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[Brent Gillespie]

I've been using an entry level  Digitech Reverb unit  for  snare & toms through the years.  Never having used a really nice unit,  what  general improvements would be perceptible  in a   $500-$700.00  device besides being maybe more user friendly ?  Cheers,  Brent

[Jay Barracato]

I've been using an entry level  Digitech Reverb unit  for  snare & toms through the years.  Never having used a really nice unit,  what  general improvements would be perceptible  in a   $500-$700.00  device besides being maybe more user friendly ?  Cheers,  Brent

I think the higher you go in unit quality the more likely you are to drown in user definable variables. Probably not as user friendly unless you have gobs of soundcheck time or production rehearsal.

Honestly for drums I am perfectly happy with a TC electronic M350.

[Brent Gillespie]

I think the higher you go in unit quality the more likely you are to drown in user definable variables. Probably not as user friendly unless you have gobs of soundcheck time or production rehearsal.

Honestly for drums I am perfectly happy with a TC electronic M350.
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Jay, thank you for the repsonse.  What typical settings do you prefer ?  Such as plate, room, hall, etc. ?te]

[g'bye, Dick Rees]

I think the higher you go in unit quality the more likely you are to drown in user definable variables. Probably not as user friendly unless you have gobs of soundcheck time or production rehearsal.

Honestly for drums I am perfectly happy with a TC electronic M350.
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Jay, thank you for the repsonse.  What typical settings do you prefer ?  Such as plate, room, hall, etc. ?te]

You could start by trying the factory presets labeled "Drum Room" or "Drum Ambience."

[Jay Barracato]

I think the higher you go in unit quality the more likely you are to drown in user definable variables. Probably not as user friendly unless you have gobs of soundcheck time or production rehearsal.

Honestly for drums I am perfectly happy with a TC electronic M350.
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Jay, thank you for the repsonse.  What typical settings do you prefer ?  Such as plate, room, hall, etc. ?te]

I tend to be a minimalist. I like to set my verbs at the level where you would notice if they were missing but they are not in the forefront of the sound. If I have the channels to put separate effects on each instrument, I tend to use plate reverbs. I also like a variable high pass so I can keep the reverb from adding to any low end mud that might be in the mix. I also tend to chop the eq fairly hard at the higher frequencies. I don't think having the higher frequencies in the reverb sounds very natural.

[Tim McCulloch]

I've been using an entry level  Digitech Reverb unit  for  snare & toms through the years.  Never having used a really nice unit,  what  general improvements would be perceptible  in a   $500-$700.00  device besides being maybe more user friendly ?  Cheers,  Brent

Yamaha SPX900 or SPX1000, Lexicon LXP-15 or PCM60.

[Jordan Wolf]

I've been using an entry level  Digitech Reverb unit  for  snare & toms through the years.  Never having used a really nice unit,  what  general improvements would be perceptible  in a   $500-$700.00  device besides being maybe more user friendly ?  Cheers,  Brent

Brent,

Whatever unit you get should have an adjustable Pre-Delay.  Using Jay's method with a judicious use of pre-delay will lend clarity to both the original sound and the effect itself, self, self, self..... 

[Tim Weaver]

There is none finer. Plus I can guarantee you won't get lost in the menus. LOL

[Geoff Doane]

Yamaha SPX900 or SPX1000, Lexicon LXP-15 or PCM60.

Real vintage!  I don't think there's anything in that list less than 20 years old. 

Speaking of old, do Lexicon 200s ever show up for sale at affordable prices?  I've used one in studio settings before, and it has quite a user friendly (for me anyway) interface.  Your choice of parameters is basically limited to room size (affects pre-delay and time between echos), reverb time (how "live" the space is), and LF and HF contours.  The parameters all interact, but I found it quite intuitive to get the deisred sound.  I think it's limited in memories and things like MIDI control, but it does the reverb trick.  It also used up 3 rack spaces!

One problem with older Lexicon products is that they are no longer supported by Harman (even things as modern as the PCM-80 and 90), and the one guy who did work on them has retired from the business.  I know the PCM-60 falls into that category, and wouldn't be surprised if many others do.

GTD

[Tim McCulloch]

Real vintage!  I don't think there's anything in that list less than 20 years old. 
GTD

The first "vintage" thing on the list is me.

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