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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:Mon Aug 29 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2852
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88.0. "Roland SDE2500/SRV2000 Digital Reverb/Effects (FX)" by SAUTER::SAUTER () Wed Apr 24 1985 10:58

Picking up on a comment in 81.5, I saw an ad today for the Roland SDE-2500
Digital Delay and the Roland SRV-2000 Digital Reverb.  Both have MIDI.  Does
anybody have any experience with these units?  What do they cost, and are
they worth it?  Is there any point in getting both, or is one a superset
of the other?  If so, which is the superset?
    John Sauter
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88.1OLORIN::CZOTTERMon Apr 29 1985 16:2535
Digital Delay and Digital Reverb are two completely different effects.
Although mathematically there are similarities in the computations, the
particular factors in the formula are sufficiently different that you
will not find the two effects combined. The only place I have seen post
processing of this sort combined was at the MIT experimental music studio.
There, we used no hardware devices for reverb and delay. Rather, one or
more subroutines are defined to mix delayed versions of the signal with
itself in various combinations to mathematically produce delay and reverb.
There were various "canned" subroutines for general use and one was a post
processing subroutine that had all these parameters. Internally, however,
it was based on two seperate calculations.

Product info:

SDE-2500	-	ROLAND Digital Delay
			64 MIDI presets
			750 ms maximum delay
			LIST $795, EUW $595 (or better)

SRV-2000	-	ROLAND Digital Reverb
			24 MIDI presets
			on-board parametric equalizer
			pre-delay and gating
			reverse reverb (a rare feature)
			can be used with MSQ-200 (sequencer) for auto mix-down
			LIST $1595, EUW $1395 (or better)
			(described as similar to Lexicon PCM-60, considered
			 a top-of-the-line reverb, but a couple hundred $ more)

I would say the delay unit is a good buy at that price. The reverb, although
probably worth the money, is more than most people need. I can live with
manual adjustment for now.

I am told that people who have supplied DX-7 preset names can go see
Rick Swenson in Framingham for special deals. (heh heh)