This was the one feature I felt let the unit down somewhat - the parameter display is not really large enough to do justice to the number of parameters which can be controlled. From the left‑hand side, the front panel sports a slot for a PCMCIA card just underneath the power on/off button, with a display area to the right of this encompassing a pair of LED PPM meters, a column of LED indicators for overload, sample‑rate and MIDI activity, and a parameter display area. Front & Rearīreaking with the more conventional black‑with‑grey‑buttons look, the M3000 comes in a 1U rackmount case with an attractive grey metallic finish - and black buttons. The M3000 also features 24‑bit resolution A‑D and D‑A converters, along with 16‑ and 20‑bit dithering for output to devices working at these lower resolutions. Like the existing M2000, the M3000 features two separate processors which you can use in serial, parallel, dual‑input, dual‑mono, linked and pre‑glide modes. The new algorithms offered are the VSS Reverb and Gate, along with TC's CORE (Coefficient Optimised Room Emulation) Reverb, Reverb 3, Delay, Pitch, EQ, Expander, Compressor, Chorus/Flanger, Tremolo/Panner, Phase and De‑Esser. You won't run out of memory slots to store your own presets very easily either, as you not only get an internal RAM bank for up to 250 single and 50 combined user‑memories, but you can also store the same number again onto a standard PCMCIA card - very useful for taking your favourite setups from studio to studio. The M3000 offers a mammoth selection of 250 single and 50 combined presets in ROM, including many of the favourites from TC's previous units. TC Electronic's new effects unit represents a new approach to reverb design based on their 'virtual space simulator' technology (see ' VSS Technology' box at the end of this review). VerdictĪdd one of these to your dirt pedal(s) and you’ll have a complete functional pedalboard that can also fulfil a ‘fly rig’ or emergency backup role straight into a PA as it has a globally switched cabinet simulation onboard.Īlternatively, it represents a great way to expand your existing pedalboard with a range of complementary effects without excessive cabling and power requirements.Mike Collins provides some early reflections on TC Electronic's latest reverb unit and effects processor.
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This is one well-thought-out unit that uses its underlying technology to full advantage. Here, you can build a pedalboard for each song in your set with all the necessary pedals set to exactly the right sound, or give yourself similar functionality to a Flashback X4 by having a ’board with four delays (there’s not enough DSP for five delays or five reverbs). The sounds here offer all the quality we’ve come to see in individual TC pedals but the Plethora setup offers far more flexibility than a bunch of those plugged together. There’s also the option for any relevant effect’s footswitch to have a secondary tap tempo function.Īny added expression pedal’s default option is as a volume pedal that can be placed at any position on the chain but it can also be assigned to single- or multiple-effect parameters. The loop can be placed anywhere in the chain, either permanently active or assigned to a footswitch (albeit at the expense of one of the five effects).Įach of the footswitches can function as a pressure-sensitive MASH footswitch to adjust (with a hold-and-press) a parameter of its associated effect, maybe turning up the feedback of a delay for instance. While the onboard mono effects loop can be used to implement a four-cable connection so you can put some effects in front of the amp’s input and some in its effects loop, we see its primary function as adding external pedals to the mix, especially as the Plethora has no drive/distortion/fuzz of its own.
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The Effect knob selects your pedal for a chosen footswitch while the TonePrint knob selects a TonePrint for that pedal, and three basic parameters for it are displayed in the three central windows to be tweaked with their associated knobs.ĭo that for each footswitch and your basic pedalboard is ready to go, although there is plenty more you can experiment with here besides. The Edit mode is where you set up all of your pedalboards.
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