Paul Honeycutt
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 14 Aug 2016 3:39 pm |
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This is a review I posted on the TDPRI. I thought that this could be a useful tool for folks around here, especially Dobro players using a mic or a mic/pickup set up. The anti-feedback part is worth the price of admission alone. My only con is no phantom power.
I just got a dbx Go Rack. It's a two channel PA processor. It has EQ, Compression, Sub-Harmonic Processor and Anti-Feedback. It has two XLR ins and outs (combo jacks on the input) and a mini-jack for a computer/music player etc. It can run stereo, mono or a mixed mode that puts the XLR's in mono and the 1/8" in stereo. You can use it as a two channel mixer, like a guitar/vocal rig, or after a mixer to process powered speakers (or in front of a power amp).
I hooked it up to the rehearsal PA, a Mackie 1202 mixer and an RCF powered speaker. I took about a half an hour to mess with the presets using a music player through the mixer. Once I had it dialed in to my liking, I set up my acoustic guitar and vocal mic and ran it through it's paces. It sounded much cleaner then the EQ I had in the chain. The compressor is not overbearing. It's very smooth and enhances things rather then overpowering and squashing the signal. I messed a little with the sub-harmonic processor, but it's something I wouldn't use very often. The anti-feedback seems to work fine, but I didn't really crank it to try it out. There are three modes for it. There are 16 preset EQ curves and I found one that closely matches the curve I usually have on my graphic EQ..
I used it at band practice last night and I thought it sounded audibly better then usual. It sounded quieter and fuller, more musical and more natural. I'll give it a full workout at our next gig.
Best of all, the usual price is $99.99, but I got an e-mail from Reverb and they had a dealer selling them for $29.99 with free shipping. I almost bought two! I'd recommend this to anyone who want to improve their PA rig, be it a solo gig with a Bose stick, or a band with an analog board who want to upgrade their sound. Most digital mixers seem to have these features (and more) so it wouldn't be as useful with them. It's not that big and will fit in a gig bag. It's table top mount, so it's not going to go in a rack, but that's not an issue for me. |
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