Back in 1990, Boss launched the RE-1000 Digital Multi Echo. This was an attempt by BOSS to recreate the legendary RE-201 Space Echo using modern (for 1990) design and a rack mounted format. For an early digital reverb, it has a nice, warm, and fat sound thanks to a warmth control that introduces wow and flutter, emulating the RE-201.
I got the unit cheap around 1990 due to it having some damage on the input jacks, which I really must get around to sorting out.
Here are the specs:
- Two inputs
- Stereo or mono output
- Independent Input gain with overload indicators
- Pre EQ (low and high controls)
- Output Balance (from fully dry to fully wet)
- Decay
- Warmth
Modes:
- Multi Echo 1
- Multi Echo 2
- Multi Echo 3
- Multi Echo 4
- Echo 1
- Echo 2
- Echo 3
- Echo 4
- Echo & Rev 1
- Echo & Rev 2
- Echo & Rev 3
- Echo & Rev 4
- Rev 1
- Rev 2
- Rev 3
- Special
The combination of the warmth control and being able to overdrive the input gives some interesting tones, very much like the old Echoplexes and Space Echoes. It adds a lot of warmth to my Yamaha TX7 and old Jen SX100, and I leave the synths permanently connected via the RE-1000, even though there are plenty of effects options in the DAW.
In this video I hooked up my TX7 and demonstrated the different effects of the RE-1000.