DigiTech 2112

pretty easy but you have to put a lot of time to edit sounds because there is so much choice of effects and e-q's...(the 1.03)

at first, I used the 2112 as a preamp and a effect unit plugged into a marshall 9200 rack power amp and, for metal, the preamp's sound didn't cut it at all so I kept it for the effects. I bought a mesa tri-axis and tried pluggin the 2112 every wich way with it but it was like the 2112 was putting a glue on my preamp's sound... I had to sell it. The effects were cool though.

I didn't keep it long enough...

It's not for me
The preamp section was really weak and lifeless.

this thang is pretty easy to operate IF (i repeat if)you know your way around it logically please forget about the manual its so shite the presets are mostly bad except for the queen patch and my favourite is BIG BLUES SOLO but taking your time in playing around with this unit will make you throw all your other stuff in the bin or rather lock them up except of course for the gsp21 which for me is an all time great effect unit especialy if you are not good inprogramming your own patch i will give it two ratings 10 for the unit 5 for the presets and i almost forget ther is an awefull noise with the distortion and programming it with care will solve your problems I use this unit in my home studio only and the gsp21 for live gigs but it is always there for my back up This baby is really good in the studio since im sure a lot of tricks can be better done in the studio.

i would not use this unit on a gig without a back up I am actually using it AS A BACK UP in case my gsp 21 let me down
THE REASON is sometimes it locks up and i have to power it down and back on again

I don't want to even think about calling customer support you can guess the rest....

The unit is very easy to operate. I'm not much of the "technical" person when it comes to heavy stuff but this is easy to use. I was dailing in effects and storing new presets the first night. The big dial face is very user friendly.

I run the 2112 into my Marshall 4x12 and JCM 900 head. All the effects are good and are easy to dial in. The effects are not limited either. Different types of delay, chorus, distortion, compression. The presets are also fun to play around with. In particular, the Queen preset is cool. Some nice textures to choose from with a wide range of selection. (100 presets)

So far I have no complaints (3 weeks so far). Works great. Sounds great.

Well I haven't called customer support yet. I did request some information on their website about the 2112 and the control pedal and some helpful brochures were promptly sent to my house within 2 weeks.

I play just about everything. Blues, rock, classic rock, harder stuff. The 2112 can handle it all. I've been playing for 7 years and own 6 guitars. I used to mainly rely on 6 BOSS pedals to do everything for me effects wise including DS-1 distortion, phaser, chorus, blues driver, flanger, and delay (DD-5?). But now I'm using only the 2112 but may try to reencorporate the DD-5 a little later. If it were stolen, I would definitley buy a new one. I love it!

It took some fidleing around with it manuel was dirt some recycled paper!thats the 90s for you!

This sucker will sound like anyone from ac/dc to metallica to steve vai to satch,van halen it takes ot of messing around grant you ive made a decent wah sound very agressive to alien noises to rubber band noises man you name it this is a very well made processor for the money ive had alot of affects from boss pedals rocktron voodoo valve art sgx-2000 express yamaha theyve all been deported the possibilites are endless!!!!!!

havnt had any problems 2years old!

i have a screwy comunication problem between the foot controller and the 2112 they didnt e-mail back second time guess they had no idea ~..~

ive been playing for about 15 long years i mostly concentrate on my music now and this unit does it for men i run this in conjuction with a slew of rockmoduals rocktron hush bbe 482 mackie mixer samson power amp crate half stack on one side peavy on the other guitars i use wolfgang ,fender strat,gibson les paul studio,charvel,danelectos im a damn guitar junkie!!!!!!my final word if you see one used grab it 2 recently sold o e-bay for 400 to 500 dollars.

The only thing you need to do on this box when you buy it
is curb back some of the effects on some of the patches to hear
what wonderful true tube-amp tone it has. I love the 2112,
if the 2112 was a girl it would be Cameron Diaz.

Rather than bore you with redundant info others have probably
stated, I'm gonna quote a memo that sums up the all-important
"COMPARO" between the 2112 and it's rival the GP-100. Since both
products are discontinued, if you're reading this you're probably
looking to buy either product used, so a comparo seems the best
way I can help buyers.

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I STILL LOVE THE 2112 MORE THAN ANYTHING ON THEPLANET FOR GUITAR!!

It eliminates the need for an amplifier for both
recording and live which means no mic'ing, no
lugging of a heavy combo, etc., etc., ad infinitum...
I've bought other gear such as the Yamaha DTX drum
system and refer to that as "the 2112 of drums",
and refer similarly to various stuff I find that
is such a wonderful all-in-one box for me.
The only thing I ever add to my 2112 is my crybaby,that's it, nothing else.

So... what I wanted to say tonight is, since I like
a variety of sounds, and since I'm such a used-gear-
bargain-hunting maniac, I have now acquired both
a Boss GX-700 and the Roland GP-100; both often
compared to the 2112 and Digitech's related products
such as the 2101 and ValveFX.As much as I love Roland, I am sorry there is NO
COMPARISON, the 2112 wins HANDS DOWN!! No close-tie
Pepsi and Coke challenge, this is a STOMP-BOOTANG win.

I think the GX-700 is very cool, the amp simulations
are really fun, and some of the presets they thought
up I definitely will be using; and about the same
comments go for the GP-100; but for simple basic
good guitar tone that TRULY emuluates the sounds
I hear through a real amp with a few high quality
effects units, the Digitech 2112 does it.It does it! It does it! It does it!

Please know, I love many Roland products, own a
ton of their stuff, and am very grateful to their
many GREAT developments in music gear, but...
The GP-100 still sounds to me like NOT a tube amp.
It sounds like a nice JC-120 Chorus amp with some
very high-quality rack effects, but it does NOT
sound 100% like a tube amp; it only seems to
emulate a tube amp about 80 or 90 % close.
The 2112? it sounds 100% like a tube amp to me,
and I play the thing straight into my mixer usingcabinet emulation globally.

The best part to me of both the GX and GP units
is their amp emulations, which are very fun and
pretty darn close. The 2112 does not have that,
but I think the Johnson amps do....I wish that was
available for the 2112 in an upgrade (hear me Digitech?).

owned 2 for over 2 years and nary a prob.
BUT...unlike most electronic equipment that I tend to leave
turned on for the entire weekend, this thing has real tubes, so
remember to turn it off when not in use or you'll bake your tubes
like I did. But ya know....I baked the tubes in one (they're black),
but I STILL haven't even had to replace those tubes! they still sound
fine.

Not sure; I think they're cool but I've heard mixed reviews,
but then again the people who are the most pissed off tend
to speak the loudest...
I've only had minimal dealings with Digitech and they've been
very cool to me.

Oh man.... this dang box does EVERY style I play and the ONLY thing
I DON'T play is Jazz and Reggae. I like every d*** thing else on the planet, music-wise. ...I know, I know, as Silverchair says "I'm a freak...I'm a freak...".

HEY! for buying the box see www.ktjmusic.com who has been selling the 2120 WITH FOOT CONTROLLER NEW FOR $749 as long as it's been in existence!!! I'm aghast at how many netizens still don't know this and are paying too much for the unit!! GO KTJ!! YEAH, KICK BUTT!! WOOHOOO!!!

Some people said that it was hard to program this thing but I thought it was rather easy. Within and hour I am creating all sorts of patches. The manual is very helpful and plentiful. I use version 1.03 and so far I haven't come across any bugs or anything. Plus, the interface is really cool looking!

I use this with a Marshall 6100LM 100watt tube head, Crate 412 cabinet with celestion speakers, and Jackson KingV guitar with EMG 81's. I used this on a solid state Crate amp and it sounded great as well. I used to own various pedals but as soon as I got this, I sold them. I play mostly Metal. Even when I have gain at a very high level, this thing is dead silent. Before I was worried that the distortion was going to be too weak when I read the other reviews, but I was wrong. I was able to get Rammstein, Fear Factory, Megadeth, you name it distortions from this thing. The factory presents aren't very good so you will need to do alot of tweaking. I found that the effects are VERY good. I especially like the phasers when used with distortion. The EQ is very useful for getting a variety of sounds. The only thing thats not so great is the wah as everyone else said. I thought it was decent though. The synth patches are really neat! Something different for a change.

I haven't had it for very long so I can't comment.

Never dealt with them.

Bottom line is, this thing will work for ANY style. If it were stolen, somebody would be gettng hurt. I would buy another instantly. I probably wouldn't get the 2120 either because it's the same thing and costs more. I have owned tons of pedals and a few multi boards like the ART Xtreme plus and have played stuff like the Boss ME-30, RP-12, and a few others. Those aren't even in the 2112's class so of course the 2112 blows them away in every perspective. Like I said earlier, this sounds great in solid state amps as well. I don't notice much difference when playing through tube and solid state anyway. I don't know why there is such a big deal over tubes. And trust me, I have one of the best tube amps ever built. If anyone wants to exchange patches let me know but I have to warn you, I don't really know how so you will have to help me out.

Its the most annoying piece i've worked with. I've had it for about a month now and i know it pretty well, but in the first week of programming (don't even think of using the factory presets) there were many times when i felt like throwing it out the window, fortunately my rack ways 100+ lbs so i was deterred. The only other proccessors i've used before were a dod fx7 and a boss me8 so this was quite a step. I didn't understand all routing and configuring your fx level as opposed to dry level. I had lots of problems assigning what i wanted because the pedal i chose to say turn of the delay would also turn of the reverb because of fx level settings, i also could find some parameters i wanted to assign such as solo on/off or preamp pan. The manual is a load. It's got a lot about fairly obvious parameters but doesn't tell you how to do things. I got it all figured out now, once you know there are features to make programming go fast its just hard to learn. My biggest gripe (i suppose i'll put it here) is the constraint of the effects skeletons. You get to choose from 24 skeletons with spaces for certain sizes (not effects, they're not really algorithms). Unfortunately i think that too many skeletons have parrallel effects chains, not series, so putting in a whammy, even with the dry level all the way down, will leave you with pitches, or adding a tremolo to a parrallel chain won't do much. There are seamless (patch change) chains which only use half the effects proccessing, but i never use them because i like to use all the power. Speaking of patch changes, there's a noticable delay between when you push the button and when it changes. In seamless mode theres the delay but the sound continues and reverbs/delays trail off. Without the seamless all output is muted briefly during a patch change. So there are my biggest gripes (the only i can think of besides it being so hard to use at first), to many constraints by preset effects skeletons and delay time during patch changes. Oh yeah, i think mine is ver 1.2, when powering up the 2112 says 1.2 but the control one says 1.3, i think i'm going to upgrade to artist specs anyway.

Ok heres what im playing it with: an epiphone sg with a gibson p94 and a 500t-crybaby wah-2112-ramsa stereo poweramp-2 yamaha 1x12 speakers (woofer and horn). The first impression of sound is absolutely horrible. But if you learn to work with it, its an amazing piece of guitar equipment. the 2112 works for two purposes, preamp (tone shaping/distorting) and digitally effecting Preamp: There are two preamps, one tube, one solid state, which you can use only in parralell. Each preamp has four modes (tube: warm clean, bright clean, dirty, and saturated; ss: grunge, fuzz, overdrive, and heavy sustain) and its own 10 band eq. Also theres a 3 band eq in the front which you edit in program not edit mode and you can add lots of eqs. You can get many sounds obviously with all the eqs. The tube preamp is terrific works great as the stand alone. The solid state is not so good i only add it the tube when it needs something more, but never use it alone. Believe or not the distorted sounds from classic blues to high gain rock to hard core are extremely believable, the trick is to set it right and turn the input up about three fourths, no matter how much it clips, that gives it a good mesa boogie living saturated sound. The cleans are sweet and pristine (i've gotten some great fendery sounds out of it). the problem arises then that with the input way up for the dirty sounds it dirties up the cleans, so just don't turn your guitars volume all the way up. The compressor is here, its good, adds sustain and still allows expression. the wah is the only bad effect in the 2112, the worst wah i've ever heard. Noise gate: good, doesn't cut off your sound if set right. Digital effects: Its all good basically but here are most of the catagories Delay: the regular digital delays sound bad for distortion, ok for clean i suppose, but thats where the analog delay comes to save the day, they have tone controls and smear the sound so its very warm, great sounds. Reverb: Great, So much better than the me8. I use the dual reverbs all the time because they have low pass filters (extremely important) and i can get great stereo sounds. Eqs: very versatile, helps with the preamp. Chorus: what do you expect, its the best, many options. Flanger: haven't done much with it, i think i liked the me8's better but i don't use flangers that much so i don't care. Phaser: good and versatile, what a phaser shoud be. Rotary speaker: oh i love it, its my most used effect next to delay and reverb, it envokes the prettiness of a chorus but the modulation of a phasor. Tremolo: good i suppose, but doesn't have a great effect on parralel effects chains, same as autopan. Detuner: very good for fattening sounds, adds spice to a bassy neck pickup tone, also includes a delay control for getting doubled or tripled sound such as randy roads would have liked. Pitch: i never thought a pitch shifter could sound so good. I had even borrowed a digitech isp33b from a neighbor and thought it sucked, but this pitch is good sounds almost like a real guitar, unfortunately i don't use pitch shifters much. Whammy: it sounds great but it cause a small delay between when you play and when it comes, when my friend played with it i couldn't hear the delay but when i play with it, its annoying, but it does sound like a real whammy bar, also if the whammys in the chain and you turn it off, whith fx level off the delay still occurs, so make whammy patches strictly for whammy. Autowah: unlike the normal wah this is nice, good funky sounds. I think thats just about it for the effects. I play in a jazz/funk/hardcore band and like to use effects, the preamp allows me real versatile tones and the effects allow me greater sound variation. Oh yeah you can assign any parameter to an lfo (modulates the paremeter automatically) a dynamic control (depends on how hard you play) or (with the control 1) 5 control buttons (perfect for turning effects on or off within a patch) or the c1 expression pedal, and you can assign

I've heard horror stories about this unit, but nothing has happened to me yet, i put it in a rack and the c1 is built like a rock (tougher than i expected) i'd gig with it.

About the price, guitar center was getting in the 2120s and selling these real cheap, the shipped it in from somewhere else, so it would be hard to get it a this price i imagine. I've only been playing for four years, and i got it with luck and selling everything else i own, i love it, you might to. My friend can't figure how to program it, he loves hardcore and would prefer a simple tube halfstack, but he admits it sounds great. If you can figure it out you'll be in tone heaven, if you can't then i don't know what to say just don't expect to sound it's best in the store. There are other features like morphing which i haven't touched yet but maybe i'll review again (if it ever screws up on me). I give it an 8 because its hard to get it to sound good even though when it does its amazing. To me its a solid 10, but for someone without the time or patience to mess with it so much an 8.

Getting a good sound out of the 2112 is really easy, 2112 just sounds great! (you can get a bad sound if you want too) The 2112 is the most easy to use device i've ever had. The manual sucks, that's why i'm giving it a 9. I've no problem getting any sound. I've the 1.01 firmware, and i've read about a lot of bugs on it (i haven't found none yet), so i'm thinking on upgrade to 2120.

I've used it straight to mixing boards, PA, combos and power amps (in fact, to whatever gets to my hands), and always souns great. Of course, you have always to do some adjustment (nothing is transparent), but i've set my cab emulator to global, and no problem. I have no problem getting sound such The edge's Mofo (U2 - Pop)or Gustavo Cerati's "Luna Roja" (Gustavo is Soda Stereo's guitar player and singer). The distortions are the best i've ever heard. I don't like the pitch shifter, but i don't use it anyway.

I would use it without a backup, but i've one already, so why should i do that?

I've mailed digitech support many times asking about upgrades, accesories, replacement parts (tubes!!!), and i've always got answared within 24 hours!!!

The best of the best!!! (10 would be ok too, but nothing is perfect), and once again, the manual sucks!!

As usual the factory presets are way overblown. A few sound killer just as they are. Editing seems pretty simple especially since it has such a huge display. Very well laid out but as with any new unit it has a learning curve. The manual is just so-so, but it will get you past most road-blocks. I usually approach a new piece of gear by mostly turning knobs until I figure it out anyway so as to put it permanently in my noodle. Mine is ver 1.03

I am running mine with a Boogie Triaxis and A 2:90 poweramp. I run the Triaxis in the effects loop of the 2112 and it absolutely SMOKES! This combination is Stunning! Really!....I have 6 guitars of various sorts Tele's, Strats, Humbuckers, Singles Etc. It is no more noisy than any of the other combinations I have used in the past. The effects are great but the distortions don't sound like the Triaxis......What does?!, but the are very, very good. They have character the Triaxis doesn't which is nice. Boogies don't really do the Country Chicken Pickin Thing well but the 2112 just nails it! The Triaxis is the king of all else though.

I have had it only a few weeks but it seems very stable thus far. I do not carry a backup. I do have a Line 6 if it dies and has to go in.

I wish I had some good to say about Digitech's Customer support. I can always get through to a really un-interested, un-informed, "I should be a rock star by now, I hate workin here" customer support person every time I call though!

I play all styles and this is the coolest rig I've owned thus far, and in 26 years of playing I had a bunch of them. From a silvertone amp all the way up to a 185lb refrigerator full of black boxes and enough wire and switchcraft ends to outfit a high school. I also own a MK3 Simul-class head, A Line6 Axsys 2X12, 66 Bandmaster, Original Crate CR-1, and a SWR Basic Black.
I compared this to the new Lexicon and found it to be too limited. The lexicon Sounds great but Who cares about 16 megs of reverb anyway.
One really cool thing about The 2112 is that it is designed for guitarist not engineers and since it is all in one box my rack is lighter, more versatile, and has ver little cabeling in the back. It is what I have always wanted in a unit of this type. If I have one criticism, it's that it has no guitar input in the rear.....HELLO!.........

Aside from the massive improvement over the 2101's controls, this still is not intuitive from the software standpoint. Even when you bypass modules, their parameters affect the overall sound, especially dry signals passing through reverb units. The manual reads as though it was written by surfers, rather than engineers, meaning its good or bad depending on your personal taste (I found it really bogus, dudes). Patch editing, on the whole, is a definite improvement.
Digitech still needs to make a divisible S-DISC, so you don't have to use pre-divided configurations. If you want to use a 1/2 module and a 3/4 module, you should be able to, in whatever configuration, and not worry about how the effects are going to lay out.
Regarding the firmware, see my comments, below.

I don't need another preamp or another effects module. A good power amp is all you need. The sound on this unit is incredible ... it sounds better than the JMP-1/HushIICX/TSR-24 combination I used before. This was used for a majority of work on my album in the studio, including all effects-driven guitar tracks.
It's reliability is another story. See below.

I'm on my third unit. The firmware on the first one crashed within a week. The second developed a short in the outputs within another week. Third had to be repaired at the factory, but since it returned, no problems. (It did take 2 months for it to return, rendering my rig useless). Incidentally, when the third unit went back to DigiTech, they put in new software (1.03), and this took care of the MASSIVE glitch between the tuner function and the control one.

I called. I faxed. My units spent months in the shop. DigiTech NEVER ONCE returned my calls or faxes. If it weren't for the dealer bitching to DigiTech, I think I'd have been out one guitar rig and $800. DigiTech's customer support, in my experience, is the worst, and it keeps me from wanting to buy another product from them ever again.

The unit is good when it works. When it doesn't, it justifies spending the heavy dough for Mesa and Lexicon.

It is pretty easy to use. Has dedicated buttons for each type of effects so you can edit them quickly and it has the eq nad gain knobs on the front if you use it as a preamp which is cool. The manual sucks. It needs more examples and more of everything for that matter. It doesnt really tell you what all the unit can do. It left me feeling like there is a lot more I can learn about the unit. I just got it so it has the latest software.

The sound quality is great. It beats anything else out there in its price range although it will color your original tone slightly. It is very quiet which I like a lot. I use it with an egnater preamp and power amp and then into 2 egnater 4-12 cabinets. The distortions are very good but second rate to the egnater, but then everything is compared to the egnater stuff. if I wasnt using the egnater as a preamp I would be happy with the 2112 as my main preamp also.

I use it at gigs all the time and I have no worries about it breaking down. the software seems very stabile also. It hasnt crashed on me yet unlike the boss gx700 I used to own which crashed all the time.

I havent had to deal with them on this product yet.

I play heavy pop rock and hard core instrumental stuff and the 2112 is perfect for these styles. I have been playing for about 17 years and use the egnater ie4 preamp and 2x80 power amp and 2 egnater 4-12 cabinets and the rocktron all access foot controller. I would buy the 2112 again. I compared it to every other product up to and including the price range of the 2112 and there is no competition. There is nothing else that sounds as good as the 2112 for a all in one combination preamp effects unit. I do wish they would help out in the manual when using other footswitches than there own. Their attitude seems to be either use their footswitch or you get no support. I bought mine from KTJMUSIC for $699 and I see everyone else paid way more. I definitely recomend them, their prices are the lowest in the country. I used to do the mail order thing like american music and music emporium etc... but even they werent as cheap.

price included a control1 foot pedal
the manual stinks is the reason I give it a 7. if you are familur with effect untis and digitech, you can work this one.

I use it linked to a DHP-55 (mostly for chorus and a few harms) thru a stereo amp into 2-4X12's. i have only had it for 2 months and have not done a lot of editing i will shoot for raising this to 10, but i am happy overall

no probelms yet

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I think I will be very happy as long as no problems develope. I like to get good early Rush tones and all the way to trebely,brown,vh sounds. I have played for 15 years, and could not find a tube sound i was happy with or a soilid state sound. someone finally put both in one box for me.

This unit can be very easy to use. You can just plug in a play around with the presets, and instantly get great sounds. However, editing is a little more complicated. You wind up scrolling through millions of menus and all of the usual crap that goes with rack gear. The manual doesn't help much at all. It barely mentions some of the most important features, like the cabinet simulator, and doesn't explain editing very clearly. The manual is garbage, basically.

The 2112 sounds amazing. You can get any sound on earth with it. You can record direct for clean tones, solos, and varius special effects with great results!! But, raw, distorted rhythm tones have to go through a loud amp (a tube amp) to sound convincing. But through a loud amp, it does sound fantasic!! It has no limits. The effects are all of the highest quality, except the wah, which sucks. But, I'd rather use my Cry Baby anyway.

I have had no problems. Just switch in on and play.

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It great. You can do anything, but the manual doesn't tell you how. Only one other problem, recording direct only works well for solos, and clean stuff. You still need a good tube power stage for chunky rhythm tracks. But as a preamp and processor, the 2112 is simply the best thing God ever created.

I've had it for about a month now and it's pathetically easy to use. The manual is not as good as it could be, but I'd rather be figuring it out for myself than screwing with some manual. Editing is easy and very user friendly. It is pretty much plug and play.

I use a Yamaha Acoustic FG-180 w/ a Furman Matrix Pickup (awsome sound!!!), along with a Epiphone Les Paul (Trans Red...Limited Edition) Studio, and a Fender Strat. They all sound I was surprised how nice the acoustic sounded through this processor. The reverbs are nice considering all of the other bells and whistles that also come along with it. I read that some people thought the distortions were great, and others thought that they were not so great, but I have found them to be decent. I'm sure with a little tweeking here and there, anything from a light overdrive to a heavy fuzz is in reaching distance. I currently am not able to let the processor shine through mainly because I am using only one amp, so I only get mono sound (which is still great), but having this sucker hooked up into a stereo amp, or two seperate amps really lets loose the stereo effects built in. I currently am using a Roland BluesCube ( 3 x 10 ) at 90 watts. I plan to get another in the future to get stereo from the 2112. This thing is quiet as well. If there is a noise problem, the noise gate is set up in a way that it can be inserted before or after the tubes (another plus!!), or elsewhere in your effects loop. I use a Digital Music Corp. Ground Control for this, w/ an expression pedal.

Dependability would not be something I would even question. I've had no problems at all, and from what I've heard, it's only the old firmware verssions that caused crashes and/or program losses. I plan to use it on a gig w/o a backup......that's the true test.

Haven't encounter anything requiring customer support.

I play many different types of music. Heavy Metal to Jazz, and that's the main reason I purchased this processor. It does so much for a reasonable price (I got a good deal on it as well) that you'd be crazy to pass it up. I compared it to alot of things. The Roland GR-30 (no distortions....but amazing sound), Boss GX-700, Rocktron Pirhanna (also great, but not as user friendly), and a couple others, but this one delivered in a big way. I wish it had a headphone jack, but you can't have your cake and eat it too. The tuner is very nice, and the overall editing capabilities are the greatest thing about this unit, not to mention the two 12AX7s available to run distortions, overdrives, wahs, etc. If I had the option to buy it again I certainly would.

Found it easy to use. Ready to go right out of the box. I have a Zoom 9002 so when it comes to programming, I was familar with the methodology. I have 1.03 firmware. The manual is ok if you are familar with computers. I think it was written by the programmers, and I know they can't write manuals! I found the best way to get into programming was to think about what you want to do, then use the manual and the machine to do it. You can't get through the manual in one sitting and get a grasp on all that the 2112 can do.

I'm using it with a Marshall 8008 into two old (1976) Ampeg 4x12 cabinets. For guitars I have a PRS Custom and Artist III, A Les Paul Classic Plus, A 1975 Strat and a Ovation Elite. I've only used it with the PRS' and the Les Paul so far. I think it sounds great. I can get the same "punch" that I got with my Ampeg V4 head. The distortions are great and the digital effects are excellent. I own a Digitech Chorus/Flange, PD20/20 delay and a PD1550 distortion pedals. The sound from the 2112 is right on with them as you would expect. The stereo effects are great. I think you do have to tweek some of the presets though, but not a lot. The overall sound is excellent. I use the 8008 in valvestate mode. The 2112 is very quiet. If you fool with the gate, you'll get some noise. Some presets have the gate set to high so they cut out too early, but this is easily rectified.

Got it Christmas day (much thanks to my lovely wife). No problems so far.

Haven't had to use them yet. Hopefully I won't ever have to.

I play mostly rock, Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd. Also some blues. I think this is the machine to have. I checked out the Roland GP100 and the Boss GX700. This unit blows away the GP100. The GX700 is very good if you don't want to spend a lot of cash. The 2112 does sound much better than the GX700 but it's an apples/oranges comparison. I also checked out the Johnson Millenium. It's based on the 2112. It sounds very good as you would expect but again it's apples/oranges. I love the 2112. I think my guitar processing life is complete. I don't play in a band unfortunately so I won't be taking it out, but it was mail ordered and survived a UPS trip from Oregon to Connecticut so I think there is some ruggedness there. I'll be getting the Digitech Control One to use with it. I think to maximize the possiblities of the 2112, you need the Control One. I think this is the best pre-amp/processor out there. Nothing else can compare to it. I think you can set yourself up for an enire gig via it's programming. Also, you can get into programming as deep as you want to. The default settings that are provided for all of the effects are more than enough for most applications. With these you don't have to go tweek effect parameters. The default pre-amp setings are excellent. They model most of the amps out there. With these, you can save a lot of programming time beacuse they take care of the entire pre-amp chain. I am very impressed with this unit and would by it again.

This unit is not easy to program and few factory presets are "ready to go". Only when you master it you can achieve excellent results. The manual doesn't help you so much and it's easier to try on your own.

I use IBANEZ JPM-100, ROCKTRON VELOCITY 300 power amp and MARSHALL 1960 4x12" CABINET. The unit's very quiet and the noise gate works well (if you reduce the amount usually present in all factory presets!). All the digital effects are great but I don't like distortions. They are too weak. I don't like fuzzy tones or crunchy sounds and this units doesn't have BIG GREAT distortion. I like GEORGE LYNCH's lead tone and there's no way to obtain it from this unit. For these kind of sounds (LYNCH, LETEKRO) it's better the GSP-21 LEGEND (strange but true).

No problems at all but I know I'm very lucky! I've had a lot different multieffects, preamps, power amps etc. and none of them has given me troubles! Yes... I'm very lucky!!

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I play progressive metal and probably there are better units around that fill my needs. This is for the "all rounder" and only average for my music. I play since 12 (now I'm 28) and I use a DIGITECH TSR-24S, a MESA BOOGIE TRIAXIS (this is GREAT!), a SANS AMP PSA-1 (tons of power!), a BOSS SX-700, a ROCKTRON VELOCITY 300, a BRUNETTI SILVER BULLET custom power amp, MARSHALL 1960 4x12" cabinets, CARVIN V212 cabinets and ADA MICROCAB speaker emulator. Guitars: IBANEZ JPM-100, IBANEZ 7-strings UNIVERSE and ANGEL italian custom made. Probably I won't buy it again. The price is high and only a small slice of power it deserves is dedicated to my genre of music.

Owner's manual is definitely the worst I've seen.. Luckily everything is quite logical and easily manageable even without manual. User interface is really good, IMHO. Simple infinite- knobs for altering values and a few short-cut buttons to jump between different effect-modules. Also 'programming' of the floor pedal (control one) is fail-proof. Just select anything you like to assign into pedal and tap/move that pedal/controller you wish.

Sound quality is good. No noise, no glitches. There isn't also too much delay between patches. Effects are really natural. Especially I like those reverbs and 'analog' delay. Doesn't sound 'digital' Wah isn't that special compared to my CryBaby. In fact it's just a bit different (a little less transparent than cb) and works fine where crybaby doesn't There also isn't so much of those 'trick' effects. (Waiting for that update)

Can't say much on reliability since I've had it only two months. Still, it has never let me down.

I don't know about phone support or such but there's an excellent mailing list for 2112 (manufacturers representative is subscribed to the list and (in contrary to many other similar lists ; ) , answers promptly when asked Free upgrades are available every now and then, just like with 2101

I would definitely buy it again. I had some afterthoughts when I saw TC electronics' G-force but I'll gladly trade some processing power to fast/intuitive user interface and programmability.

The 2112 is easy to use once you get to understand it. The problem is the manual(my one anyway), which doesn't even tell you how to program your own patch! It only took me about 4 hours to work that out anyway. After that ,I think this is the easiest effects unit to use on sale at this moment. Everything is well laid out and the realtime control of Gain. Treble, Mid and Bass is really good when gigging in various places with different acoustics and stuff.

The sound quality excellent and in my use very quiet. The choruses, delayes and reverbs are as good as any musician would need(no need for a Lexicon!!). I had no problems with the clean or the semi-distorted sounds, but Smashing pumpkins type crunch proved to be alittle more difficult. It took me about one week of careful tweeking and i wound up using a combination of the tube and solidstate distortion paths, which by the way is a great invention from Digitech. The parametric EQ's helped a lot too. I used two six-band parametrics on my crunch. None of the effects sound weak except the wah-wah, which is crap. It's better than the 2101, but I still use my trustworthy Cry-baby in front of the 2112. The preset sounds in my opinion are really bad, but once you get your own sounds going you will be in heaven. Don't let the presets dissapoint you and put you off the machine.

I have only had it for a very short while so i don't really know.

I haven't been in touch with the company. I don't think there is customer support in Finland, where i live.

I bought it with the Control one, which is great. I sure would buy it again. Idon't really need anything else, except a poweamplifier and a 4x12 cab!!!!!! Chuck out those old unreliable stompboxes( i have about 20) and get a 2112. You won't regret it.

I've been gigging and recording with the 2112 for a couple of months, traded in my GSP-21 for it. So far, I wish I still had my GSP-21! Few of the factory sounds are useful to me and I'm struggling to program the 7 or 8 basic patches I use live. The manual is not great; for example, there's no info on what the various speaker simulator settings are, just numbers. My unit is V 1.02.

This unit makes a considerable amount of noise, which can usually be dealt with using the included noise gate settings. I have a problem using it with my guitar synth, which frequently triggers the gates on the higher gain settings with no straight guitar output present. The distortion settings to my ear are not as good as the GSP-21, but I'm just beginning to put the necessary hours into tweaking them. Basically, I'm praying for Digitech to provide a set of better (artist?) patches in a coming revision.

I've used it on a couple of dozen gigs with no backup. It's only failed once, locking up in a soundless state after being moved slightly. Turning it off and on restored operation.

I haven't returned or upgraded this unit. My GSP-21 had some early troubles and the company was great about fixing it promptly. The Legend upgrade I bought for it was easily installed also. All my phone calls have be returned promptly by friendly competent people.

I wouldn't buy it again, or at least I'd wait until better patches and a better manual were available, hopefully at a lower price, too. I wish it had a headphone jack (yes, I know about y-cording the outputs), a rear input jack, XLR outs, and a better speaker simulator. Mostly, I wish it sounded better and was easier to program. I have to say that so far it gets in the way of my playing, not helps it.
But hey, all of you go out an buy one or they'll never upgrade it! Thanks!

Very easy... Thru the manual once, and you'll be modifying presets... A few more times thru the manual, and some trial and error, and you will be doing fun stuff like linking parameters to input dynamics.. (which by the way is not documented correctly in the manual) My firmware version is 1.02.. I understand there is a 1.03, but since I've not encountered any trouble, I dont see why I'd need to upgrade.. I've had it for a week now... And I think I've got it basically all figured out..

Absolutely awesome... This is my first piece of equipment with tubes in it, and I must say, you really can tell a difference... I am a former RP12 user, and always thought I had great tone (which I did), but the 2112 is just alot better. As usual, the effects are all top notch, and extremely configurable... One thing though, my RP12 had "Whammy" and "Smooth Whammy", the "smooth whammy" seemed to be much faster and better tracking... The 2112 only seems to have the regular "Whammy" in which there is a perceptible delay from the time you pick until the time you hear the note.. The 10band GEQ is alot easier to use than the 4band PEQ on my old RP12..

I wouldnt know... BUt i've not had a lick of trouble with any of my digitech stuff in the past.

dunno. never dealt with em..

BTW, that price was with the Control 1 also... Hell yeah, I'd buy it again... I'm extremely pleased... BIG step up from my RP12. I was going to wait and see how the RP20's were, but since they've not yet been shipped, I got restless and just said "screw it, I'll go ALL THE WAY:)" I will be adding songs recorded with the 2112 to my web page, as time goes on... check it out at http://glock.triax.com

I give this a 5 because the manual is terrible. But, as I understand that is a problem with many Digitech products It is easy to operate, and edit patches. However, you end up learning on your own. It would help to have a least a little more info in the manual. Some of it's best features are undocumented. This leaves you poking around and most of the time getting frustrated.

Sound quality is excelent. With the noise gates you can virtually eliminate any unwanted sounds. The effects are very good. I like the reverbs very much, and the Digital effects are great. The best part though is the great tube tones that you can get out of this machine. Both clean, and distorted tones are easy create.

Have not had a problem. I have had the unit 6 months now. There has been a firmware upgrade since i bought it (1.02 --> 1.03).

I have only dealt with digitech via email, but they have always gotten back to me the next business day. I asked them about any firmware upgrades, and they sent it to me no charge. Also, with the digitech 2112 email discussion group it is easy to get answers to your questions from other users.

If it wasn't for the crappy manual I would absolutely go nuts about this machine. I am still extremely happy with it. It is easy, even without the manual, to create some bitchin tones.
If you need patches, go to you search engine and look up:
digitech, 2112, sgs, effects, patches
any combinations should do. That should lead you to the pages that are popping up with 2112 patches. Including mine of course.
I would give you the address, but I am having a hard time finding a reliable internet provider, so I keep changing servers. I guess it's time to get a domain registered.

As just about everyone else has said, getting a great sound out of the 2112 is as simple as turning it out... The only complaints I had with any of the standard presets were that the EQ tended to be a little on the bright side (easily fixed), and the noise suppression would often cut the tail end of sustaining notes (an easy adjustment).
Editing patches is really simple, once you get the hang of the effects architecture (which is a little different from the Ensoniq DP/4 I used before this unit). The amp-like controls make life very easy.
The manual is not real crash hot, with a couple of inaccuracies, and some glaring omissions (it took me a couple of weeks to stumble across how to set the pan position for the pre-amp stages, although I wasn't looking very hard :)
As for the revision in my unit, it lists v1.03 when the Control-One starts, but 1.0 on the LCD on the front panel...

It sounds brilliant. I run it through a Marshall 9200 power amp, in full stereo, and its superb. The only complaint I have is that the harmonising pitch-shifter seems a little quirkier than some others I've used...

The unit crashed catastrophically twice within the first week (half way through a band rehearsal the first time!) Both times it happened while editing the assignments for pedals on the Control One, and I think it was down to my not pushing one button in the process of storing the settings... So it was my mistake as far as I can tell, but it shouldn't be a mistake the operating system lets the user make, much less one that locks up the machine, requiring a hard reset and destroying all user presets...
Since then, I've had no problems with the unit at all (over a few months now), and it's moved around (in an SKB case) at least once a week.

I haven't dealt with customer support yet, but the Internet mailing list provides a few interesting bits of information.

Without question, I would buy this unit again in the same situation. The sound is excellent, the programming simplicity itself, and the unit is remarkably flexible (I haven't yet needed a sound I couldn't create...)

it is very easy to use the editing function. The manual is clear . I have it since 2 months and it's 1.02 ver.

At low volume, the sound is good but I don't like the distortion at higher volume. It's sound vague. It's like if I have a big digital reverb but the reverb is off.

A bug appeared only 5 days after I bought it. I shipped it back to the company and they upgraded the processor to the version 1.02. I received it 2 weeks after but another bug appeared: the harmonizer. The sound of the harmonizer was not right. I reshipped it back and they finally gave me a new one that works well until now. I also note that a fine adjustment for the pitch shifter was missing.

The customer support is very good because they gave me a new machine that works well.

By far the best i've used so far. All those infinity knobs make it almost as easy to use as a pedal, except you can save it all into memory! Perhaps my only complaint is that they didn't put in one more knob for the button to be able to access all the preamp options faster. As it is now, i have to multi page it 5 or 6 steps in order to get to the tube section which is wht i access most. Besides this though it's just plain fun to edit.

Very quite, but the dist sounds like it's coming straight out of a box. I changed the tubes and found some that don't sound so cold (an RCA and a Ruby, or maybe it was an AEG). It really helps to go in and play around with the settings, As with all these sorts of boxes, getting beyond the presets really helps the sounds. Surprisingly i have found that it sounds great with vocals, even better than with guitar. The oak room verb sounds especially nice. Overall the effects are good, i especially like the wah (sold my Morely). Seem to get some crackling on certain presets, but it could be a cable

So far so good

No idea, haven't tried yet.

Nice quite machine, just a shame they didn't have stereo inputs instead of mono. Easy to use and wonderful to edit. The dist sounds boxy, but if you run it through a tube amp it helps. The verb is good, but strange enough i prefered my old quadraverb GT's reverb for my guitars (although QV sucked for vocals and bass, while the 2112 sounds good with both). I bought it because it was quite, had a lot of options and most of all because the user interface makes editing a total breeze.

Very easy for it to sound awesome. Hard to program at first because the manual is a bit difficult to understand. Read it twice and it'll hit you though. I don't know if there is an upgrade or what the upgrade would change but mine is v1.01

Very very excellent sound. Very clear sounding. Slight delay on harmony effects though but nice just the same.

Only had one problem when I was scolling through the effects to change a bunch of little ** 's came across the top and the whole thing froze. Then I turned it off and back on again and it was like caught in a loop trying to intialize itself. I turned it off and on like 10 times then it finally said it was resetting itself. (wiped out all my custom patches too!) Then it went into some weird editing mode where each button pressed came up with weird numbers and then it went into "Edit SDisc II" mode. Dunno why this happened but I turned it off and then on and it has worked perfectly ever since then.

Dunno yet. Hasn't died on me.

Limitless tones. Play around and you'll find your perfect sound.