Look Upon My Rack, Ye Mighty, And Despair...

If Ozymandias made electronic music instead of, say, sandstone temples and war against the Hitittes and shit, this is what his rack would have looked like, I’d like to think. Except for the one final piece (a PCM91), I’ve pretty much reached the end of the road vis-a-vis my digital lifestyle, with the addition of that shiny new H8000FW.

I’ve only had it hooked up for a couple hours now, so I am in no way qualified or able to give even a minimal review. I will say, however, that the likelihood of me complaining about it in the foreseeable future is essentially nil. Initial experimentation seems to lead me to the conclusion that there are very few multi-FX boxes even in the same league as this, and none that I’ve owned or used.

It is, in short, God In A Box.

I’ll admit in all candor that, despite having what could only be termed as “decades” of experience around professional equipment, this box is a bit above my pay grade, and it is a weird combination of elation and slight embarrassment that I’m feeling right now. But I’ll wallow in the former and swallow the latter, as is my wont.

Now it’s time to sell some tracks so I can somehow pay for this cocksucker.