
    in there....the DEP-5 may have been mentioned but I don't remember
    it.
    
    The SPX-90 is a nice machine it does compression, chorus, delay,
    reverb....but being a jack of all trades it does none of them that
    well...I think the SPX-90B (or II I forget) is about $900.00 (list)
    
    The DEP-5 does more than one thing at a time ie: Chorus and delay.
    It's rumored to be better than the 90...they also cost big $$$
    
    Skip it all and buy a Midiverb II, 99 presets, 16 bit archetecture,
    15Khz bandwidth, stereo, and rumored to be awesome in sound...I just
    ordered one from Profound Sound for $325. also reviewed in commusic.
    
    Another product in the stereo digital signal processing market is
    the ART Proverb, the one I heard I liked but it's only 12 bit and
    has only 10K bandwidth....Shane at profound said that next to the
    midiverb II it was sterile sounding...about $275 if you shop around.
    
    You may wish to check out the Roland GP-8 guitar signal processor.
    Distortion, eq, compression, chorus, delay, reverb, some sort of
    filter andother overdrive...etc. all simultaniously, programmable
    set ups ie: whenI push the footswitch I get chorus, compression
    and overdrive...store something like 128 user set ups...about $800
    I think...haven't seen one yet but have heard great things about
    it.
    
    good luck!
    
    dave
394.2Blah Blah BlahINK::BUCKLEYBuckFri Nov 13 1987 09:0815
    Hi Stac, what's the word?
    
    I tried the SPX-90 and I wasn't overly thrilled with it for guitar.
    It sounds like it would be great in the studio to use on drums or
    vocals, but it doesn't sound very good with a guitar going thru
    it (my opinion). If you (or SL) are interested in a multi-effects
    processor, I recommend the Lexicon PCM70 or PCM80. They are real
    nice units and sound a lot better than the SPX-90.
    
    I haven't heard the DEP-5, but there are notes in COMMUSIC (NOVA::)
    on both of these units.
    
    good luck.
    
    wjb
394.3NEDVAX::DPOWELLDan Powell/274-6608Fri Nov 13 1987 12:146
    Or... Try out the new Yamaha REX-50. It's got delay, chorus, etc,
    *AND* pitch shifters. List for $495. Haven't seen one yet, but Guitar
    Player just did a product focus on the unit. 
    
    I second the motion for a Roland GP-8. Great toy, but a bit pricey.
    Dan
394.4check it outASGNQH::LINGLEYPink Floyd Lives...Sat Nov 14 1987 23:456
    
    Just got a REX...They're great.  Daddy's has them for $399 and it's
    well worth it.  They're great for guitar , drums and everything
    in between.
    
    	-dave
394.5$$$$$$$$$CHFV03::KOTSCHARJANATue Nov 17 1987 14:309
    
    
    I dont think they had the guitar in mind when they designed the
    SPX90 or the DEP5. If your looking for a vocal effect both work
    nicely , However the DEP5 is a bit more flexable.
    The ROLAND GP-8 is a great guitar effects processor , but one may
    want to consider ROLANDS guitar synths !!
    
                  armen k.