I'm coming into this a little late because I got a little behind on the
list mail but here's some thoughts...
If you don't plan to actually use the mic pre-amps on the Mackie VLZ
series ever, then don't bother paying for them.
Also, if you do pay for a mixer with built-in effects don't expect them
to be the best effects you've ever heard. They're generally just going
to be some bottom-end effects chips thrown in as a bonus feature. When
it comes down to it, it really is a mixer and the effects are separate.
That said, the O1v (from what I've heard about it) is exempt from this.
Of course, it also costs a whole heap more than the other mixers we're
talking about.
A buddy of mine has the Mackie 20 channel with the built-in effects, and
the effects are useable, but not super great. If you have need for a
little extra reverb and what-not, it might be worth the money, but I
probably wouldn't use it as the deciding factor.
For some reason, me and my buddies all use Mackie mixers, when it comes
to analog, but that's just habit and familiarity more than anything.
Dallas
On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 04:03 PM, Jan Warnstam wrote:
> Thanks for all the input, folks!
>
> And yes, Lexicon are doing the effects for the FX16 but I hear more and
> more people
> saying that they are pretty cheap effects anyway, even though it's
> Lexicon!
>
> I am right now very interested in the difference between Mackie
> 1604VLZPRO, Mackie
> 1604VLZ and Mackie 1604CR! Is it only the mic preamps or something
> more? I could get
> a CR model for $600 (6000 SEK) here in town (used of course)! Is that a
> good deal?
>
> - Janne
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> "n.sekt" wrote:
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>> i could be wrong, but o heard that lexicon was building the fx engines
>> of
>> the Soundcraft desk's
>>
>> n.sekt
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>>>
>>>>> And what about the built in effect in the Soundcraft Folio FX16?
>>>
>>> hiya Jan,
>>>
>>> I have the basic Foloio F1 desk and a friend of mine has the FX16.
>>>
>>> The desks mixing capabilties are basically the same. The build is
>>> quite solid although sometime I think that the sliders could be
>>> a little tighter. I've been using the F1 for over 6 months and I've
>>> had no complaints. The EQ's are respsonsive although I have no gear
>>> to test the Aux sends with as yet.
>>>
>>> As for the FX on FX16 they are pretty standard. I would'nt go the
>>> whole way and say they live up to the quailty of a stand alone fx
>>> unit but it is the cheaper option.
>
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