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I used many of the Peaveys with both spring and then later dsp based multi efx processors ,

I did see quite a few of the DSP chips break down , mostly when they broke you got a kind of echo chorus type effect which didnt change when you moved the dials . I did price a new board for one customer , well over 100 to replace ,so instead I recomended he spend his money on a external unit .

Some high end small P.A. type units still incorporate springs ,Schertler  being one , maybe you could find a tank with impedence suitable to be driven from your Aux send or HP amp directly ,

Another possibillity could be to take an off the shelf stomp box multi efx and offer to build that in , something like the Behringer FX600 or EM600 , these must use the aforementioned Coolaudio V1000 chip . heres a demo clip of the echo machine ,sounds nice enough .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHWlaJNlWQ

I think in any case a big red alphaneumeric efx  display atop your mixer would be totally out of place ,and spoil the mystique.
Delay and reverb is a nice extra to have on a small mixer for sure , but most of the simpler implementations of dsp dont give much scope ,certainly no where near a proper external efx box or what plugins can do .

Stick to core principles is my advice , 'All Tube Mixer' , dont try and be all things to all men , they can bolt on whatever effects they want later be it external or pc based .

Oh one more thing, when processing a delay or reverb signal you want direct and effect in parallel ,I dont think in that case any mS of latency matters much , something as simple as incorporating an analog  2 in 2 out to USB could be a very neat way to incorporate VST  effects ,simply by pluging  a pc into the mixer. 



 
ruffrecords said:
And for real time a DSP is at least as good as a general purpose PC.

The code makes the difference.

There's so many great outboard FX processor racks available for cheap prices, and also so many great Fx plugins,
that I don't see what would be the advantage of putting a simple/cheap DSP module, with basic fx algorithms inside your really well designed tube mixers.
But hey, I understand someone might be too dumb to ask you that, customers can be quite particular...
 
This little FX PCB seems to have the Wavefront DSP AL3201 (= CoolAudio V1000) onboard:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000171960165.html

Those can be found also on Ebay if you search for "dsp digital reverberation".
 
mhelin said:
This little FX PCB seems to have the Wavefront DSP AL3201 (= CoolAudio V1000) onboard:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000171960165.html

Those can be found also on Ebay if you search for "dsp digital reverberation".

Looks interesting. Just bought on if nothing else to see what is in it.

Cheers

Ian
 
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