TC Electronic, Inc. Dual Effects Signal Processor M-OneXL

With XLR and S/PDIF connections, the M-OneXL is especially suited for live applications. Not only does it include a range of world-class TC verbs, but it features new algorithms designed particularly for live sound. It also provides, compressors, limiters, delays, choruses, parametric EQ's, flangers, gates, expanders, de-essers, tremolos, and phasers.Plates 1 & 2 The most basic sounding reverbs in the M-One XL are the "non-digital", mechanical sounding ones, which make metal plates superfluous: Create the artificial reflections typically found on "old mechanical" reverbs! Plates 1 & 2 are especially good on drums and vocal tracks. Room The famous TC Electronic Room reverbs generates a vast array of room settings with different sizes and surfaces. The Room reverbs make your music come alive by adding ultimate realism and texture to your mix. Presets The M-One XL comes loaded with 200 high-grade Factory presets, covering almost any imaginable application. On top of that the M-One can store up to 100 of your favorite presets in the User bank. When satisfied with your preset you just hit the STORE key to save it. It is so simple, that you almost forget that you are actually making presets! In short, the M-One XL gives you access to all the tools you need, whenever you want to create quality effects e.g. Modulation and Pitch effects as well as EQ, De-esser and Dynamics! Drum Verbs Making a drum kit in general or a snare drum in particular stand out using reverbs has been standard in Pop/rock for many years. In the studio, where listening conditions are perfect, there are a number of choices. Achieving the same effect in a PA situation is quite a different story. High density reverbs tend to disappear in a PA system. Using the "Live" type reverb of the M-One XL will give you exactly the level of graininess necessary to achieve this particular effect. The "Live" Reverb works extremely well for short and snappy snare reverbs, as well as big ballad 3.0 second Tom reverbs. Big Lead Vocals The big and dominating Vocal is often supported by a well tuned Hall and maybe even some delays. Combining these two effects in the perfect mix can be a bit of a challenge. The fact that Delay repeats continue to repeat the original dry source, even after the Reverb decayed, makes the delay stand out as a separate effect. Using the M-One XL "Parallel/Serial" routing allows you to use both Delay, with the accurate tap control, and high density Reverbs with independent inputs and simultaneously feed the Delay repeats into the Reverb, allowing a greater integration of the two effects. Ambient Vocal Enhancement Getting the lead vocal to sound both crisp and present in a live mix is not always easy. Turning up the volume and keeping a neutral frequency respond, will make the vocal "float" on top of the music. Using the "Ambience" Reverb of the M-One XL helps this particular situation. The high density Early Reflections and short decays, will add sufficient brightness and shine to the vocal, without compromising the frequency responds.