TC Electronic XII Phaser pictures

The phaser and its "program" jack



Inside, not very hi tek....

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New deck from Marantz

Marantz intros a new vinyl high-end deck.
Not suitable for turtablism junkies but very cool for listenning to the last Mill's Ep.

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TC Electronic releases seven vintage stompboxes

The Danish company TC Electronic returns to its roots.

TC Electronic started making stompboxes in 1976, the most famous was the TC Phasing, and the most rare was the Phasing stompbox for bass guitar. I have bought a TC Phasing stompbox 10 years ago, and it's a very impresssive analog phasing unit with a lot of control : you can go from subtile to weird phasing effects...but always in a warm and soulfull analog way.

One of the most interessing feature is the "program jack" : you plug a jack (IF a simple resistor) in a dedicated input and you get another tuning.

As i wanted to make some other "program jacks" and control the unit via CV/gate, I emailed TC for an user and a service manual two years ago and they sand me two of them the next day !!! Really nice support for a discontinued unit since twenty years !!!

I will post some photos of my unit and some samples as soon I come back to Home.

Unfortunaly the new stompboxes seem to wear an other design than the old one, I hope the circuitry will be very "vintage".
I think that the most interesting one will be the Vintage Delay, featuring Tap Tempo, MIDI control, Direct Out, and both Filter and Triplet switches.

Vintage Delay will list at EUR 399 and GBP 269 retail ex. VAT.

[via Music thing]

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Allen & Heath intros the new Xone:3D

Allen & Heath gives all digital Deejays a very versatile tool.
The new Xone:3D is the amalgamation of a high performance DJ mixer, a multi-channel USB soundcard, and a MIDI control surface !

The mixer section :
Four multi-input stereo channels
3-band total kill EQ
A comprehensive cue system
Two stereo returns
Headphone monitor with mix/cue control
High quality dual rail faders
VCF filters
Assignable LFO with depth control
The master section has two effects sends with pre/post fader selection

The USB soundcard :
Eight channels
24-bit/48 kHz stereo converters
SPDIF optical and coaxial interface

The MIDI control surface :
Eight dedicated control faders
16 rotary controls with centre detent
10 encoders
50 switches
Two custom jog wheels with micro switches
An automatic beat detector synchronises the MIDI clock to the main mix
Connections for a footswitch controller
Gameport socket for a standard analogue joystick (that can also be used as a second MIDI output)

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