It's quite small, as on many multi-effects units, so the physical range isn't particularly wide, but the one on our review model is also quite stiff, which makes things sound a bit jerky. The only real issue that strikes us is the feel of the expression pedal. Be careful with some of the clean sounds if you're monitoring through Hi-Fi speakers - there are some serious transients there! The overall output level was a bit quieter than we expected (compared directly with a GNX3000) but most of the presets seemed to be set with quite modest master volume settings, so there's scope for extra oomph.
DIGITECH RPX400 SERIES
Most of the amp models were familiar to us from previous GNX and RP units, but there's a tasty collection of newcomers, including the bluestastic Gibson GA-40, the Orange OR120 (classic early seventies rock crunch) and a whole series of genre-specific DigiTech models. Plenty has been written about the powerful DigiTech AudioDNA2 processing in the past, and the RP500 is every bit as good as its stablemates. Here are a range of presets from the RP500, beginning with the Plexidrive setting: Most people are familiar with auto-wah, tremolo or panning in this respect, but you could easily program the RP500 to produce a repeating variation in distortion, reverb length, flange depth. To give you an idea, there are 18 types of distortion, 52 amp models (including a couple of acoustic simulators), the usual range of modulation and filters and DigiTech's famous Whammy and pitch-shift effects.įor extra user control, the expression pedal can be configured to almost any parameter, as can the two LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) for creating automated effects.
DIGITECH RPX400 MANUAL
There are 100 factory presets and 100 user memory slots, and the RP500 can run 10 simultaneous effects modules.Īctually choosing what effects to use may be the most difficult aspect of learning to use the RP500, as it features a whopping… well, we lost count, and the user manual doesn't give an exact figure. You use the Edit buttons to scroll up/down through the modules listed on the left of the matrix display, and then adjust the parameters with the knobs at the bottom of each column. The Tone and Effects Libraries work independently of each other, so you can mix and match.įor a more precise approach to tone design, the RP500 works just like almost every other DigiTech pedalboard effects unit. The RP500 has 40 tone configurations and 42 effects configurations, so it should be easy to get pretty close to the sounds you need. This is a recent DigiTech development, allowing you to make broad changes using preset amp/cabinet chains and/or effect chains. The simplest approach (in either pedalboard or preset mode) is to use the Tone Library and Effects Library knobs. This flexibility is reflected in the dual approaches to modifying and designing sounds. Should you prefer the more traditional 'preset mode', there's a dedicated pushbutton on the main control panel for toggling between the two modes. The five effects modules affected in this way are Compressor, Distortion, Chorus/FX (covering a huge range of effects), Delay and Reverb.
The RP500's default status is 'pedalboard mode', whereby the up/down switches are used to navigate linearly through the patches, and the five main footswitches are used as virtual stompboxes, allowing you to add or remove effects within a patch. "The tough build quality, range of sounds and flexibility of use are very impressive at this price."
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