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BOSS SX-700 (1996)

BOSS SX700

Trend price : 100€

Digital multi-effect rackmount unit.

Overview
(weight: 2 Kg) single unit. The main panel features a 16 X 2 display, 15 push buttons, 1 encoder and 2 knobs.
Rear panel terminal connectors:
- Midi interface
- stereo input at +4 / -20dB
- stereo outputs
- bypass pedalswitch input
- pedal control input
- pedal expression input


Sound
sample rate : 44 kHz at 18 bits resolution.

Effect
a single patch is composed by 5 activable effects or EFFECTORS categories that can be chained in 19 different combinations (algorithms) signal paths order including serial/ parallel.
Note that effectors from same family cannot be summed for dsp limit reasons.
- equalizer
- modualtion
- reverb
- delay
- RSS


RSS
3 dimensional audio field process that "moves" a sound on 3 the axes (left-right, above-below). The sound movement can be set using various parameter like azimuth, elevation, pan and start point: moves the sound horizontally along a perimeter of a theoretical sphere. There are 4 different RSS models:
- panner 3D
- single 3D
- dual 3D
- quad

Modulation
- flanger
- chorus
- phaser: 4 or 8 stages
- pitch-shifter: 2 or 4 voices
- chorus: 2-bands
- harmonizer: 4 or 2 voices
- rotary speaker simulation
- space chorus: based on vintage Dimension D Sdd320

LFO
DSP generates 5 different reverberation models:
- hall
- room
- garage
- plate
- non-linear (like classic model Roland DEP-5).

Memory
- 128 RAM users patch
- 128 ROM presets.


Audio demo:


Video Clip:

video clip


Review
OK: cheap / easy / immediate
NOT : nothing so special
"Some honest effects, clean and precise, but nothing too impressive for today's standard: try it if you want something immediate with no computer plugins.

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Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci

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