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myriam63660
Published on 03/14/08 at 15:28
- Multi-effects rack "bi engine" to digital technology, connectivity and MIDI control etc ... but no on / off button (!!!)
UTILIZATION
- The unit was designated to be just as simple as possible to use, requires less than an hour of familiarization (one includes the time to read the manual).
- Editing of sounds is made relatively easy once one knows the functions offered and their actions. The M350 is fully twelve o'clock, one might ask when we see that there are knobs in that facade, but in fact there are individuals and presets saved when loaded absolutely do not consider the position of the knobs in the facade of the time but the position they had when the preset was saved. Most of this is of course not to have multiple menus with a plethora of parameters, the least is that to change a preset already registered, we must first put the knobs on the same position they occupied (thanks Small LED control over the digital display of the preset), making the slightest change in the preset long enough ... ultimately it's not so bad the drop
- The manual is very clear
SOUND QUALITY
This is my first experience with TC Electronic and their reputation is far from being overrated: the effects of sound quality and purity advanced
The disadvantages of this beautiful machine:
- There is indeed an engine dedicated to the effects of modulation / delay effects and an engine for reverb, one can use two effects simultaneously at maximum
- The effects available are "ready-made formulas" with limited settings. If it was on some multi-effects 255 parameters to change everything about the effect in question, and of course the M350 you have to accept the effect as without being able to fundamentally change
- When the device driver in real time live via MIDI, it is expected to moderate to very high latency, for example if you go to a preset with a simple reverb or chorus (or phaser or flanger) plus a reverb is a lag of about one second. As against a preset with a shorter latency than a reverb blithely second and curl even two seconds
I had a digitech 2101 so far: a very good machine for programming push, but I wanted to try to change it since I was using only one or two digital effects without the preamp section and I found the camera changed a bit the magnitude and nature of the original signal. Given the reputation of TC electronics in terms of quality and transparency, I decided for the M350. The M350 is actually higher in gsp 2101 in terms of quality and finesse in the pure effects.
The effects are excellent, the most popular brand (like the excellent dynamic delay originally developed by TC in the 2290 version or the reverb "TC Classic Hall"). If we look closely we are all applications (voice reverbs and effects, drums and instruments).
BUT ...
the problem of the M350 is transparency in the A / D and D / A: Even if the grain M350 respects quite basic, it seems to act as a presence control (a very refined and low cut). Another problem with the setting that handles color gloss effects, I can not stand at 0. Yet another concerns the level, the setting mix (ratio wet / pure signal) set to 12 o'clock rolls here yet, but switched to more than two graduations to 9:00 or 3:00 p.m. I think the sound is unpleasant (too bright to one side or completely stifled the other) ... And suddenly, here is another problem with setting scale effect (helps to make one engine predominant effect compared to the other): if one intends to use a delay with a reverb is regulated by 12:00 ET it makes the time much too strong and present, or is adjusted after 12:00 and there is drowning in the reverb signal ... So finally we find ourselves a little trapped and must make a choice between quality of sound that passes through the multi-effects or effects used in the balance ... Eventually I ended up not serving me the time, which is a shame because they are excellent
on the other hand I would point out that the criticisms I make are mostly based on a matter of taste, and that happens very well to set up presets excellent. I mainly used the M350 series, the parallel use gives better results but it makes some unnecessary effects (like chorus, phaser and other modulations that work better in my opinion when dealing entirely the sound of origin)
So in the end, even though the M350 is higher than the level of pure quality sound effects, the gsp2101 is more flexible to use, better deals with the original signal, allows to use more effects and has no latency in changing presets via MIDI
If I had to write down the M350 only on the sound quality of its effects, it would be a 10 all on
If we add criteria such as quality of signal processing and compliance source: AC 7 is rather
OVERALL OPINION
Let's put things in perspective: I was still amazed for a device to only two hundred euros, but I think it is more suitable for use in the studio or live
As the sounds are always more telling than words, a small link to a site with samples of each effect, but it is against samples of M300, the previous version which is no longer manufactured the M350 (the differences between the two are minor):
So I keep my trusty 2101
UTILIZATION
- The unit was designated to be just as simple as possible to use, requires less than an hour of familiarization (one includes the time to read the manual).
- Editing of sounds is made relatively easy once one knows the functions offered and their actions. The M350 is fully twelve o'clock, one might ask when we see that there are knobs in that facade, but in fact there are individuals and presets saved when loaded absolutely do not consider the position of the knobs in the facade of the time but the position they had when the preset was saved. Most of this is of course not to have multiple menus with a plethora of parameters, the least is that to change a preset already registered, we must first put the knobs on the same position they occupied (thanks Small LED control over the digital display of the preset), making the slightest change in the preset long enough ... ultimately it's not so bad the drop
- The manual is very clear
SOUND QUALITY
This is my first experience with TC Electronic and their reputation is far from being overrated: the effects of sound quality and purity advanced
The disadvantages of this beautiful machine:
- There is indeed an engine dedicated to the effects of modulation / delay effects and an engine for reverb, one can use two effects simultaneously at maximum
- The effects available are "ready-made formulas" with limited settings. If it was on some multi-effects 255 parameters to change everything about the effect in question, and of course the M350 you have to accept the effect as without being able to fundamentally change
- When the device driver in real time live via MIDI, it is expected to moderate to very high latency, for example if you go to a preset with a simple reverb or chorus (or phaser or flanger) plus a reverb is a lag of about one second. As against a preset with a shorter latency than a reverb blithely second and curl even two seconds
I had a digitech 2101 so far: a very good machine for programming push, but I wanted to try to change it since I was using only one or two digital effects without the preamp section and I found the camera changed a bit the magnitude and nature of the original signal. Given the reputation of TC electronics in terms of quality and transparency, I decided for the M350. The M350 is actually higher in gsp 2101 in terms of quality and finesse in the pure effects.
The effects are excellent, the most popular brand (like the excellent dynamic delay originally developed by TC in the 2290 version or the reverb "TC Classic Hall"). If we look closely we are all applications (voice reverbs and effects, drums and instruments).
BUT ...
the problem of the M350 is transparency in the A / D and D / A: Even if the grain M350 respects quite basic, it seems to act as a presence control (a very refined and low cut). Another problem with the setting that handles color gloss effects, I can not stand at 0. Yet another concerns the level, the setting mix (ratio wet / pure signal) set to 12 o'clock rolls here yet, but switched to more than two graduations to 9:00 or 3:00 p.m. I think the sound is unpleasant (too bright to one side or completely stifled the other) ... And suddenly, here is another problem with setting scale effect (helps to make one engine predominant effect compared to the other): if one intends to use a delay with a reverb is regulated by 12:00 ET it makes the time much too strong and present, or is adjusted after 12:00 and there is drowning in the reverb signal ... So finally we find ourselves a little trapped and must make a choice between quality of sound that passes through the multi-effects or effects used in the balance ... Eventually I ended up not serving me the time, which is a shame because they are excellent
on the other hand I would point out that the criticisms I make are mostly based on a matter of taste, and that happens very well to set up presets excellent. I mainly used the M350 series, the parallel use gives better results but it makes some unnecessary effects (like chorus, phaser and other modulations that work better in my opinion when dealing entirely the sound of origin)
So in the end, even though the M350 is higher than the level of pure quality sound effects, the gsp2101 is more flexible to use, better deals with the original signal, allows to use more effects and has no latency in changing presets via MIDI
If I had to write down the M350 only on the sound quality of its effects, it would be a 10 all on
If we add criteria such as quality of signal processing and compliance source: AC 7 is rather
OVERALL OPINION
Let's put things in perspective: I was still amazed for a device to only two hundred euros, but I think it is more suitable for use in the studio or live
As the sounds are always more telling than words, a small link to a site with samples of each effect, but it is against samples of M300, the previous version which is no longer manufactured the M350 (the differences between the two are minor):
So I keep my trusty 2101