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I use an Eventide Time factor delay for old synths. You can simulate the bit depth you want - mine is usually set to early 80's 12 bit crappiness or lower. I love that it fit's nicely on top of keyboards, it automatically follows MIDI tempo and it's just covered with knobs. It does great tape loop emulation as well. I occasionally use an old Roland SDE-1000, an excellent sounding 12 bit delay which is easy to find and can be had for cheap.


--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Nick Zampiello <newallianceeast@...> wrote:
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> I don't have an EII but my fave delay is an old 80's deltalab Effectron III
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> So warm and so not crappy sounding.
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> even has awesome distortion is you clip the input really hard.
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>  From: James Ulibarri <jamesulibarri@...>
> To: emulatorii-list <emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com> 
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:46 PM
> Subject: [emulatorII-list] EII + effects processors
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> For years I have been a tad frustrated how the EII sounds through modern day effects processors. 
> As a result, I was using a DP4 and DP/4+ (they sound a little different) but still was off to my ears.   I would also sample the EII and use VST's. 
> Still not satsatisfied.  Something about the EII's engine just didn't sound right tonally to me through these
> processors.   Recently I started picking up 12bit processors.   Wow, what a difference.  I think the EII
> sounds so good with units as the original Alesis Midiverb (12bit tabletop unit) and Midifex.  And the Korg DVR1000. 
> Warning,  the old Alesis units reverb tales just crumble in 12bit crust.  It's crazy.  So does the echo unit.  But
> the limited bandwith and bit depth really seems to sound more congruent with the EII's filters and sampling engine.  I guess it depends
> what you're trying to achieve.  Older processors and the EII is instant lo-fi bliss. With the right presets and
> the right tones from the EII, the air achieved from the 12bit reverb processors can sound so much more lush verses,
> an EIII and say like a TC / Eventide / Lexicon.  I know that's a bold statement and a lot of variences in there, but this
> has been my experience with these machines.   A space echo or spring reverb would sound very cool with the EII also I would think. 
> And would probably match up nicely with the way the EII sounds.
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