Members halford Posted June 21, 2011 Members Share Posted June 21, 2011 Help me decide AF !! Just got suggested to check out or buy the Intellifex 5150 Green Channel with Rack in loop. Delay/Reverb for 80's lead tone Can you run different effects together on these units? Halford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andreas Posted June 22, 2011 Members Share Posted June 22, 2011 The SPX90 is more a "one trick at a time" pony - it does great delays, and the Symphonic patch is cool for clean 80's LA sounds. But the Intellifex can do pitch shift (try +10cents to the left, -10 cents to the right for that wide Landau type lead sound), delay and reverb at the same time. And as long as you don't use the blocks where the internal Hush noise reduction is active, the dry signal is kept analog throughout the box - even though it was close to 20 years ago, I distinctly remember that bit making quite a difference when moving from the Quadraverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members halford Posted June 23, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 23, 2011 Thanks for the info Andreas !! i think it might be more trouble than its worth today .... i have come to realise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 I got a version of the Yamaha. I agree its a one trick pony. Its got nice choruses, reverbs and echos but the drive settings are absolutely awful. Its old technology and noisy to boot in comparison to newer units. Most newer units are 24 bits. I doubt the effects in the yamaha are more than 8~12 bits which wouldnt be too bad, but the units output isnt all that strong either.Its passable recording live if you throw it in a preamps effects loop. I have an older boss rack preamp and can dial in some decent tones using its echo but the rest?If you can pick it up for less than $50 I'd say fine, but no more. Theres just too many other good units. I havent used that particular rocktron unit. I do have others. The main weakness with them is the pots. They arent all that great and when they start getting scratchey, they need to be replaced. They are sealed pots so you cant clean them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrhangar Posted July 28, 2011 Members Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm partial to the Rocktron. They're so versatile and that 8-voice chorus can produce some of the best mod-delay sounds around if you spend a little time with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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