wat's ur fav multi-effect so far?

[fraggot]

bought the g2.1 from zoom.

quite dissapointed with its clean tones..
nothing lush or spectacular.

but its crunch and gritty/downright dirty tones are something else.

reminds me of my childhood lolz

i just switch to my les paul model and it sounds great on 20 min solos hahah

however you gotta tweak the patches. none of them sound good. NONE of them.. you gotta tweak and tweak but they sound pretty close to the originals esp this modler called Guvnor Dist... sounds spot on RAT distortion sia...

bought for around 200
worth the price
but don't buy if you're looking for nice cleans

 

[bluepowder]

THEBLUEARK:
yep the GT-8 fixes that too,it has separate interfaces for all parameteres....distortion ,booster,chorus,delay,reverb..hehe....so its kinda cool...i do tweak a lot on stage myself....esp to control feedback...hehe...
But i wont lie,the G-unit is delicious...readin abt it right now...yum..

 

[Rhythmic_Concussion]

Interesting discussion you guys have here. I am thinking of getting a modeler too. I am still in the beginners stage so tone is secondary to me until I find what I like on the modelers.

For me, price whilst, the AX1500G and AX300G wins hands down(maybe there are cheaper ones which I do not know yet). I like the GT-8 too for its verstility and quality. It seems to be the fav of many, followed by the GNX3. Have to pop by places to try if they allow so. Think maybe I should start with either the AX1500G or 3000G 1st...money not enough to get a GT-8. If anyone has got a 2nd hand to let go, please let me know.

 

[arikazari]

btw how's zoom GFX-1 or GFX-5 ? How will it fare with Korg's AX1500G?

 

[SpaTanS]

As a ZOOM GFX5 user ... i wud say with the price and all ... it is relatively good for experimenting ... get use to the tweaking and stuff ... had a build-in metronome and drum machine ... so, practically u can jam on your own ... :lol:

i'm thinking of selling mine to upgrade ... any takers ? have tweaked a few good sounds with it ... :lol:

eyeing on a GT-8 ... heard quite abit of good respond on that ... those of u GT-8 owners, care to elaborate more on it ? maybe we start a new topic on that ? how, how how ??? :lol:

 

[Paulo]

GT-8 straight into the mixer/PA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjbaaKOwJ9A&search=marty friedman

 

[SpaTanS]

found this off the Bossgtcentral ... quite an intro for the GT8 ... click on the Video demo for viewing ...

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/media/flash/151422_gt8/index.html



ooh, and oso this article for those who want to know what's COSM means ...

COSM™ (Composite Object Sound Modeling)
Once a musical instrument generates sound vibrations, it reaches the human ear through various mediating objects, each of which significantly affects the sound. The material and configuration of the instrument, the electric /electronic /magnetic amplifying system, the air and reverberation of the room all affect the final sound. Sound modeling, the latest DSP technology, “virtually” reconstructs these objects. Roland’s breakthrough Composite Object Sound Modeling (COSM) uses the advantages of multiple modeling methods and succeeds in accurately emulating existing sounds, as well as producing sounds that have never before been created.
For guitarists, Roland's proprietary modeling technology known as COSM (Composite Object Sound Modeling) isolates and emulates all the various components in the signal chain, from the input of the amp, to the final vibration of the speaker cone. COSM then recombines these components to "model" the original amp's setup from tone stacks to speaker cabinets. Further, when these Virtual components are combined, they interact in the same way as the components in the original amp. This is VERY different from the static "snapshot" modeling techniques used by other manufacturers, which generally recreate the most popular sound of an amp, with no variations possible based on a player's performance or changes in the amp's settings. Roland was the first music company to introduce "modeling" technology to the guitar world back in '94/95 with the launch of the VG-8 V-Guitar system.
Here are just a couple of real-world COSM examples
1. When you turn up the volume on a COSM-modeled tube amp, not only does this increase the volume, but it also overdrives the virtual circuitry just like an original amplifier. The result is enhanced sustain, fatter sound, and you can even hear those virtual greenbacks breakup - just like the originals!
2. Turn off the EQ section (tone stack) and our COSM-powered VGA-series V-Guitar AMPLIFIERS shut down the sound just like the original (think Vintage Twin...)
3. Many early amps based on then-current technology were uneven in performance - not even all models in a given production year would sound the same. Current COSM technology allows for much greater consistency in our amplifiers- if its COSM, you will sound great out-of-the-box.

 

[TheBreed]

eh brudder spatan,

u getting technical sia.

i know BMW is a good performance car, but the question is whether i like or not, or rather i need or not.

i know BMX is a typically jus a bicycle, but as long as it can bring me from my hse to the market and back, for the mere purpose of eating a plate of chicken rice, then heck, i'll go for the BMX.

prolonged Ipod stuck to my drums making me deaf, me think they all sound the same anyway. its jus a matter of tweak here tweak there.

 

[SpaTanS]

:lol: thanks for the kind advise Bro Breed ... i'm drooling over lotsa things recently ... maybe cos of the Progress Package thingly ... :lol:

i'll give it a more 2nd thot ...

 

[crozzfire]

how about a digitech rp2000?

 

[Aerialist]

podxtlive all the way

 

[Chan]

I'm caught between the PODxt and the Valvetronix Tonelab SE. Both very authentic sounding and can confuse the hardest of valvophiles out there. Very clean signals too, so good news for the sound guys...

One criteria which I think is overlooked in the choice of fx is the user-friendliness. As some have noted, in some multi-fx the same knobs do different things, hence the challenge is to find an fx unit with a simple layout and everything's nicely seperated...

 

[Canon]

Way back on page 1 of this topic thor666 made a good point. which for most of the pages everyone ignores. The final system you run through makes an amazing difference no matter what the original source. having owned PoDs, Gt whatevers, Zooms galore as well as Yamaha stomps etc, they ALL have degrees of tweakability and will end up only limited by your ability to programme them, within their limitations, but a good progessor , well set up can sound shit through a cheap amp and vice Versa. lets be honest valve is valve and evereything else is NOt. You gets what you pays for dude.