Trend price : 100€
Early digital multieffect unit features reverb, gate reverb, chorus, delay and EQ.
Overview
Panel features a fluorescent VDF display, 8 buttons, 9 knobs and a led-meter.
Back panel terminal connectors:
- Midi interface
- main stereo out
- input stereo signal
- 2 pedalswitch inputs
Voice
Effect sound generation at 16 bits resolution and 32 kHz sampling rate based on Burr-Brown PCM54HP
Sound
unit generates 4 digital effects categories that can be combined in 11 algorithms:
- chorus
- reverb
- reverb + modulation
- chorus effect on reverb
- chorus + reverb in parallel
- reverb+ chorus in series
- non-linear reverb
- non-linear reverb + modulation
- non-linear reverb + chorus
- chorus + delay
- non-linear reverb + modulation
Effects
-Linear: range time from 01.s to 99s and 4 presets with adjustable early reflection, later reverberation and pre-delay time parameters:
-Non linear: cuts the reflection at a certain gate time that can be set from 1 to 999 ms
-Delay: up to 2 seconds of recording with special stereo pan mode and possible phase invert.
-Chorus: a single LFO, frequency range from 0.3 to 10 Hz with variable depth from 0 to 50%.
-EQ: 3 bands
Memory
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99 RAM slots
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29 ROM slots
Review
OK: realtime knobs / infinite reverbs
NOT : limited band / metallic sound
"Dep5 may be considered technically obsolete but it is still a creative unit, incredible for infinite echo and chorus is cold enough for atmospheric pads."
Text , review, special demos copyright polynominal.com / Eric Pochesci
