HunterZ wrote:yawetaG wrote:Boss SE-70 effect processor, for when you want all your music to sound like it has massive reverb/echos/flanging/delay/whatever. […]
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Boss SE-70 effect processor, for when you want all your music to sound like it has massive reverb/echos/flanging/delay/whatever. Happily connects to my SC-88VL and is MIDI controllable.
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The only bad thing was that the input level knob got damaged during transit 😠 :
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I used some pliers to bend it back into shape more or less, but it kinda blemishes the otherwise great condition of the module...
Nice! Do you have any project plans for it? Let us know if you make any videos or anything.
Use it for effects on any music I make, once I sort out the sound.
Turns out the bent knob caused some serious line noise until I straightened it as much as I could and almost got rid of all of the noise.
The other problem seems to be that Boss (= Roland) cheapened out on the power supply, meaning that it's some weird 12V AC unit that doesn't play nice with anything that doesn't provide a extremely clean (and likely properly grounded) input voltage, which unfortunately includes my high-quality 230/100V step down transformer 😢 . And of course a 230V AC to 12V AC adapter is almost impossible to find...
The really dumb thing is that the SE-70 converts that 12V AC to 12V DC with yet another (internal) transformer, so I fail to understand why they didn't simply include a 12V DC adapter and eliminated the internal transformer...
On the other hand, I now understand why certain CD's I have sound the way they do - Boss SE-70 + line noise from power supply issues (it makes some effects sound much more fuzzy and noisy than they're supposed to be). 🤣
Except for the noise issue, it's very nice, with two sets of 145 effects each, one for all kinds of instruments and one specially for electric guitars (which also works with General MIDI modules). Each effect has lots of parameters that can be changed. The guitar effects actually make the Sound Canvas electric guitar patches sound like a proper electric guitar, even when played with a keyboard. As expected from one of the mid-1990s best budget effect modules... 😘
Edit: Well, hooking up the voltage convertor to a grounded outlet took care of some but not all of the noise, leaving a low hum. Looking at the SE-70 schematics makes it seem like they chickened out on the noise suppressor circuitry, as the component used indeed does not filter out low frequency noise...