DigiTech RP1000 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal with Integrated Switching 

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I am a decent novice-no expert for sure. I have had a few individual pedals through the years, but never anything like this. In playing around with it, you can get just about any sound or effect you could want. However- the instruction manual is a complete mystery to me. I am having a hard time getting the hang of switching sounds, effects etc, and the manual might as well be in Cantonese. When I stumble onto a sound/effect, its awesome, when I am looking for it....meh.

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Ive used Digi tech Multi effects pedals for years. I have basicly owned all size models over the past 12 yrs. My last was the full size workstation built alot like this one, I used it for gigs, recording, at home, and band practice. It was dropped, fell on, kicked, and even was soaked a few times. But after it was stolen i was forced to upgrade, thats when I purchased the RP1000. I though the workstation was tough but this thing is crazy. There is nothing it can't do as far as sound tools go. You can get a clean pretty sound or a screaming growl. The built in pedal works great on all settings, and editing is easy. I would reccomend reading the manual though. I would be writing all day if i tried to explain how great great each feature works. The construciton of this thing is crazy. My workstation was tough but nothing like theRP1000, If you love playing music, get one! The type of music you play simply doesn't matter. Classical or Death metal this pedal has the sound and tools to create the sound your looking for.

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Don't judge this RP by the other RP's you may have tried.
Remarkably easy to tweak live, especially if you've done some preliminary homework. Patch and master volumes are well laid out, quickly accessible, and have plenty of headroom/volume available. The 4-cable method is exquisitely implemented and allows you to use your own amp as you always did (with or without your own stomps), wtih/without the RP's effects, or with the RP's models/cabs, all with the press of a footswitch. Performance-wise, this RP is a major step beyond the GNX series. The acoustic models are more usable than GNX acoustic models were. You can use right-angle plugs. There's a lot to like. I'm sorry I waited so long to get one.
I like Line6's bank switching method better (bank selections are not on a timer) but I'll get used to the RP.
The X-Edit software looks more sophisticated than it is. It's useful but flakey.
The power supply is inexpensive and ubiquitous among other DigiTech products (other Rp's, Vocalist Live pedals).
Again, I'm sorry I waited so long to get one.

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Good job fellas
Wow I am only sorry I didn't step up and buy this a long time ago.
I'm sure newer chips will come along but after all I love the sound of old stuff anyway.
Come on, by the time you can even get close to this many pedals you'd have to sell your car and get a cheap truck to carry it all.

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I have been VERY pleased with the sound I get from the RP1000. The amp and cab sims are simply awesome - VERY responsive to playing style. As far as sound goes I have no problems with this item - it's excellent.

I do, however, have some serious problems with the design of the unit. First off, the input and main output should be more clearly marked in large white print - stages are dark and as we age, our eyes get weaker. Second, the plastic section should have shorter knobs so they don't break off the first time they get bumped. Third, there should be a drainage route (which would hopefully direct liquids AWAY from the sensitive electronics) for any liquids that might get spilled on the unit. I solved the first issue by taking some white-out and painting IN and OUT next to the respective jacks. I solved the second and third issues by velcro-ing a clear plastic cover over the recessed plastic section. I just wish I had done that BEFORE the knob got snapped off.
The amp and cab simulations are varied and very musical; the effects are perfectly serviceable. Everything on the RP1000 does pretty much exactly what you would hope except for the EQ section, which is severely limited. How tough would it have been to put fully sweepable parametric controls into this unit? But somebody had their thinking cap on straight when they decided to make it so that you could either operate this as ten presets per page - or five presets with access to each effect as a separate stompbox... that is a VERY cool feature.
The metal chassis and switches are excellent - very tough. However, the plastic parts and switches just aren't road-worthy. One of the plastic knobs broke off (while in the gigbag) during transit after the fourth gig. This could have been avoided by simply making the plastic knobs half their height. Some serious design flaws are evident in the whole plastic section of the controls, actually: They recessed the whole section (presumedly to protect the controls from accidents - ineffectually, as demonstrated by my broken knob) but that also creates a "well" which would retain any spilled liquids and funnel them right into the brians of the unit... NOT a good idea.
Pretty good for the price... the unit SOUNDS GREAT.

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It's 100% awesome smothered in awesome sauce.
If you want to check out the staggering array of features on this thing, it's best to go to Digitech's website and download the pdf manual. There are so many features on this monster, I don't have time to even scratch the surface.
The build quality of the RP-1000 is bulletproof. Tough all-steel chassis and heavy-duty footswitches & expression pedal ensure many years of reliable service, gig after gig. Rugged, all-steel jacks on the back are a definite upgrade over the usual board-mounted plastic jacks that you have to treat with kid gloves. I've steadily gigged with mine for 3 years now with zero issues of any kind.

The sound quality is impeccable. There is literally no sound I can't nail with this thing. I've used tons of effects devices over the last 25+ years as a gigging guitar guy, and this one is just the bomb. The quantity and quality of amp & cab models and effects on the RP-1000 is quite impressive. Not only is there distortion for instance, there is a huge array of very convincing models of specific distortion pedals. Not only is an Ibanez Tube Screamer represented for example, but three variations of the Tube Screamer are in there.. from the original TS-808 to the later TS-9, and the boutique modded TS-9. And it's that way with all of the effects. You don't just get a compressor... you get several specific models to choose from... and it's the same with delays, flangers, and everything else. It's this kind of thoughtfulness from the Digitech people that make this a killer unit.

Not only does it sound great, but it's a snap to program. It's easy enough to get the sound you want via the onboard controls, but the real fun begins when you use the free X-Edit software, downloadable from the Digitech website. Load the software, plug in a USB cable between the RP-1000 and your computer, and every function of the pedalboard is readily available onscreen, and super-easy to program. Not only does the software make editing and creating presets a breeze, but you can back up your entire set of presets and swap out limitless entire sets of presets with just a couple of clicks.

And for you notebook computer studio-types, the RP-1000 is also a high quality USB recording interface. Handy, indeed...

If I had to pick something to gripe about, it wold be that the expression pedal on-off switch is activated like the Dunlop wahs... by pressing the pedal all the way down to trip the switch. I have to watch myself during a heavy wah session that I don't shove the pedal down & turn off the wah, which I have done on occasion. I would have preferred a separate switch off to the side for that function, but that's just a personal preference. Some guys like the switch where it is on this unit and the Dunlops. I prefer the Morley design of having the switch off to the side. Also, the LED display can be tough to see in very bright sunlight, but it is better than most other LED displays in that regard. Other than those minor quibbles, it's a perfect unit as far as I'm concerned.
When you consider all it does so well and it's build quality, it's well worth the price for a working guitar player. It's the first unit I've ever used (and I've had MANY) that does everything well. I wouldn't want anything else.

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I hate it when good opportunities are missed, such as mentioned above with the USB issues. I use the USB port for organizing the presets ONLY.

I like the software interface that Digitech included. It crashes occasionally, but oh well. The software is attractive and easy to use.

Bypass the amp/cab section, which is very easy to do, and it's a pretty nice multi-effects box to use with my guitar amp. The effects sound good. I'm always craving more overdrive options, but this box contains a good selection of useful stompbox effects. I wish they were more configurable. Each effect only has a few options, and some are seriously lacking in options.

Unfortunately, there is no way to tempo sync to your DAW from the the USB port. Not a major flaw... since you can tap it out with your feet using the tap tempo button. But it would be better if tap tempo were available.

I wish there was a software plug-in version of the effects included so I could record the guitar clean and mess around with effects later (like VOX has done with the JamBOX).

With six available outputs, you would think that someone would have included a way for the RP-1000 to send out one processed stereo signal and one unprocessed mono signal at the same time (so you could record them at the same time). Unfortunately, it's not straightforward. The best way I've found is to use the Stomp Loop, but you need to return the clean signal to the RP-1000 with a physical cable at instrument level or the sound doesn't get processed through the RP-1000.

There's no easy way to change the order of your effects from what I can tell.
- Made in the USA (not a "feature," but worth mentioning)
- Has a nice complement of pro connections that seem to be well-thought out (but are missing opportunities)
- Dedicated tap tempo button
- Better amp models than Boss or Line 6 (however... *)
- State-of-the-art, 24-bit audio processing

* Although the sound of the amp models won me over in the store over a year ago, none of them sound real enough when it comes to recording. I prefer software models if I'm going to do that sort of thing. Additionally, I don't use the amp models when playing live because I have a tube amp that I like. Overall, amp modeling in a pedalboard is not that useful to me. Running my guitar to a PA system directly through this box just wouldn't suit my taste.
Solid construction. Die-cast body. The build feels more durable than the Line 6 Pod XT Live. I do prefer the Boss GT-10 footwswitches which don't "click" audibly.
This pedal let me down for recording. The USB port is useless due to poor implementation (I'm a Mac user). The RP-1000 doesn't resolve well to external clock, so it doesn't play nicely if you try to create an aggregate device with another audio interface. Also, if you try using the RP-1000 on it's own, you'll immediately discover that you can't turn down the volume of your headphones. Let me just say... OUCH!Even though it is advertised as a USB recording interface, DO NOT buy this pedal for recording through the USB interface. You will be disappointed. In order to listen to my mix at reasonable sound levels, I have switched to using only the analog connection from the RP-1000 with a different audio interface. Obviously, I would prefer to avoid the extra D/A -->A/D conversion, but... you can't have it all with this pedalboard. Luckily, Digitech included high-quality, XLR analog outputs, so the analog connection sounds very good and clean.The lower value score is the result of two major issues...1) USB implementation for recording is incomplete (actually, I'd even say it's flawed.)2) You can't use two modulation effects at the same time. (Boss gives you the ability to mix Chorus and Flange, but not Digitech.)3) I wish it had a digital output and word clock port.

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This thing does it all for me. I could not be happier.
Well 1st of all, I have owned and played tube amps all my 30 years of playing guitar from Marshall, Fender, Peavey and Mesa. They are all great. I wish I could haul all of them to a gig and switch around between them. Now I can. I was VERY skeptical about buying this thing, but I have to admit that with this unit you get a fleet of very realistic sounding amplifiers and cabinets. The combinations are infinite. How about a Fender Deluxe driving a 4x12 with greenbacks. It's like Prego- it's in there. You can literally spend hours (I know I have) building different amp and pedal combinations, all laid out in correct order or you can change the order if you want. The stomp boxes sound very good as well. Now let me say I did not get the fantastic tones I am now getting overnight with this thing. I've had it a couple of months now and at 1st I was going to send it back until I discovered some things I was doing wrong, and it just takes patience, experimentation and tweaking, which I am finding to be very fun once you figure out what you are doing. It has several configurations for hooking it up. With a USA Fender Fat Strat, I just go staight into my clean channel on a PV Valveking 1x12 equppied with an Eminence Red Coat Governor, set my bass, mid, treble to around 2-3, and set the volume at around 3-5, depending on the situation. Then you just tweak your presets til you find your sound. Once you are familiar where everything is, the unit is very easy to program and navigate even onstage in the dark with actual knobs to turn to adjust parameters. Very bright LEDS and large display. Way better than other brands I won't mention. I tried all of them before I shelled out for this one. Another great feature is the pedalboard mode, which turns the top row of switches into on/offs for individual FX on each bank of 5 presets. Right now I have 3 banks of 5 presets. It's like having 15 different pedalboard/amp combinations and you can asighn what is on and off in a preset. Tap of a switch I'm from a Fender Twin with a Tube Screamer in front to a Marshall Plexi with a Fuzz Face. Then off to the races some Mesa Dual Rectifier metal chunk carnage or a Soldano 80's hair solo. Once you have a tweaked and found the tone, it breathes and responds to your playing as well as anything I've ever played through and the versatility it has brought to my sound and playing has broadened my mind to trying different sounds and styles. I can capture the correct tones for the cover songs I play in my band. Did I mention the 20 sec. looper? Cool for laying down a rythym part to solo over, or you can dub and layer multiple parts on the fly, tho this takes a little practice to do smoothly. On top of all this, Digitech included, power supply, 4 high qulaity 15' braided cables and 2 shorter ones with the unit.
What sold me on this unit over all the other ones I tried was the ease of use onstage and the constuction quality. It is heavy compared to other units. The chassis is metal. The switches feel like a switch when you step on them. The expression pedal feels substatial and way better to me than the other brands. Digitech obviously spent some time and research on capturing the nuances of all the different amp and pedal models. I can't say enough good things and I am WAY glad I spent the time and effort to figure out how it best suited and worked for me. Now on the negagtive side-While the programming/editing grid is very thoughtful and user friendly, it is recessed into the unit by an inch or so, to protect the kind of flimsy plastic knobs. If something were to be spilled on it, it would definetely form a pool in this recess. Something of this qulaity should have been equipped with metal knobs too. These cheap feeling plastic knobs could easily be broken off. Also some sort of handle would be nice. It's kind of awkward to pick up off the floor. There's nothing to hold on to. So a 9 on quality.
For all the amps and pedals you get, on top of the ease of use onstage, the value is unbeatable to me. It has made my set up easier and simpler, and after much patient amp experimenting and tweaking, my tone is better than ever. I don't have to do the stomp dance anymore. One step to a completely diferent amp and FX chain combonation.

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I BOUGHT THIS UNIT LAST DECEMBER HAD SOME MINOR PROBLEMS BUT NOTHING THAT COULD.NT BE FIXED BY DOING A FACTORY RESET. I WILL SAY IT SOUND GREAT WHEN IT WORKS. 5 WEEKS AGO IT CRAPPED OUT AND IT HAD TO BE SENT IN FOR A NEW PROCESSOR I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT IT WILL BE ALEAST 2 MORE WEEKS BEFORE I GET IT BACK MAYBE.
THE TROUBLE WITH UNITS LIKE THIS IS ALL YOUR EGGS ARE IN ONE BASKET .IF ONE PART FAILS YOU LOOSE EVERYTHING.
I'M NOT SAYING DON'T BUY ONE BUT SERIOUSLY GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT.
AT LEAST WITH SINGLE PEDALS YOU CAN STILL GET YOUR MAIN SOUND ,BUT IF A UNIT LIKE THIS GOES OUT YOUR UP THE CREEK WITHOUT A PEDAL.

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So far so good. Relability is a big factor with me so only time will tell.
This unit has it all.
I love using Tubescreamers and the ones in the RP compare very well to the stand alone boxes. But now I can have as many as I want at different settings!

The only feature I had trouble with was trying to find a nice clean solo boost. It can be done, but you need to use an effect as far as I could figure out.
But this has that covered since it has the stop loop I just hooked up my old clean boost pedal through there.
I was hesitant about how well built this unit would be. Its built very tough and should last a good long time.
In comparison to what else is out there and the features, you can't beat this unit.