Yamaha FX500 [Shoegaze Machine!] Digital Multi Effects Processor w/ Power Supply

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Awesome unit, nails that 90s dreampop / shoegaze sound!
The unit will show slight signs of wear, and fully tested.
Comes with power supply (110v / US outlet plug).

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Delivery time from Japan to US : Around 7 days
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The Yamaha FX500 effects processor could be considered as one of the favorite shoegazing effects used in the 90s. This classic hardware effect was a half rack hardware unit designed and produced by Yamaha company in the late 80s as a budget unit for home studios and touring musicians. It was an alternative to more expensive processors from that era. As an early digital effect design, they were quite noisy due to the not so advanced AD DA converters. But, today we are lucky to work in a digital audio environment, using software and plugins, backed up by almost noise free digital converters built in our modern audio interfaces.

In the FX500 there were a number of presets that inspired artists to lay the ground of a new genre in the music. For example, Slowdive, with their shoegaze music. Following the previous article : Recreating Slowdive’s “When The Sun Hits” Guitar tone, we are continuing our journey. Today we will recreate the “Soft Focus” patch in Amplifikation 360, that is rumored to be used by Slowdive in the early days and especially in their album “Souvlaki”. The preset sounds like an instant shoegazing ambient universe, with lush pad-like qualities.

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