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The Big Review: Boss RE-202 Space Echo – Bigger is better with this amped-up tape-delay unit

我们对Re-2太空的回声充满热情,但它的哥哥还提供更多。

概括

Bigger than the RE-2 but also more inspiring, this is a fun-packed festival of tape-style delay.
老板RE-202 Space Echo
9

这是值得任何Netflix原创的戏剧性情节扭曲。虽然互联网泄漏似乎抢劫了老板在RE-2太空的惊喜推出中,在线高度几乎不知道紧凑型RE-2仅是两管齐的攻击的一半。
我们在这里告诉您,另一半,Re-202 Space Echo是一个地狱。

Of course the RE-2 gets the most attention because,正如我们在评论中所解释的, it’s the first-ever truly board-friendly version of the 1974罗兰RE-201 Space Echo. But shrinking a gigantic tape-based machine into a compact enclosure inevitably leads to compromises – and the RE-202 is having none of that. Quite the opposite, in fact.

老板RE-202 Space Echo

Sticking to a form factor closer to the old dual-footswitch RE-20 has allowed Boss to retain all its key features, while advances in digital technology have made it possible to add some interesting new ones.

最重要的是,RE-202使您可以存储四个预设,并且 - 由于形状略宽,可容纳三个脚步开关,而不是RE-20的两个脚步 - 在不脱离吉他的情况下将其切开。如果您拥有MIDI硬件来控制它们,那四个预设将增加到127。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

That’s big news in itself. What’s more is that a button now lets you flip between ‘new’ and ‘aged’ virtual tape, a saturation control lets you push the repeats into grimy overdrive, and a fourth virtual tape head ensures more complex multi-head patterns than you could ever achieve with a real RE-201.

While the RE-2 features a single tone knob, the RE-202 retains the separate treble and bass controls, which are handily centre-notched. But that’s the only other feature that really differs from the smaller pedal. You get the same controls for echo volume, repeat rate (time) and intensity (feedback), plus reverb level and, naturally, that new option for Wow & Flutter.

老板RE-202 Space Echo

Beyond that, the main advantage of paying more for the bigger unit lies in those three footswitches. Each has a secondary function accessed by holding it down for a second, and all three are potentially useful.

首先,压低旁路脚踏开关的扭曲模式,这将踏板推向无限重复的自振荡。RE-2上也可以使用这种有趣的技巧,但只能通过复杂的启动过程在该单元上访问。有了这个,它就在您的脚下。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

中间开关用于跳过四个内存插槽(加手动模式);放下这个只是打开和关闭混响。

然后是右侧的Tap-tempo脚踏开关,它可以作为扭曲开关加倍。同样,这种狂热的向上启发的自振荡效果可在RE-2上获得,但仅作为启动选项。

RE-202有自己的额外选择,在踏板启动时通过一系列旋钮曲折和按钮按下。与较小的踏板一样,这些使您可以将干直通信号更改为对RE-2011的前置放大器的数字仿真,完全静音干燥信号,将延迟时间加倍,然后选择哪些控件会受到表达踏板的影响。但是这次您也可以在春季,大厅,房间,盘子和“氛围”混响类型之间进行交换。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

正在使用

The RE-202 gets us on its side straight away by being such a solid, weighty bit of kit, and by nodding to the form factor of the first-ever Boss pedal, the CE-1 Chorus Ensemble of 1976.

Our first task is to establish a starting point that matches the core sound of the RE-2. That comes easily enough in any of the first seven modes with saturation minimised, tape age set to ‘new’, and all the other knobs pointing where we left them on the smaller unit.
和以前一样,Boss的新处理引擎与您想要的真正回声的声音相近 - 尽管您必须利用自己的想象力来听到磁带电机的刺激。清晰的清晰度和模拟风格脆弱之间的平衡就在鼻子上。但是,由于有了单独的低音和高音控件,以及极有效的年龄按钮,我们可以更多地控制我们希望重复的明亮或黑暗。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

The ability to dial in super-realistic modulation gives us a shortcut to extra warmth and depth. But even better than that is the added saturation knob. The dry signal remains clean (for now at least…) but you can really mangle the echoes here, or just rough them up a touch, and it works perfectly.

同时,所有12个模式都包含了可脚开关的混响。无论您选择哪种算法,它仍然听起来并不好,但是作为重复背后的质感软化器,它做得不错。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

我们对扭曲和扭曲效果没有这样的保留。拥有这些容易访问的东西可能会诱使您陷入各种不负责任的行为,尤其是在您已经运行前者时可以参与后者。很高兴看到老板鼓励狂野的实验 - 毕竟,真正的磁带延迟是擅长的。

第四个虚拟磁带头部单独不可用,而仅作为多头模式8到12的一部分,但这并不是很大的损失。那个额外的头部打开的额外图案提供了新鲜的创意 - 在此之后回到三头re-2有点令人沮丧。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

可以说,这对内存功能更为正确。这个踏板中有足够的不同声音,可以选择值得存储预设的选择,并且它的工作原理与应有的无缝性 - 唯一的障碍是,当您回到手动时,不会回忆起磁带年龄和混响旁路状态的变化。模式。令人惊讶的是,这会变得多么烦人。

访问RE-202的启动技巧非常简单。使干燥信号静音,将最大延迟时间加倍,并将多个控件分配给表达踏板的结果与RE-2的结果完全相同,而在我们之前触及的五个混响之间的切换之间并不像我们那么变化希望。外部MIDI切换也有很多选择。

老板RE-202 Space Echo

But it’s the digitally simulated RE-201 preamp that’s the most potent feature here. Remember the overdriven repeats we mentioned earlier? This setting simply applies that dirt to the dry signal as well – so if you set the delay level to zero, you now have a one-knob overdrive pedal. It’s not going to knock the originalKlonCentaur off your board but it’s a perfectly sound bit of balanced mid-gain crunch.

What’s holding this glorious machine back from a perfect 10? Well, there’s the price… plus, like the RE-2, it has stereo outputs but no stereo delay algorithms, meaning immersive ping-ponging bliss is off the menu. There is, however, a USB port on the back. One for a future firmware update, perhaps?

Key Features

  • 价格€399 / £335
  • DESCRIPTIONProgrammable digital multi-head delay with reverb, made in Malaysia
  • CONTROLS低音, treble, reverb volume, repeat rate, intensity (feedback), echo volume, saturation, Wow & Flutter, 12-way rotary mode switch; selector buttons for memory (1-4 plus manual), input level (guitar or line) and tape (new or aged); bypass footswitch with hold for warp effect, memory footswitch with hold for reverb on/off, tap-tempo footswitch with hold for twist effect
  • FEATURES单声道/立体声输入和输出,控制/表达踏板输入,Mini-Jack MIDI IN/OUN(127个内存插槽),microUSB,用于更新;启动启动选项,用于干直线,干燥静音,双重延迟时间,混响类型,延迟跟踪开/关和表达/控制踏板设置;缓冲旁路,由9伏主电源供电(随附)
  • DIMENSIONS192 x 133 x 50mm
  • 接触boss.info

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