The new Echo Pro rackmount model offers virtually all the features of the pedal version, but with a better user interface, 99 programs, stereo balanced ins and outs and MIDI, including MIDI control over the unit's loop record/playback functions.To create the Echo Pro, the designers analysed original hardware echo boxes, then attempted to recreate such factors as wow and flutter, distortion and high-end loss to get their models to sound like the real thing, but without the hiss. In addition to the delay programs, there's a loop sampler capable of up to 60 seconds of loop time. Using the front-panel buttons or external MIDI controllers, a loop can be recorded, replayed, overdubbed, doubled or halved in speed, or even played in reverse.The 1U package is mains powered, with the rear-panel stereo ins and outs on both balanced jacks and XLRs, though you can use the unit in mono if you prefer. There's also a jack input for an expression pedal, as well as MIDI In and Out/Thru sockets.
