DigiTech GNX1

es facil de usar creo ke esta bien aclarado en el manual de uso.

la use con una guitarra ibanez rg-570 y pues su sonido es bueno pero lo que no me gusto de esta pedalera es que no tiene en sus efectos distociones....a furza se debe usar un simulador de amplificador..
en este caso utilizo el mesa boogie..ya que es el ke mas me gusto de todos...pero en si me gustaria otra distorcion..

para empesar cuando recien compre el procesador ..tenia falla permanente de la calibracion de pedal de expression..irreparable,
luego a los pocos dias se quema el eliminador(power supply) y se da??a toda la pedalera....creo ke es muy sensible a los cambios de voltage.
algunos amigos ke an comprado procesadores digitech tuvieron el mismo problema con el power supply.

en fin tenia un a??o de garantia y la regrese..pero creo ke ese tipo de fallas no deberian de pasar a nadie. haora hasta sali perdiendo dinero en lugar de kedar satisfecho con el producto.

creo que la compa??ia digitech deberia de tener calidad y respeto al comprador...

la primera semana de uso de mi GNX1 no fue asi tan facil, en realidad esta pedalera es relativamente facil de usar, pero me tope con algunas cosas que al principio no me agradaron. Practicamente los simuladores de amp son obligatorios, cualquiera de las distorsiones que trae en modo stompbox necesita ser complementada por cualquiera de los emuladores de amp, con los acusticos no hay problema si no se colocan, pero con las distors si. basicamente a lo que recurri es colocar el modo de destino "In 1x12", y simulador de amp "AM 1x12" junto con la distorsion que emula Recfier. ya a partir de alli comence a jugar con las EQ, etc etc.

basicamente es la configuracion que casi siempre uso por que me gusta conectar la pedalera al imput de cualquier amplificador, pues nunca me agrado el uso de pedaleras a travez del loop de un amp, y depaso no tengo amp con un loop.

no es una pedalera que la vas a tomar la primera semana y ya la vaz a dominar completamente, sencillamente toma tiempo entenderla para lograr buenos tonos.

las Reverbs estan bien, son reverbs viejas de Digitech, no trae las reverbs Lexicon que traen las RP nuevas. no se si la GNX-3000 traera reverbs Lexicon.

en sonido esta bien, pero a esta pedalera le falto tener mejores distorsiones, recuerdo que use la RP-200 durante 4 a??os, y la distorsion que siempre usaba era una llamada "Stack" si mal no recuerdo.(muy buena y flexible esa distorsion por cierto).

pero con el GNX-1 me costo un trabajon intentar llegarle a esa distorsion Marshall de la RP, de hecho tuve que usar la emulacion de MesaBoogie por que las otras simulaciones Higain que trae no me gustan.

en limpios si, los acusticos y los efectos. en este aspecto si me siento muy bien con la pedalera, el Phaser que trae me encanta, las simulaciones acusticas "clean Tube", o la de Fender, etc estan muy bien, y suenan muy limpio. el YaYa esta muy bien, el Chorus que trae no me gusta mucho, los Delays estan normales. Yo mas que todo uso efectos con los acusticos, solo meto Delay pa algun solo, pero de por si todo lo que respecta a distorsiones nunca les meto efectos como Flanger, Chorus, etc. Sonido seco de distorsion para ritmicas y para solos uso la misma distor pero le retoco la EQ, un poco de Delay y listo.

tambien la he usado en modo "Direct" cuando me conecto a la PC, para grabar por linea se obtienen exelentes resultados con los limpios, pero en distorsiones es imposible, al conectarla a la PC e intentar emular un ampli te encuentras con una pared de sonido Plastico, y alli no importa que EQ hagas, ni que metas el emulador que metas.

entonces para la PC solo te rinde realmente para limpios.

yo toco estilo Rock progresivo, y un poco de Heavy,me gusta Dream Theater, Megadeth, Metallica, Guns, de otros estilos: Satriani, Korn, Pearl Jam, Yngwie, Killswitch, etc. tambien me gustan mucho las baladas Rock cosa que con esta pedalera rinde genial.

basicamente me quejo de las distorsiones, a pesar de las ventajas de poder hacer modelos hibridos la pedalera debi?? traer mejores distorsiones, pues con efectos, Wha, limpios estoy muy contento.

toco hace 9 a??os , y en mi casa siempre uso ampli peque??o, un Crate, las pedaleras que he tenido son RP-200, ZoomG2 y ahora la GNX1. normalmente hago los presets en casa y cuando ensayaba en estudio con amplis grandes solo hacia unos peque??os retoques dependiendo de la saturacion del ampli etc. Para tocar en vivo solo use el RP-200. para ensayar si use las 3 pedaleras.

bueno, ya esta descontinuada esta pedalera, pero las opiniones le pueden servir a alguien que la quiera comprar de segunda mano.

la verdad que por el precio que tiene esta bastante bien, creo que la pedalera respeta mas el tono de tu guitarra que otras pedaleras tipo zoom o las Digitech RP. el sonido en la GNX respira un poco mas.

ahora el punto mas negativo es que parece dificil conseguir el adaptador de corriente en caso de que se da??e, y se sabe que las Digitech son delicadas con el asunto del voltaje, la verdad Digitech debi?? seguir sacando el adaptador para la venta por que los usuarios de estas pedaleras se la pueden ver negras si se da??a el adaptador, de hecho trato de cuidarlo mucho no vaya a ser que lo da??e y siempre me conecto en un regulador de voltaje. pues si "Digitech debio sacar a la venta el adaptador por lo menos dos a??os mas a pesar de que este descontinuada la GNX1 y la GNX2".

se supone, y repito "Se supone" que esta marca deberia dar mejor soporte a sus usuarios, por eso comente el asunto del adaptador.

ahora mi concejo es que si no buscas muchos sonidos y efectos y estas mas en busca de distorsiones te compres algun pedal tipo DF-7 que para mi saca mejores distors que una GNX, ademas es mas facil conseguirle un adaptador que le funcione. yo tengo tambien el XMM - Metal Master y para tocar heavy o Rock pesado el pedal supera la pedalera ampliamente.

quizas una Korg AX1500G o una Korg AX3000G o una VOX tonelab te puede brindar mejores distorsiones. No me agrada el sonido sintetico de Line6, hoy dia me inclino mas a Korg o VOX, pero tendre que seguir con el GNX1 por mas tiempo. bueno pues eso, el punto mas fuerte de la GNX para mi son los limpios y los efectos. sin embargo a la final es mejor tener unos cuantos pedales en vez de una pedalera por que compras la distorsion que a ti te gusta, el chorus que a ti te gusta, la reverb que a ti te gusta, etc, y asi no estas obligado a usar sonidos que no suenen como tu deseas por el hecho de usar una pedalera.

tengo dos guitarras, una Yamaha Pacifica 112 y una Legend muy vieja tipo strato que la uso solo para limpios. al conectar una u otra guitarra en la GNX se nota bastante el cambio. muy diferente de cuando tenia una Zoom G2, que al conectarle la Legend y una JS-100 de un amigo todo sonaba practicamente igual.

8 puntos para esta pedalera creo que es suficiente.

******Important- READ THIS IF BUYING SECONDHAND GNX1!!!!!!********. If it has no powersupply (or not one to suit your country)be aware that it requires 9v 1300mah AC powersupply. Both amps and volts need to be exact apparently or it wont work. Also if buying from overseas I was told (in Australia)at a major music store that I had to supply the serial number because digitech will not give me a powersupply if it wasn't purchased from an authorised dealer in Australia. Utter Bull **** Digitech!

SECOND UPDATE:
Sorry, but I left out a couple of notes I thought people would be interested additionally in knowing concidering these newer Digitech boxes

Ease of use is 7, because the machines are VERY DEEP. You can certainly plug and go, but it takes a little practice to quickly navigate.
Absolutely worth the trouble. Get it down, you never need tha manual again. Not THAT hard to figure out.

Okay, read my comments below this second update as well please.

ADDITIONALLY-

GNX NOISE LEVELS EXPLAINED:

As previously mentioned, WHEN SET UP PROPERLY, the older GNX models as well as the GENESIS 3, like the GNX1, GNX2, GNX3 and GNX4 are virtually noiseless even without engaging the noise reduction. The Genesis 3 actually has the best signal to noise ratio of the bunch, but this really doesn't even matter when practically applied...

Every amp makes its own inherent noise- and this is always greater than the noise coming out of the GNX when adjusted.

The problem when you use the GNX models comes from not having the GAIN AND OUTPUT LEVEL levels hot enough to begin with (The menu driven levels- NOT the knob on the back panel).

For noise free operation, always start with the Amp Level at 99 (max). This is the GREEN, WARP, or RED level adjustment for each patch. You can then adjust relative volumes from one patch to the next with a combination of gain, and then adjust the LEVEL for the patch. Set your LOUDEST patch to 99, and then if necessary, reduce the level of softer patches down from 99.

Once you do this, a patch with an output of 99 (and sufficient GAIN Level- 99 is best for no noise) will not create any audible noise above what a straight guitar plugged into your amp with make. The GNX will be totally silent.

(See the review below for quality of sound from the GNX compared to a straight guitar patched into an amp.)

QUALITY OF EFFECTS

I have a lot of boutique pedals. I read about how "OH THERE IS NOT DIGITAL PEDAL THAT SOUNDS AS GOOD AS AN ANALOGUE PEDAL"-- and "These all-in-one sound like crap."

Hogwash. I have the pedals to compare them with, I've been an audio engineer and musician all of my life (well, an engineer for 25 years..)

I have Fulltone Pedals, Voodoo Lab pedals, boss pedals, and original vintage 60s and 70s pedals.

Here's the scoop from my vantage point- every pedal is different. Sound "Quality" is a totally subjective veriable. Crap and noise can be a VALUABLE asset to a sound, as can also pristine audio frequency response.

Go look on Fulltone's web site-- look inside his cabinet-- he's got a junky Univox Superfuzz pedal there (several actually) as well as many old pedals that were NOISY as hell (I know cause I had one). I have an OLD original Thomas Organ wah that sounds far from the $300 Fulltone wah, and it sounds GREAT!!! It has its own personality.

Now, there is something to be said for true-bypass, granted, but as I've mentioned already, set up your GNX correctly and I will bet you any amount of money you will not be able to tell the difference between a direct guitar into your amp, and through the GNX with no effects. I tried, it is totally hit and miss.


EXAMPLE- FUZZ:

Some pedals do things different than others-- an original Superfuzz is not bypass, makes a ton of background hiss (that's why I stupidly gave it away 10 years ago to a pretty girl....) and eats batteries. But it had a GREAT sound.

Today I tried to acheive the same sound using the ZONE stombox on the GNX-- DAMN!! It was "BETTER"-- why? The zone produces the same essential clipping wave as the Superfuzz, but the patch makes ZERO HISS, I don't need to replace batteries, and the mid range scoop is infintiely variable (you only had 2 choices on the Univox original). Otherwise it is so close its not funny, even getting some of that octave thing happening fully cranked.

I recently tested a Seymore Duncan Tweak Fuzz, and have found the Zone fuzz on the GNX vastly superior. I have a Fulltone 69 pedal, a very very nice fuzz, and the GNX zone holds its own, delivering full frequency response as well as a huge amount of tweaking ability.

No again "better" is subjective-- maybe you WANT the hiss.

In general I've found all of the effects and verbs and delays on the GNX series very usable. My GNX2 cost all of $105 on ebay, but it was worth twice this easily. The new GNX3000 does more and has better harmonic distortion numbers and better S/N numbers, so even at $350 or so, it is a very good deal.

Granted, some of the effects and some of the adjustments will be different, some less adjustable, some more adjustable than other pedals. The GNX effects delays and verbs kind of sit in the middle in terms of effectiveness in general-- some effects great, others just good- but usable.

In particularly, I like the ability to set up different reverbs and delays and then save to identical patches-- so the same patch with different verbs and delays.

For the money, impossible to beat, and you get a ridiculous amount of variety to work with. The GNX2 here, well, this is astounding what you get for the money, considering my recent discoveries about the QUALITY of the through-sound.

Digitech should be paying me thousands for this review..... ha!

I won't be giving up any of my separate pedals, but instead just use them as part of my arsenal. The GNX is a great sole or additional tool for any guitar freak.

(but they aren't).

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The two things i see wrong with this pedal are: only 3 settings in each bank, which can create quite a mess on stage, and the parameter settings during tweaking are hard to use unless you memorize the earlier settings. its actually pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it though, and i never really need more than 3 patches per song.

BTW, i love my amp/guitar/pedal combo. i can jam in small rooms, clubs, and halls with the exact same setud and it sounds great every time. not amazing, but its consistent. i run a les paul standard w/ duncan pearly gates pickups through the GNX1 then thru a Fender DeVille 4x10. I love the growling mid range of the pedal mixed w/ my treble and bass on the fender. i dont think this would sound too good on a marshall though, its got too much grain in the overdrive (which is great for the deville). i would give this an 8 but, like i said, it probably wouldnt sound too good on a full marshall stack. also, the wah pedal effect is very slightly delayed and kind of tweaked wrong, but it works on stage.

Ive never had this thing crap out on me before, and ive had it for 2 years. not bad. except for when i accidentaly unplug it with my feet.

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I play hard rock (i.e. guns n roses) and classic rock mostly with a hint of metal. it handles all of them very well. If it were stolen, id probably buy a GNX3000 or a GNX4 b/c i love the digitech setup. way better than the boss multieffects boards. i wish it had another volume pedal for those wah and flanger settings that arent the right volume. thats all really. i like it alot.

Ok, right out of the box I was able to figure out Amp warping and how to pick my heads, cabs and effects without issue. Pretty intuitive interface on this device. Editing is pretty simple, you just have to turn your mind into there's-only--6-characters-for-a-description mode and be ready to think about what the abreviations mean. I bought the GNX-1 used so it did not come with a manual, but I was able to download it in PDF format from the Digitech site. Thank you Digitech. I'm not sure if the firmware has been upgraded or not.

I am playing an OLP John Petrucci signature guitar (read: it ain't the best but I've heard and played a lot worse) with 2 after-market Seymour Duncan SH-6 humbuckers which sound pretty great in it, either clean or dirty. I am currently running direct out into the line in on my pc, as I intend to use GNX mostly for recording. I'll be testing the MIDI in a few days when I get the correct adapter. The sound is crystal clear. I get no noise and have even forgotten that it's on more than once.

The effects on the GNX1 are pretty tight. I ran into a little rouble with Chorus on the Marshall but I think that was just inexperience. I've gotten it to sound pretty good with it and great without. Overall the effects sound really good individually and with a litle work they can blend nicely. My only problen is the Rectifier is too quite. Other amps have a much "louder" sound, even after adjusting amp and cabinet settings.

So far I have gotten sounds that are very close to Adrian Smith, John Petrucci and Alex Lifeson.

I currently don't have a guitar amp, as I am primarily a vocalist/bassist, so I am using a Peavey TKO 115 S when I want to move a little air. Mostly I run either through my pc or headphones, since I'm concentrating on being able to play what I hear in my head.

Haven't had it that long but it seems pretty solid. If I needed to use something for a gig I wouldn't hesitate to use this. I'm going to give it an 8 based on construction and the fact that I bought it used and it works great.

No idea, but Digitech does offer the manual and GenEdit, their proprietary editing software, free for download on the company website.

I'm into metal. Maiden, Opeth, Dream Theater, Fates Warning and other stuff in that vein. This thing has some great sounds for me to record my metal inspired ideas. Playing it through a 100 watt 15" it sounds great, even distorted, but I mostly run direct into my pc. I love how I can choose what I am outputing to in the utility function. Really seems to optimize the signal. I also like cleaner stuff like Yes, Rush, Eric Johnson and it's got those tones too. In fact there is an Eric Johnson sound built in that sounds pretty damn close stock and almost dead on with some tweeking.

I've been playing guitar for about 4 years, seriously for about a year and a half. I've been playing bass for almost 10 years and I play a black Ibanez SoundGear SR800 through a Peavey TKO 115 S. I also have an Alvarez RD-8 acoustic that I really love to play.

If you took away my GNX1 I would hunt you down and give you the worst noogie you ever had.

I really love how this piece of equipment lets me have so many different amp/cab combos. It really let's you customize your sound before you even plug it into the amp. I hate that it doesn't transmogrify into the GNX3000.

I played a couple of other pedals in the same price range as this one. I paid $100 U.S. so you can imagine what I was hearing. I also looked at some individual effects but this was really the way to go.

I wish I had a GNX3000, a Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, a Roland Jazz Chorus and a sub-basement.

I've been using a program on my pc called Revalver to get my effects. I'm really in a learning an writing mode so working on the computer is great. The inherent problem with Revalver is that there is a very short delay between when you play something and when it comes out of the speakers. Very short but it feels like an eternity when you are playing to a beat or along with a cd. Not to mention the constant hiss. The GNX1 takes all that pain away and with the Jam-Along feature I can make mix-downs of my own stuff and burn them to a disk or can play along with the bands I'm trying to learn from. I'm finding that some of the tones I'm getting are pretty inspiring and taking me off in different and unexplored (by me) directions.

This is my first guitar multi effects processor so I may be over stating this but I think the GNX1 is a great piece of equipment.

No messing here. I upgraded from an rp200 which you can use without ever looking at the manual. NO chance with this big-boy. Even with the manual i'm still struggling to work out why some things happen. The manul does have a walkthrough to help you set up a patch which is useful but this pedal does need some time to master.

as seems to be the case with most of these pedals the presets give you an idea of what you can do but are mostly pretty naff.

For me the digitech pedals are the best. Other pedals always seem to sell themselves on how good the distortion is. Thankyou digitech for realising there are a lot of musicians out there who don't actually want to play metal! BUT...

I use the tweed, blackface and ac vox settings and on full gain they rock. the other setiings sound good to me although, as i said, i'm not a metal head so what do i know about rectifiers and stacks?

i'm yet to experiment with the amp warping ut seems like a nice idea and unique i should imagine amongst these pedals. whack a tweed on channel green, a marshall on channel red, stick the two together and you get some kind of **** on yellow channel. if you are looking for a completly unique tone, check this pedal out.

one more thing. forget about people who say digitech pedals sound too computer-like. this thing has so many sound options you should be able to get a tone. choosing your target source is a nice touch: amp (1x12, 2x12 etc), direct mixing board, mono, stereo etc

maybe it's not fair to keep comparing this to the rp 200 but i will anyway. the pedal on that broke after about a month (check out digitech's forum - this is a very frequent problem) and i always felt that it was actually more of a toy than a real pedal.

this however seems much sturdier by comparison. the rp kept me going live for about two years and i replaced it becasue i wanted something with more features. it's still in very good condition and i imagine this will last just as well.

i will use it without a back up, no probs

when the rp broke, not only did they replace the pedal, they upgraded the chip inside. very, very nice service. thankyou very much.

also check out the website. patches for all models, forums for discussing ideas, problems etc. again a very good service and a very, VERY useful one.

I use an epiphone SG400 through a hughes and kettner 100 tour reverb.

As i said, i use this mainly for the cleaner amp models tweed, blackface, ac vox. that's why i stuck with digitech when i upgraded - i knew they offered exactly what i wanted.

maybe if you're into heavier stuff it may not please you. i guess you'll have to read more reviews, try and have a go on one.

i'm not the greatest musician and i haven't got the greatest ear but mucking around on this thing is inspiring. yeah the drums are kinda naff but sitting in my room, with the lights down, i can play on this thing for hours coming up with crazy sounds and pyschedelic masterpieces (to my ear). cool. really cool.

past experience of digitech helped me choose but i did download a lot of manuals and check out individual features. this one has the most and the two 'live' programmes offer all the versatility most guitarist will neeed on stage (three footswitches either select presets or can be set to turn on/off effects/delay - as well as the expression pedal!)

check out prices. check out features. you will buy a gnx1 for sure.

Si. este pedal es facil de usar.

realmente esta dise?ado a prueba de bobos... considero muy practico el uso de sus funciones y ademas el software que acompa?a facilita mas aun la tarea de programacion de sonidos.

Su sonido es bueno... de hecho en las publicaciones que se hacen de las especificaciones su muestreo de sonido es alto A/D a 24 bits la hace superior a mucho pedales.

se siente un poco de ruido en algunos efectos y personalmente e esperimentado un sonido muy desagradable en el uso de las emulaciones de guitarra acustica... aunque mi amplificador no es el mejor (un marshall GR30), creo que podri ser menos peor.

La emulaciones de sonido de artistas son buendo y sus patrones preestablecidos son de buena calidad.

aqui no se si pueda decir esto pero...

LO PEOR DE ESTE PEDAL ES SU CALIDAD DE COSNTRUCCION.

1. su panel de comandos es plastico y ya se da?o...

2. SU PEDAL DE EXPRESION PRESENTA PROBLEMAS DE LA CALIBRACION

3. AL ISNTALAR EL FIRMWARE SE da?aron los patrones de baterias de de entrenamiento

O SEA MI PEDAL NO SIRVE.. esta inservible..

SOLO LO PUEDO CONTROLAR DESDE EL PC!!!!

Lopero de el asunto es que en mi pais no hay un buen soporte tecnido del la cas aDIGITECH. El pedal fue adquirido en USA y traido a Colombia...

mierda estoy jodido!

Mi estilo musica el el rock, un poco de post punk, new wave, experimental, trip hop...

Mi veredicto ene ste asunto es en contra de este pedal sin dejar de decir que sus sonidos son muy buenos.... pero tengo amigos com pedales ZOOM y BOOS de hace ya mucho rato y en perfecto estado... este solo tiene un a?o y medio y ya saco la mano..

A GNX1 e muito facil de operar e programar. O programa GenEdit e muito bom.

Os efeitos sao muito bons. As distorcoes me impressionaram. Tive varios pedais BOSS e digo, a GNX me deixou muito mais contente. Mas tem que criar seus proprios patches, os originais de fabrica sao muito ruins.

Tive problema com as micro-chaves. 4 tiveram que ser substituidas. O resto eh muito duravel.

Tem todos os patches e dicas na internet. Os firmwares sao faceis de instalar. O banco de patchs do site da Digitech sao muito bons.

O unico problema da GNX1 e o numero muito limitado de pedais. Um unico pedal para o mudar os banks e uma vergonha, mas o desempenho geral dela e muito bom. Recomendo, mas tem que perder bastante tempo programando ate achar o som procurado.

Just to complete my GNX1 story, I have now got my Korg AX1500g and it is perfect. As soon as I plugged it into the Marshall I got the tone I was searching for in vain with the GNX1.
The array of FX aren't quite as extensive as the GNX1, but it's loads easier to edit patches and there is no time delay when moving from patch to patch in a live situation.
Phew...what a relief!!