improvements gibts anscheinend doch (ob das die Preise rechtfertigt, vor allem für die Korea pickups auf den billigeren Modellen, sei dahingestellt..):
"Yes, it will work with the VDI on existing and future products.
In fact, on the X3 with dual tone you can send the magnetics to one amp and an guitar model to a different amp or preamp and play them at the same time."
weiters:
"It is so much better than Variax I. I would call it Variax 1.5. We improved the pitch tracking on the alt tuning and the pitch detection in general. I will be blogging about that more in the coming weeks at
http://www.tylervariax.com. I will be interviewing the head DSP guy to give you more info.
The models all benefited in sound just like the models in DL4 benefited from moving to a better chip in the M13/M9.
Yes, James Tyler helped us design all new bridges for each model to address concerns that you guys have brought to our attention. Also we worked with L.R. Baggs on a brand new piezo design for the same reason.
Yes, it has a litium-ion rechargeable battery with a battery meter that will give you 12 hours of play time. More on that later.
Both the pickups and the vax come out of the 1/4 inch. You press the model encoder to switch between magnetics and model.
That is the million dollar question. I can't say at all, but there is thinking going on about that. Nothing soon though."
leider bad news für old-Variax users:
"The guts are brand new with a new more powerful chip so that we could get things going that you guys have been asking for. The new code will not help the existing Variaxs.
When we were all talking in the old "future of Variax" thread, I talk about the fact that we feel like we are cutting back and looping around to pick up a bunch of guys we missed the first time around. So the models will remain the same for now. But the improvement in the sound of the models because of the DSP is good."