Keith Barr, one of the people responsible for creating the FV-1, passed away in 2010, and he was also the guy that pioneered the development of the Alesis products prior years. It is unlikely there ever will be an FV-2.
from another post about Keith Barr:
"One of the pleasures of this project has been learning a little about the designer of the FV-1, Keith Barr. He passed away in 2010 and some of his contributions are summarized in
this tribute: cofounder of MXR and creator of the Phase 90, founder of Alesis, pioneer in bringing digital recording and then digital reverb to the masses, etc.
The FV-1 was developed and released in the mid-2000s and is responsible for the boom in “boutique” reverb and (along with the
PT2399) non-BBD delay pedals, being used by the likes of: Old Blood Noise, Catalinbread, Neunaber, Earthquaker, Red Panda, Keeley, Dr. Scientist, Walrus Audio, etc, etc."
more here:
Photos courtesy Spin Semiconductor. I was stunned last week to learn of the death of Keith Barr, the founder of Alesis and a beloved, legendary engineer of music technology. He was 61. An analog engineer gone digital, he led the charge to make digital reverb and studio recording affordable, and...
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