SONY DPS-V55 MULTI EFFECTS PROCESSOR.

SONY'S DPS-V55 MULTI EFFECTS processor, launched this spring, has proven itself a powerful, cost-effective tool for music production and mixing. Working with many industry leaders - Rogers Nichols, Michael Bernard, Snuffy Walden, Joe Chiracelli, Tom Jung - to develop presets, Sony designed the DPS-V55 to benefit musicians in project studios, desktop applications, public address environments, and for television and multimedia applications.

Drawing from an advanced level of technology found in Sony's DPS-V77, the V55 offers many of the same sonic advantages: the same DSP rate, the same processing chip, and 20-bit converters.

The DPS-V55 offers the user tremendous flexibility with a range of 45 effects types that can be combined in various ways to create user presets and can be set up in a variety of audio configurations for stereo and surround applications.

Because the presets on the machine are grouped according to input configuration and application, musicians' access to the effects is further simplified by Fast Find, which allows selection of algorithms within the presets' different groupings. Efficiency is also aided by the presence of an algorithm chart on the machine that identifies various effects. The machine's large parameter wheel with velocity sensing and large tap tempo button also enhance user access and provide musicians with quicker turnaround time for implementing effects.

The DPS-V55 is currently available at a suggested list price of $550.

For more information on the DPS-V55 multi effects processor, write of call Sony Electronics, Inc., 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07565-8002; 800-686-SONY. Web site: www.sony.com/professional.