Future Impact Bass Synthesizer
In the mid-90’s, electronic music manufacturer Akai Professional took a detour from their typical product offerings of samplers & workstations and released a series of dedicated effect pedals for Guitar & Bass. Among these pedals was a ruby-colored gem called the SB-1 Deep Impact – designed for use with Bass Guitar, the Deep Impact contained a variety of fat, funky Synth-Bass sound presets that were user-tweakable and – more importantly – infinitely usable in a variety of musical settings.
Product Features
- The filter can be 12 dB/oct or 24 dB/oct and emulates the classic Mini-type filter.
- An effect section is included with time modulation effects.
- While the distortion effect on the Deep Impact runs at a 32 kHz sampling rate, the FI I. runs at 128 kHz, giving a much cleaner distortion, free of any digital artifacts.
- Unlike the Deep Impact, the Future Impact is now equipped with MIDI IN and MIDI OUT!
I’ve played bass for many years. The Future Impact is the best effects unit I’ve ever owned. You can utilize the installed 100 effects, or customize them easily with your computer. I play it live in concerts. It defines the sound of our band. I have had the pleasure of contacting Panda Midi directly, and their customer service was amazing. They responded almost instantly to my request for information. The vendor that fulfilled my order via Amazon was Electric Mojo Guitars near Montreal was…