Well, for mixing the mic together with the internal stream and it’s EQ you already need a (light) DSP… unless it is done analog…
PS: InMusic probably decided to offload all the FX to the embedded computer because of cost: DSP firmware programmers are harder to find than software programmers. On top of that they have to be math geniuses because you cant just buy libraries to do these complex audio routines at a hardware level…
The big difference however is that the lower units only have an aux input, while the Prime 4(+) has 4 inputs, 2 of them even switchable to phono. That raises expectations. On top, if you route these input through the Rockchip (which I doubt due to latency), you can let the Rockchip process do FX on these inputs as well…
In short, I would understand people being disappointed by this design choice. Luckily I own SC6000s and a x1850
People who complain are the ones who really buy things.
I think this is a advice to inMusic, we hope he will be better,
I think it’s unjustifiable for a US$2,199 device to not have hardware fx that can apply effects to external input audio.
I think integration is ok, but there must be unity and consistency.
Why do I say that?
I found,
The touch fx of some models (I forgot) can apply effects on bluetooth input audio, but some models cannot.
We had a few different friends, tested,
In this case, what is the routing of FX?
Why do the same effect systems have different results?
I am also very dissapointed that my expensive car cannot haul as much cargo as my friends crappy truck, I will complain to the manufacturer and hope he will do better in the future. Maybe even make a software update to add that feature.
