Question about SW1000XG

[seskanda]

This is to any owners of the card. Before I plan on getting it(whenever it pops up on ebay ) I must know, how many effects can be routed to MIDI? ALL my SB cards (up to Audigy 2 ZS) could only have a max. of 2 for ALL MIDI channels.(that is, counting reverb and/or chorus) I need the SW1000XG to support one effect PER MIDI channel. Or, at least, 8 effects for ALL MIDI ch., which, i believe, is what the X-FI XtremeMusic supports.

Thanks in advance.

[Rhizome]

Since the SW1000XG is the same as the MU100R in terms of the engine and sound, I can clear that up.

The SW1000XG/MU100/R has 7x 24-bit FX processors, where you can have up to 7 effects set at one time per channel (as long as I'm reading the manual correctly). Since they're level 2 XG, that's 32-MIDI channels 

[Cloudschatze]

The SW1000XG/MU100/R has 7x 24-bit FX processors, where you can have up to 7 effects set at one time per channel (as long as I'm reading the manual correctly).

Yeah, the manual is kind of deceiving, in my opinion. (Part EQ and System EQ each count as an effect...)

The output-routing diagrams in the manual provide the best visual representation of what your options are. In addition to chorus/reverb (the send levels for which are adjustable, per part), and the EQ, you have three assignable multi-effects - Insertion1, Insertion2 and Variation. The insertion effects can only be applied to a single part (at a time), but the variation effect can be applied either to a single part, or to all parts.

So, you're not going to be assigning multi-effects to every part (or even eight, for that matter), but since they can be reassigned on-the-fly, you shouldn't have any trouble making nice, effect-laden music.

[seskanda]

Actually, since EQ is NOT really an effect, that means a total of 5 (re-assignable) effects are possible. Unless,of course, the EQ can be replaced with another effect (e.g. NOT a compressor, exciter, gate, etc.) If that's the case, then it bumps up to a max. of 7, since it was mentioned that EQ counts as two effects.