Jul 21, 2010 What do i need to load patches into a quadraverb. They're just program pathes so if you want a certain patch you can. Or could it be i WILL need an alesis. This application is a VST based MIDI Controller and EditormidiCTRL VST Controller / Editor for Alesis Micron/Ion allows. Midi patch editor for Alesis Quadraverb GT.
Click to expand.I'm a bit of a Slowdive geek. Slowdive did not use any of the presets. I know people like to think they used the 'Soft Focus' patch, but it was confirmed recently that they did not use that patch and had their own patches. Also, I don't believe the FX500 was ever used much in the studio.
All the studio recordings have heavy post-processing. We can only guess on what they used.
Neil Halstead used a Korg A3 processor and not a Yamaha or Alesis. A lot of the sounds we love were his parts, so that kind of throws the Yamaha thing in for a loop. These days they are all about Delays into a Wet.
I'm a bit of a Slowdive geek. Slowdive did not use any of the presets. I know people like to think they used the 'Soft Focus' patch, but it was confirmed recently that they did not use that patch and had their own patches. Also, I don't believe the FX500 was ever used much in the studio. All the studio recordings have heavy post-processing.
We can only guess on what they used. Neil Halstead used a Korg A3 processor and not a Yamaha or Alesis. A lot of the sounds we love were his parts, so that kind of throws the Yamaha thing in for a loop. These days they are all about Delays into a Wet. Click to expand.Huge Slowdive fan as well.
I actually used to think the same about Neil's bits being the favorites, but after seeing them live a couple of times last year - I've had a rethink. A lot of the soaring drenched out melodies lines were Christian. Also, another thing I found interesting that I never knew before they reformed and started interviewing again was that it was Christian's influence that really shaped the guitar sounds into the shoegaze territory.
I always thought that was all Neil. Christian was also the one that programmed the patches (same post you reference above - facebook comment by Rachael) They sound great live now - but less swirly and reverb drenched that the old days.
But on topic - the Quadraverbs are great. I've had a Midiverb IV since the 90's and none of the modern reverb units can nail the sound.
To folks commenting on how bad the sound, have to remember this is more about reverb abuse than standard reverb use. If I was looking for a good, standard reverb I wouldn't touch the old Alesis units. But for getting a drenched out sound like McCabe on a Storm in Heaven, or any of the old Shoegaze stuff it's fantastic.
Huge Slowdive fan as well. I actually used to think the same about Neil's bits being the favorites, but after seeing them live a couple of times last year - I've had a rethink. A lot of the soaring drenched out melodies lines were Christian. Also, another thing I found interesting that I never knew before they reformed and started interviewing again was that it was Christian's influence that really shaped the guitar sounds into the shoegaze territory.
I always thought that was all Neil. Christian was also the one that programmed the patches (same post you reference above - facebook comment by Rachael) They sound great live now - but less swirly and reverb drenched that the old days. I'm a bit of a Slowdive geek. Slowdive did not use any of the presets. I know people like to think they used the 'Soft Focus' patch, but it was confirmed recently that they did not use that patch and had their own patches. Also, I don't believe the FX500 was ever used much in the studio. All the studio recordings have heavy post-processing.
We can only guess on what they used. Neil Halstead used a Korg A3 processor and not a Yamaha or Alesis. A lot of the sounds we love were his parts, so that kind of throws the Yamaha thing in for a loop. These days they are all about Delays into a Wet. Click to expand.I do believe the soft focus patch gets pretty close to catch the breeze's tone, and a riff on morningrise, however I imagine they completely tweaked the unit to make their own sounds/probably tweaked the soft focus a bit from where it is stock.
I am also a slowdive fanatic and soft focus is so close to catch the breeze that I feel they just eq'd differently/compressed the sound differently on the recording with post production or on the unit as well. I made a video with my slowdive fanatic set up lol.
Rickenbacker, Jazz Chorus, and the FX500. Playing is not perfect but I feel it captures catch the breeze well. It is nice to find someone who cares about their sounds equally! How did you find out about their patches on twitter/did you ask them a question on there? I'd like to see that post out of curiousity. I saw a pic with rachel jamming and she had the fx500 set up. I am sure they did not keep their old ones/lost all the patches.
I wonder if someone ever got their fx500's and kept all the patches haha. That'd be the holy grail on fx500's. Lately I've been coming close on my quadraverb plus/lexicon pcm70, but I miss the magic of the fx500.
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As I have spent more time learning how to program rack fx like axe fx 2, pcm70, quadraverbs, I really feel like I could do some awesome stuff with the fx500 again in my set up. Sorry for the rant, but my main point is that yeah I agree they did not use straight up stock patches. They definitely built off the soft focus patch for their songs though. The soft focus is so close to catch the breeze. I have been happy with using a quadraverb configuration on just reverb-eq mode, with max decay, diffusion, and density. Predelay set at max.
And boosting the high eq around 8khz at +14db, with the low at 0db and mid staying around -3db and 200hz, and 2000hz. Then I have the chorus mod on the pitch section of the quadraverb square waveform, depth 20, rate 99. However, I have decided to just buy another fx500 again because I have learned alot more about programming racks in the past 5 years. I am looking forward to making patches on the fx500 and sharing them with the community.
I have been happy with using a quadraverb configuration on just reverb-eq mode, with max decay, diffusion, and density. Predelay set at max. And boosting the high eq around 8khz at +14db, with the low at 0db and mid staying around -3db and 200hz, and 2000hz. Then I have the chorus mod on the pitch section of the quadraverb square waveform, depth 20, rate 99. However, I have decided to just buy another fx500 again because I have learned alot more about programming racks in the past 5 years. I am looking forward to making patches on the fx500 and sharing them with the community. Click to expand.I wanted an FX-500, and went in to a music shop in 1990 to buy one.
They weren't in stock, so I ended up spending nearly double on a Roland GP 16 rack. I loved the GP 16 though - for a while I played in a band who used midi backing tracks - the GP 16 was going direct into a PA through stereo XLR jacks, with all patch changes being done through midi.
It was pretty cool at the time! I also remember a lad I jammed with at college in 85 - 86 had a Quadraverb.
His family was pretty wealthy, and I was so jealous - he was a bit of a metal head though, and I was into the Smiths/Bunnymen etc. So I didn't hang around with him for too long! Incidentally, I only sold my GP 16 about 2 years ago. It had sat completely unused for at least 10 years (I moved on to a Pod XT Live before going back to a pedal board) - it worked fine but to be honest, it sounded pretty lifeless in comparison to my rig at the time which consisted of an El Cap and Flint.
The moral I suppose - sorry for transgressing - is that quality has improved so much, beware if you pick a Quadraverb. It probably won't sound as good as what you are used to, and I remember it was pretty awkward - outputs were at line level and it needed a decent pre-amp. It always sounded rubbish when I played it! Click to expand.Yeah, I agree with this. I've owned a few Quadraverbs (GT and Plus), Digitech (StudioQuad, GPS-21 and DHP-33) Lexicon MPX, Yamaha FX-900 and I still have my FX-500 and MagicStomp. All these units change the core tone even the ones I used with Hi-Z inputs. And the bypass schemes are usually pretty bad.
I find modern pedals to just generally sound better and you can pretty much accomplish most of the same sounds with creative use of pedals. I did love the Quadraverb reverbs, though but I can get a similiar Hall verb with the Empress Reverb. And the Digitech DHP-33 was really good and unique, I regret selling that one. But that's not to say you can't have a lot of fun with these units and come up with some really cool sounds.
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Alesis Quadraverb Presets
Alesis QuadraVerb Alesis QuadraVerb In 1988, Alesis Corp. Introduced the original QuadraVerb, a music effects processor capable of four simultaneous effects in multiple configurations. Since then, they have introduced additional members of the QuadraVerb family, including the QuadraVerb Plus, the QuadraVerb GT guitar effects processor, and the Quadraverb 2.
Alesis Quadraverb User Manual
Here's what you find on these pages: • An early review of the, which in retrospect, looks a little breathless.:-) Also, some early impressions of the • Various for using your QV. • The contains interesting patches, both individual patches and in banks. • A collection of for manipulating QV patches on your computer. • The in case you want to do any programming. • Old and for the now-defunct qv-interest mailing list.