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The undisputed 'shoegaze' rack, I have recently inherited one from my brother and want to use it as part of my live rack.. just some quick questions regarding it

[*] Are there any 'modern' pedals that emulate it (has anyone developed one?)
[*] Are there any cheap footswitches for it? Are there footswitches that let you select saved presets?
[*] Does anyone do mods on them (in Australia preferably) ?? They are tone-suckers, would a buffer before it work?

Thanks!

Point 1 - No clue. None that i know of, but possibly. There are definitely things that fill similar roles, everyone always recommends the Zoom MS70CDR
Point 2 - If it has a footswitch input, i imagine any one would do? You could probably find just any odd footswitch. No clue about preset recall from a switch, how exactly that would work.
Point 3 - Put it in an FX Loop?

Magicstomp is the pedal equivalent, but still does some tone suck.

A bypass looper can help with old rack stuff. Best option with most old rack stuff is a mixer so you can run the signal fully wet in parallel to your unfucked dry signal.

Alternately, try to find a deal on some stereo-chorus solid state combo amp with dual line ins and run your fully wet processor tapped off a preamp out of your main amp and voila, wet/dry/wet.

Gone Fission wrote:Magicstomp is the pedal equivalent, but still does some tone suck.

A bypass looper can help with old rack stuff. Best option with most old rack stuff is a mixer so you can run the signal fully wet in parallel to your unfucked dry signal.

Alternately, try to find a deal on some stereo-chorus solid state combo amp with dual line ins and run your fully wet processor tapped off a preamp out of your main amp and voila, wet/dry/wet.

yes but does it have the same 'tone'???

I've never done a head to head, but it sounds like the 90 does on records and most people who have tried both seem to think they sound the same. The early reflections, reverse gate, and symphonic algorithms seem balls on. I don't know the original Pitch C algorithm well, but guys into 80s L.A. studio rack of schlock stuff think the Magicstomp gets that one right, too.

Magicstomps are out of production, so,techincally there is no,similar pedal..anyway thanks for the info, i need a footswitch right now

Footswitch should be standard Echoplex type IIRC.

It selects on/off or patch advance based on settings I believe (it's been YEARS since I handled one).

The other thing is to put it before the right amp. They sound like ass in front of something dirty; they want to see clean.

And for those who didn't have one fall on their laps, and you don't need *rack* per se, and are happy with amptop, look for a REX-50.

The Zoom Multistomp pedals are good for Shoegaze but I wouldn't recommend one to emulate specific Yamaha algorithms. The early reflections effect, for instance, does not sound much like the SPX's equivalent and I don't think there is a Zoom equivalent of Symphonic.