Trend price : 200-250€
Rackmount german hybrid analog-digital effect unit generates both reverb and delay.
Company: Dynacord
Model: VRS-23
Class: effect delay/echo
Dates: 1982
Weight: 5 Kg
Dimensions: 482,5 (w) x 87,5 (h) x 260 (d) mm
N.effects: 2
Delay time: 400 ms
Freq Resp: 20 Hz˜20 kHz
LFO: 1 modulator
Filter: low pass
Demo: 1
Video: 1
Review: 1
DOWNLOAD: user manual - service manual -
Overview
2 rack units.
Main panel features 7 knobs, 4 buttons, 2 switches and a 12-bars led.
Back panel terminal connectors:
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stereo mix out
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stereo wet out
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mono direct out
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mono input
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5-dins connector for input and output
Front panel terminal connectors:
- mix out
- input
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pedalswitch for bypass
Voice
unit works in a 20 hz to 20 khz range.
The dynacord generates 2 main effects:
- stereo
REVERB
-
mono ECHO DELAY
Delay
up to 400 ms of delay time in delay mode with ping pong effect.
There are 4 main echo modes: 50 / 100 / 200 / 400 ms, shortest time create typical flanging and chorused effects. Some delay parameters can be adjusted:
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delay: sets the time while while
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regeneration: sets the number of echoes.
Reverb
a kind of simulated reverb as the circuit using delay lines from analog BBD chips.
When switched to REVERB mode, some parameters can be changed using the delay commands:
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time buttons are the reverb intensity
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regeneration is the duration
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delay knob is the density.
Filter
TONE control is simple lowpass filter
LFO
single triangle-shaped oscillator modulates the amplitude.
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SWEEP FREQ is the frequency rate
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DEPTH is the modulation amount
Review
OK: analog BBD / easy interface
NOT : pricey / noisy for modern standard / maintenance
"Seems to be reappreciated in these last years for its warmy sound, not too muffled. VRS maybe is a bit overvalued in vintage market, but it is still an interesting machine with realtime controls".
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
