mooncobra
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I would be getting it for delay and reverb. how is it for that? Easy to dial in a good reverb and delay?
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Racerxrated
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Yes. I have an Online version, I don't believe it's very different from the other versions. Very nice sounding unit, I feel that it really leaves your tone more intact than most FX units out there. Haven't tried an FX8 but for 100 bucks or so it can't be beat. Better than units that are 5X the price. Analog signal path makes a big difference for the better.
Dave L
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For reverb and delay the best thing about the Intellifex is the analog dry path, the FX themselves are at best OK. When you see guys using the Intellifex it´s mostly for the chorus.
shredhead7
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I owned the Intellifex and the Replifex, as well as Alesis Quadraverbs. As stated above, the Intellifex configs are built around a four chorus algorithm. What does that mean, that if you think of a chorus, you have level, feedback, depth and speed. The Intellifex also adds delay and reverb to this chain. So your settings now are level, feedback, speed, depth, delay (length and feedback), reverb (depth, etc). You have four different chorus units on one settings, so you have to go through that string four times. It offers really lush chorus, because you can space it out all over the audio spatial spectrum. For simple delay and reverb, you have to zero out the other chorus strings, to boil it down to the basics.
With the Replifex, they designed it to be analog, with the feel of stomp boxes. So it's much more traditional in approach. Your setup is that you have access to all of the effects, but you can only have 6 or 8 at a time. If you have a midi controller you can turn each effect on/off as if they are stomp boxes. The settings are your standard fare, but the sound of the unit is good. I liked the functionality better, so I sold my Intellifex. I then bought an Alesis Quadraverb and compared the two side by side. I thought the Alesis was maybe a tad more transparent, so I sold the Replifex. The Replifex has some great stuff in it though, the delay spill over was really nice and the tremolo was cool too (actually most of the traditional modulation effects were good (phaser, flanger, tremolo). 99% of the time, I used delay, and I have a MXR phaser and flanger, so I didn't need the bells.
With the Replifex, they designed it to be analog, with the feel of stomp boxes. So it's much more traditional in approach. Your setup is that you have access to all of the effects, but you can only have 6 or 8 at a time. If you have a midi controller you can turn each effect on/off as if they are stomp boxes. The settings are your standard fare, but the sound of the unit is good. I liked the functionality better, so I sold my Intellifex. I then bought an Alesis Quadraverb and compared the two side by side. I thought the Alesis was maybe a tad more transparent, so I sold the Replifex. The Replifex has some great stuff in it though, the delay spill over was really nice and the tremolo was cool too (actually most of the traditional modulation effects were good (phaser, flanger, tremolo). 99% of the time, I used delay, and I have a MXR phaser and flanger, so I didn't need the bells.
Dave L
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If the budget allows I´d probably go for a Lexicon MPX1 or MPX-G2 over any Rocktron. Cheap enough these days, works almost like your typical multi-FX guitar processor and just sounds a lot better. No analog dry, though, but it´s got good converters and doesn´t mess up the dry tone to any major degree. Less than the typical G-Major, at least.
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mixn4him
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Intelliverb is better option...
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phil b
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I still have my original blackface and a ltd. Was my main gigging fx unit for years. Instant switching if your running series. If you cant get a good sound out of it then its user error. Delays and chorus sound real nice and verb is good too. Sure there are better units out there but for the $$$ ya cant beat it. Always ran it in series back then and never a glitch. Pretty easy to dial in, which is also a plus.
