Other Digital Effects

Digital effects processors showcase the best of digital signal processing, offering multiple effects like reverb, delay, and modulation in one unit. Eventide pioneered this field with the H910 Harmonizer, the first commercially available digital effects processor, combining pitch effects, delay, and feedback. This innovation cemented Eventide’s dominance, culminating in the cutting-edge H9000. Yamaha also made waves with the SPX90 in 1985, a one-rack-space processor featuring reverb, delay, chorusing, and more, leading to a successful SPX series. Other notable players like Alesis, Ensoniq, Korg, Kurzweil, Lexicon, Roland, Sony, and TC Electronic have contributed standout products, including the Ensoniq DP/4, DP/4+, and Sony DPS-V77.

Released in 1995
The Alesis MidiVerb 4 is the perfect effects processor for professional project studios and musicians who require an affordable solution for fully-programmable, high-fidelity effects. Its excellent effects algorithms produce dense, natural reverb, rich chorus, flange, delay, pitch effects and up to three simultaneous multieffects.
Released in 1996
The TC Electronic M2000 provides you with a broad palette of high-quality effects enabling you to create magical effects. The true dual engine configuration on the TC Electronic M2000 allows you to run two full-blown effects simultaneously, i.e. on two individual effects sends.
Released in 1996
The Lexicon MPX1 was aimed at guitarists/home recording musicians, and while there are programs for guitar, it also makes an excellent all round effects processor. The Lexicon MPX1 multi processor technology gives you multi-effects the way you expect them to work with instant access to individual effects, and the ability to run uncompromised stereo reverb at all times.
Released in 1996
The Alesis Microverb 4 brought full bandwidth 18 bit effects processing to the masses at an incredibly low price, with limited editing and a mass of presets. While not as flexible as Alesis’s other models, such as the Quadraverb, the Alesis Microverb 4 offered good value for money a range of effects for the home recording musician.
Released in 1996
The Zoom Studio 1204 is a multi-effect processor offering 512 presets with space for 100 custom effects. It features real-time editing, memory mode for quick access to stored effects, and MIDI control. With 18-bit A/D and D/A converters and 44.1 kHz sampling, it delivers professional sound at a budget-friendly price.
Released in 1997
The Ensoniq DP Pro released in 1997, was the final effects processor to come out of Ensoniq. It came after the success of the DP/4, DP/4+ and DP/2 processors. Unlike the DP/4 & DP/4+, the Ensoniq DP Pro was a stereo effects processor. Sadly, two channels of processing were not all it lost; it also lost the more intuitive interface of the DP/4 series of processors.
Released in 1997
The Lexicon PCM 81 takes over where the Lexicon PCM 80 left off, and adds AES/EBU Digital I/O, includes algorithms and presets from the Pitch FX and Vocal Fix Cards, and adds 24-bit converters for even higher quality audio.
Released in 1997
The Zoom Studio 1201 is a digital reverb and multi-effects processor with 363 presets and high-quality specs, including 44.1 kHz sampling and 18-bit converters. It’s ideal for creating dynamic tracks with effects like Lo-Fi and KARAOKE.
Released in 1997
The Korg AM8000R Ambience Multi-Effects Processor offers advanced, high-quality sound processing with a user-friendly interface, extensive effects options, and flexible real-time control at an affordable price.
Released in 1998
Sony made a killer effects processor with the DPS-V77, so next step was to capitalise on that with a four-channel version, right? But something went wrong…On paper at least, the Sony DPS-V55 should be a killer effects processor, but by all accounts, it does not succeed. Just as Roland did with their SRV-3030, the sound quality leaves a lot to be desired.
Released in 1998
The TC Electronic FireworX is the most radical sounding Multi-Effects Processor you’ve ever heard and a real challenge to your imagination. Take whatever you need from the broad palette of internal effects, drop it into the forge at the heart of the TC Electronic FireworX, and turn your music into a fireball of sound.
Released in 1999
TC Electronic M-One XL is a dual effects unit, perfectly designed for LIVE applications. The reverbs truly shine, but it also features lots of other pristine effects. TC Electronic XL Technology – Based on Our Renowned Reverb Heritage. High-quality Multi Effects – Reverb, Delay, Chorus, Flanger, Compressor, Gate, etc.
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