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Alesis processors are often really great. Probably more satisfying if you appreciate grainy textures. I have a modfx ampliton & metavox. The Wedge reverb was quite nice too.
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Iāve had the Alesis Wedge reverb unit since the 90ās and itās happily back on my main mixerās post-fader FX loop. Used it a few times on a recent album in fact. It also does some killer and nightmarish pitch bending. Iāve never dug into its MIDI capabilities but was thinking of it earlier.
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Quadraverb, Reflex, DP4+
collect em all
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Iāve had my Quadraverb Plus since 1990. The screen failed a few years back (garbled ascii) but it was a 5min, Ā£20 fix to slot in a replacement.
There are some great sysex files floating around the net but itās pretty simple and a pleasure to program.
MIDI controlled params is where it shines though - set the OT CCs up and p-lock away!
Love me some Quadraverb.
Playing the resonators is a lot of fun.
Think this is limited to the + version, need to see if I can do that chip swap.
Definitely looking forward to confusing this thing with lots of midi data.
It is indeed.
In that case feed it some hi-hats and field recordings, choose āplate 2ā and whack the decay up to about 75.
Tada! Youāre making Selected Ambient Works 85-92 (minus the genius melodies).
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This past summer I started missing my old Midiverb II, and ended up going a bit nuts on Alesis 'verbsā¦Picked up a Quadraverb Plus, Midiverb 1, Midiverb II, and Midifex. The Midiverb 1 and Midifex are probably my favorites due to character. Triggering the resonators on the QV+ with the Machinedrum sequencer is also great.
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This kind of tip is the reason I started the thread, SAW 85-92 is one of my tops 
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it is an easy addiction to get - very cheap to get a fix.
i have:
midiverb 1 (beauty)
midifex
midiverb 2 (bloom!)
midiverb 3
nanoverb (not as bad as i though it might be)
quadraverb
want to try them all because i think there are changes to each version.
Midiverb II just for the two Bloom presets. Try running on a send to first a Monotron Delay and then the MV II for some hands-on ambient tweakfest.
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Old thread I know. But I really want to break a lancet for my Midiverb2. They go so cheap and have such a lovely grainy texture. I patched mine to the cue of my octatrack as a send effect and just love what it does, especially to vocals (short verbs).
I paid around 30 Euro for mine. So much value! And no plugin does what it doesā¦
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Iām thinking about purchasing a Quadraverb
Can it only have one effect on at a time? Or is it multi-FX? Iām having trouble finding out. Whatās the difference between Quadraverb, the GT, the 2, the Plusā¦etcā¦
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Just picked up a Midiverb2 dirt cheap. Needs a power supply, butā¦
I think Iām just gonna bite the bullet and buy a Quadraverb 2. The only ābadā thing Iāve heard about it is that itās a bit cleaner and not as ālofiā as Quadraverb 1 (a character Iām actually kind of craving), but it seems it can stack multiple effects as āblocksā (?) up to 8 of them, whereas the Q1 canāt. Still hard to tell.
Just went ahead and bought it. The one on ebay was dirt cheap ($200) and all the others on reverb were over $500. Guess Iāll update this thread when I get it. Pretty excited to have a decent FX unit for my only hardware synth (Prophet Rev2) as its onboard FX are great but I only get one at a timeā¦No chorus and reverb 
And who knows maybe Iāll incorporate it into my recording setup too. Use it as a send FX from my Focusrite Scarlett 18i8.
Found the answer I was looking for. 4 effects simultaneously. Seems you canāt go wrong with either Quadraverb, though the Q1 is much more common and much cheaper.
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So the Quadraverb 1 can do reverb, delay, pitch and eq simultaneously in various configurations. It is definitely the most distinctive sounding of the generations.
The plus is just a Quadraverb 1 with a different chip in it. Adds a bunch of stuff like ring mod and a crude but awesome sampling feature.
The GT is the same, but with a bunch of terrible overdrive and distortion that sound like ass.
The 2 onwards make various improvements but sound much cleaner and a bit better quality, though I love the sound of the OG.
Canāt really go wrong with any of them, to be fair, unless you donāt like a bit of noise, in which case you should definitely avoid Quadraverb 1.
@Snipecatcher, good luck with that power supplyā¦
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First I bought a quadraverb, then I snagged a midiverb 3 and Yamaha spx90 (needing battery) for cheap.
I want to swap the midiverb 3 for a 2, as Iām pretty sure the 3 and the quadraverb sound very similar. Havenāt confirmed this just yet though!
Looks like the quadraverb can be upgraded to a quadraverb plus by swapping out an EEPROM!
Cool thanks for the informative post 
The rest of the internet was a jumbled mess of information.
Is the 2 like a LOT cleaner? Does it lack character? There are a startlingly few number of demos (I think thereās literally one demo) of the Q2. Are the reverbs too ācleanā or are they still lush and pretty?
The 2 is a very nice unit. If youāre nostalgic for some early 90s warp sounds or some really crispy sounds then get the OG. If you want some nice, lush effects the 2 more than has you covered.
Yeah, I love the lottery of buying a Quadraverb and never quite knowing if itās a plus or not until you get it home.
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