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Bob Ross
 
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Scott Dorsey wrote:
Bob Ross wrote:

Respectfully disagree: IMHO the Ursa Major MSP-126 is the ne plus ultra
of fake stereo synthesis. It even included an emulation of the Orban's
reciprocal comb filter technique so you could hear how much better
their delay-based stereo synthesis was (especially as far as mono
compatibility goes). I always thought the MSP-126 was one of the most
underrated processors to come out of the 1980's; really unique box.
Apparently some vestiges of its algoritms were ported over to the
ADR-68K or whatever the AKG effects box was called.


I never used anything but the reverbs on it! How does the fake stereo
function work? Anything involving delay makes me worry about mono
compatibility issues.



The MSP-126 was just a multitap delay with 6 taps on the left & 6 on
the right. I don't know how they actually implemented the taps to do
the stereo synthesis; I just looked through the manual and it
cryptically refers to "special, adjustable time delay patterns which
process mono into stereo with flat response of Left, Right, and
Left+Right output signals".

I remember their whole raison d'etre was that the flat response of
their delay-based fake synthesis was a dramatic (& previously unheard
of) contrast to reciprocal comb filter-based fake stereo.

Box did some really cool Haas Effect-based panning too. When was the
last time you heard mono-compatible *panning* ?!?!