YAMAHA SPX50D

YAMAHA SPX50-D € 170,00

The SPX was, and still is, a great little fx unit. It has a selection of very usable reverbs – including that 1980s speciality, gated reverb – plus early reflection programs and delays. It also has a number of fairly basic pitch change presets plus panning, vibrato, parametric EQ and a compressor. Of these, the reverbs (halls, plates, rooms) are the most useful. To my mind, the best bits of the SPX range are the chorus / flanger / phaser effects, particularly Symphonic, and, in the 50D, the distortion effects
Symphonic is a great, deep chorus effect which is like a Dimension D on steroids. It can be subtle, like a Dim D, or tweaked to create an over-the-top chorus with lots of pitch changing. It’s great for widening synth basses, for warming up the low end of tracks, for adding movement to a Rhodes patch or for thickening an acoustic guitar
The addition of distortion and the provision of a front-panel input and effects loop makes the 50D far more appealing to guitarists. Clearly Yamaha went to some trouble to make this is useful upgrade. The front panel input with loop out for a tuner shows that a lot of thought went into it