ALESIS MICROVERB 4
The MicroVerb 4 offers 100 Preset and 100 User Programs (200 total), carefully created for
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great sonic quality and usefulness.The Alesis Microverb 4 gives you the effects you need without bogging you down in programming hassles. You'll find everything from high-quality Reverb, Delay and Chorus to Multi- and Dual-Send programs for simultaneous multi-effects and more. And with the 18-bit digital converters, the Alesis Microverb 4offers the superb audio quality that you expect from an Alesis processor.Features:*Input and Output control.*Mix control.*Left and right input level meters.*18 bit conversion.*Footswitch control of bypass, Lezlie speed (fast or slow) and tap tempo.*100 presets and 100 user locations.*MIDI control of program changes, Sysex dumps and effectparameters.*Reverb, delay, chorus, flange, pitch shifting, Lezlie, Autopan and Special FX parameters.*The bank button allows you to toggle between preset and user banks.
user-storable edits, or use its MIDI inputs for control over program changes and modulation Allows you to save your edited programs in the 100-space user program bank 200 programs that include everything from high-quality reverb, delay, chorus and flange to exciting multieffects MIDI controllable Frequency Response: 20Hz-20kHz +1/-3 dB Dynamic Range: >90dB Harmonic Distortion: .02% @ 1kHz @ 0dBV A/D-D/A Conversions: Conversion Scheme- 18 bit Delta Sigma Processor Speed: 3 Million instructions per second, Processor Memory- 64K x 16 bit Sampling Frequency- 46.875kHz Inputs: Number of Channels- 2, Nominal Level +4dBV, Maximum Level +20dBV, Impedance 1M per channel in stereo Outputs: Number of channels- 2, Matrixed Stereo, Maximum Level +14dBV (Effect), +20dBV (Direct), Impedance 220ohms Front Panel: Controls- Input Level, Mix Level, Output Level, Program Selection, Edit A, Edit B, Indicators- LED Display,
Advantages: Good value and flexible mixer, works well with PC. Cubase is a nice bonus. Disadvantages: Knobs not sliders, no MP3 encoder with Cubase but these are minor details
.... This meant there was no way to record a band together live or even just drums on their own which require at least 3 or 4 separate mics. It's important that each instrument and vocal is recorded separately so that you can balance their relative volume levels after recording.
FIREWIRE RULES OK!
Having looked around the best solution for being able to record several tracks at the same time directly to the PC looked like the Alesis Firewire range. Firewire (or IEEE 1394 to give it it's technical name) is another way of connecting devices to a PC similar to USB but offering better data transfer performance. Most modern PCs now come with a firewire connection as standard but, if you have an older PC that doesn't, you can always get a firewire PCI expansion card for under £10. You may notice that the mixer has two firewire connections...
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Advantages: cheap, easy to use Disadvantages: no effects limited sound editing, dull sounds
...The Alesis SR-16 holds the title of the best selling drum machine of all time and some would say with good reason. The sound quality that this machine can produce is excellent but the drawback is that the 230 odd sounds contained within the unit are uniformly dull and uninspiring. If you need a workhorse set of drum sounds for backing tracks etc then the SR16 will do the job in style but i would not recommend it to anyone who has any kind of imagination in their music.
The operating system is fairly straightforward but some of the pattern editing is fairly cryptic if you don't have a manual, apart from that it's pretty easy to figure out whats going on. The SR16 can has 150 somewhat dodgy preset patterns but you can create another 150 of your own to string together in the 100 available songs. Outputs consist of a stereo pair and an pair...
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Advantages: Intuitively easy to use, Excellent recording/reproduction, Importable to computer software Disadvantages: Tape based, Use limited to straightforward recording, no editing capabilities
The Alesis SR-16 holds the title of the best selling drum machine of all time and some would say with good reason. The sound quality that this machine can produce is excellent but the drawback is that the 230 odd sounds contained within the unit are... more
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Apparently this is a port of a budget Xbox title, but I have not played it so I can not compare. This is a simple racer where instead of speed you get a Monster Truck. So run over cars, and make stuff go smash? Nope, very little running... more
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