Lexicon MPX 500 vs. TC Electronic M-ONE
Ø. J. Eide
looking for an high quality reverb unit that's easy to use. I'm into
electronica (house/garage etc.) so I'm mostly going to use it to add
reverb to synths and samplers. My budget is around $500. The two
strongest contenders so far seems to be Lexicon MPX 500 and TC
Electronic M-ONE. They're both in the same price range and they both
seem to get good reviews. Unless some of you can name a third or even
fourth alternative in that price range I guess this is a MPX 500 vs.
M-ONE inquiry. Opinions appreciated. Thanks.
Zavel
and neck in terms of features and performance. I have an M-One and I'm
very satisified. Subjective comparisons are a wash between the two, so
it just comes down to features, so just read up on their specs.
If you want JUST a reverb, check out the SRV-3030, which is less
expensive (if you get it sans digital IO) and sounds very nice.
-Z
Mike Rivers
> From all the reviews I've seen, the two processors are pretty much neck
> and neck in terms of features and performance. I have an M-One and I'm
> very satisified. Subjective comparisons are a wash between the two, so
> it just comes down to features, so just read up on their specs.
One cool thing that the M-One does that I'm not sure the Lexicon does
(or if so, how well) is take in 24-bit audio and send out 16-bit audio
with pretty graceful dithering. You can't buy that capability that
cheaply anywhere else as far as I know. It's what you need if you
have a 24-bit system and want to make a CD without truncating.
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I'm really Mike Rivers (mri...@d-and-d.com)
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TC-One is much easier to change programs on the fly due to the program
encoder on the MPX-500 being a piece of pooh! My 500 is going back to
Lexicon for the second time in 6 months due to an encoder that skips
all over the place. Try finding program 43 when the encoder skips from
39 to 52 and then back to 37 (handy huh?).
Sonicwise, the TC-One seems a little noisier than the 500. I like the
sound of the 500 a little better, probably since I have more experience
with Lex effects. I think over time this will probably change. One
thing on the 500 is that the send/input to it is fairly touchy and
results in going from a too subtle effect to OH MY GOD! WHERE DID ALL
THAT ECHO COME FROM?! very quickly.
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Before you buy.
Ø. J. Eide
SRV-3030 though, which seems to be in the same price range as the MPX 500
and M-ONE. Would you say the SRV-3030 is better than the MPX 500 and M-ONE
as a dedicated reverb unit? Thanks.
Jon Best
flexibility. Other than that, go listen to them, because they are all pretty
cool, and if you lined up everyone on the newsgroup for a shootout, we'd all
go home with something different.
"Ř. J. Eide" wrote:
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Jon Best
Muddy Creek Audio
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Duncan Clarke
Bournemouth for under £500. I don't know where you are from (Norway?) but find a
dealer and bash his price down on the MPX1.
Duncan
Jon Best wrote:
> No. I'd say it was different. All three would give you a lot of
> flexibility. Other than that, go listen to them, because they are all pretty
> cool, and if you lined up everyone on the newsgroup for a shootout, we'd all
> go home with something different.
>
Ø. J. Eide
town where no music stores have any pro audio gear.
Jon Best wrote:
> No. I'd say it was different. All three would give you a lot of
> flexibility. Other than that, go listen to them, because they are all pretty
> cool, and if you lined up everyone on the newsgroup for a shootout, we'd all
> go home with something different.
>
Mike Rivers
> Unfortunately I'm unable to audition any of these. I recently moved to a small
> town where no music stores have any pro audio gear.
Who says you have to audition it in a store? In fact, that often
isn't a very good place to audition a unit, so not even people who
live in big towns have a great advantage other than to get to see it
and decide if they can ever learn how to use it or not.
Most sellers will agree to sell on approval, unless it's something on
eBay that you have your eye on. And if you want to get your hands on
one before you buy, consider the money you're saving by living in a
small town can offset the cost of a day trip to the big city.
Ericb
situation there than here?
ERIC
Ø. J. Eide
to be able to walk into a store where I could compare them side by side. Borrowing
gear for evaluation is not as easy over here as it is in USA, unfortunately.
Scott Dorsey
=?iso-8859-1?Q?=D8=2E?= J. Eide <he...@hl.telia.no> wrote:
>Point taken, Mike, but I would probably have to fly to the other side of the country
>to be able to walk into a store where I could compare them side by side. Borrowing
>gear for evaluation is not as easy over here as it is in USA, unfortunately.
I fly to the other side of the country to audition equipment once or twice
a year. Make a list of everything you want to listen to, find a place that
has it, or a bunch of places close together, and go see it.
The cost of a plane ticket is less than the cost of some piece of equipment
that you buy and then decide you don't like.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Harry Turd
choose to be it's oscillator, or add subtle nuances to your realtime
sounds. Only criticism is it is slow to change programs. Music village
in the uk also do it sub Ł500.
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 07:28:24 +0100, Duncan Clarke <cla...@cwcom.net>
wrotd:
>Try the Lexicon MPX1. In the UK , I can get a new one from Eddie Moores Music in
>Bournemouth for under Ł500. I don't know where you are from (Norway?) but find a
>dealer and bash his price down on the MPX1.
>
>Duncan
>
Jules
(and all walk around in snow shoes!)
Jules
Ericb wrote:
> I think this guy's in Norway Mike! Perhaps they have a different
> situation there than here?
>
> ERIC
>
> In article <znr960382230k@trad>, mri...@d-and-d.com wrote:
>
> > In article <393E0A54...@hl.telia.no> he...@hl.telia.no writes:
> >
> > > Unfortunately I'm unable to audition any of these. I recently moved to
> a small
> > > town where no music stores have any pro audio gear.
> >
Ø. J. Eide
Finland. And it can get up to 100 degrees Fahrenheit here this time of year.
Mike Rivers
> I think this guy's in Norway Mike! Perhaps they have a different
> situation there than here?
Well, I've gotta admit that the week that I was in Oslo, I didn't see
any stores where I could audition studio gear either. So where's he
going to buy it when he makes his decision?
He could buy the one that seems like it does more of what he wants,
try it for a week, and if he doesn't like it, return it and buy the
other. But if he doesn't like the first one, he may not like the
second one either.
With this sort of thing, it's not really a matter of which one is
best, it's a matter of what does the job for you. Something will
always come along that will do the job better eventually, but in the
meantime, if you get something that works for you, you can be using
it.
analo...@my-deja.com
equipment that you buy and then decide you don't like.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
I'd defer to the original poster that actually lives there, but I doubt
it's that cheap to fly in Norway.
The airfare itself might exceed the cost of the unit.
Last time I checked, Air Tran doesn't have any flights inside Norway.
Driving is an option of sorts, but then again the cost of fuel is a lot
more there as well.
We're kind of spoiled here in the US, to think I got all pissed off when
I went into the local GC to buy some patch bay cables and they didn't
have a single one...
(Oh they did have the TC and the MPX-500 though...)
Analogeezer
Ø. J. Eide
of the most expensive countries in the world. 2nd after Japan if I'm not
mistaken. Would you believe we pay like $7 for a 20 pack of cigarettes here,
or say $25 to get a big pizza driven to the door? It's a wonderful place to
live though IMHO.
Mike Rivers
> Heh. Well, you're right about the prices. Actually I believe Norway is one
> of the most expensive countries in the world. 2nd after Japan if I'm not
> mistaken. Would you believe we pay like $7 for a 20 pack of cigarettes here,
Yeah, and about $9 for a beer, and $3 for a cup of coffee.