DigiTech RP-10

How easy is it to get a good sound out of it? No worries
How about Editing patches? Ptreyy basic if you like computers
How is the manual for it (if there is one)? Fine
Do you know the firmware revision number? Has your unit been upgraded? v2.00

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What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with? Yamaha Pacifica, Ibanez RG7
Is it noisy? On what settings? Only on Distortion settings, but just throw a noise gate on it will fix it
Are the effects weak or do they always sound great? I dont use a great deal of layeed effects so I have had no problems
What amp are you using it with? Speaker Emulator into a mixer at home
Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they? Joe Satriani, John Petrucci, Eric Johnson. As a practise unit in a mixer setting its fine for a rough guide.
Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad? For digital distiorition its fine.

Yea sure, no problems with realiability.

Bought it old second hand so not much support for this one any more.

What style of music do you play? Is this a good match? Rock, prog, jazz, funk..
How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own? about 14 years, art sgx, digitech gsp 2101, BJ Amplifier (custom builder), Peavery practise amp.
If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else? Probably would try find something similar, good and practical for where I use it
what do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature? No big deals either way its just fine...
Did you compare it to other products? Which ones? Why did you choose this one? If anyhing to rp6, (i use to own one when I first started guitar playing. Obviously this is a bit more sophisticated.
Anything you wish it had? No its fine
Does it help you make music, or does it get in the way? Yea sure it helps.
Anything else you'd like to share?

(easy)read your manual and take your time and you will find your sound

yes but that also takes some fine tunning, srv-doyle bramhall-robert cray-pink floyd-gary moore (distortion chorus-very good)i use fender guitars and amps -and you also have to ajust your amp to your effects-noisy? no-invest in some good chords-the sound is good when the mix is right-i use a 68fender twin reverb and a fender deluxe

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rock r&b blues 25years i would keep my eyes open one unit easy to set up i wish the display were larger yes it helps just take your time

No inicio e um pouco complicado de editar, mas com o passar do tempo fica melhor.

Seus efeitos s?o de grande qualidade. O unico problema e a impossibilidade de desligar o equalizador.

Sua sonoridade e muito boa. Consegue-se varios timbres e sons diferentes com ela. Com um paciencia faz-se sons dignos dos grandes mestres.

Considering all the options available in this unit, the programming is logical: within each effect algorithm (there are 33), you scroll thru the given effects and their parameters, tweaking as you like. A difficulty might arise when you come upon, say, the ?flagship? reverb module, if you don?t know what all the parameters are for ? but that?s the complexity of the effect, not the programming. You also have to spend a little time learning how to assign effect on/offs to the footswitches, or how to assign specific functions to the CC pedal (it usually defaults to volume control but it can do much else). I?ve never messed with the MIDI capabilities, and I?m sure they?re as complex as the manual makes it out to be. But the basic programming and tweaking is not difficult once you get into it. It can be tedious though with the more manipulative effects, like the big reverb or EQ.

Ease of use onstage is easy, if you?ve done your preparation beforehand. Assign patch programs to sequential banks, so you can go thru a setlist with a minimum of foot taps. Assign effects on/off switches so you can stay within the same patch, but cut chorus in or out, delay on or off, etc. That?s the selling point of a multi-fx unit in the first place: to replace a sea of pedals and cords with something simpler in bulk and execution. The more time you spending getting to know the unit, the less time you?ll spend fiddling with it when actually playing. A downside is the little blip of silence when switching patches, but there?s no delay when tapping FX changes within the patches.

Rule #1: This is meant to be used in stereo, and it sounds best that way. #2: Amps warm the tone. I run this into two combos. At one point I was using a Peavey Classic 50 and there was a nice synergy there ? warm sound, controllable feedback, etc. I?ve recorded demos direct with the RP10 and that?s where the digital tinny-ness is laid bare.

As for effects, the chorus is great, from a simple mono to a 6-voice stereo. Flanger and phaser are good, and I found a great sound with the dual flanger algorithm. Reverb is decent, very adjustable, and there are cool tricks with the flat envelope option. Compressor has value if you experiment with it, like matching high compression with a low clean level. The harmonizer is digital-harsh, unless you warm the signal before it. Delays are quality, with lots of tweakability. All sorts of secondary effects, like panning and autowah and ducking, do their job. On the downside, the distortions are weak, except for the Heavy Sustain setting. It can be warm and fuzzy if used right. The manual wah is silly, but I salvaged it on one patch by linking it with volume on the pedal for an envelope chorus swell. (That?s the thing about the dud sounds/effects on here ? you can find ways to salvage them, if their normal application is out of the question.) Individually, the effects range from 4?s and 5?s (the wah, distortion) to outstanding (the modulations), so an 8 seems fair overall...with a 9 if you know what you?re doing. The preset patches range from good to obnoxious, and it?s up to the user to dive in and coax personalized sounds from the effects. But it absolutely can be done. I?m addicted to the chorus variables on this and don?t want to use anything else. Ditto the phaser, for that matter. It?s apples and oranges comparing these sounds with vintage analog pedals, but there?s some good fruit here.

Overall, the guitar and amps will play a role in the final sound. And there is digital glassiness to contend with in the RP-10. But it can be computed out.

Only snafu in 8 years: wires connecting CC pedal shorted out; local guitar shop rewired it for 30 bucks. No problems before or since. Gigged with it in smoky bars, dank basements, swank basements?reliable all the time. (thankfully the wire problem occurred at home and not on stage.) Changed the battery once ? no big deal. Note: write down your programs!

I cannot remember the exact details of my conversation with Digitech when the wires went bad, but it seemed enough of a headache and waiting game to turn instead to a local wiz for help. Two days of waiting, opposed to two months.

Why am I writing about a unit I?ve had for eight years? Because I?ve had it for eight years! The industry of digital FX is like the auto industry: we?re told how great this year?s model is, then we buy it, then it?s obsolete and we?re told how great the next year?s model is. Either these things all suck to begin with and constantly need improvement, or it?s a quickfire market where you always have to have new product out there. The point is that the best aspects of the RP-10 have not been significantly bettered by any comparable newer model ? not for my ears and purposes ? and thus I?ve never felt the need to upgrade. Bells and whistles don?t sucker me. I want some good modulation, EQ, reverb options, and this still provides it.

I bought this when I noticed a sea of individual pedals forming under my feet, and it was more convenient. I do like a variety of sounds, and thus my ultimate FX setup would be a logistical buzzing nightmare were I to do it all with individual units. I still use other devices, like EH Microsynth, and that?s another bonus: feeding analog character sounds into the RP10 and coming up with even more unique combinations. Another keeper aspect of this unit is that I?ve found some unique soundscape effects, involving long reverb decays, harmonizers, and delays, which I don?t think I could replicate with any combination of other units/devices. It has exclusive capabilities that I don?t want to lose.

At this point, there are enough multi-fx processors out there to sink a boat, so that the RP10 is probably not worth searching out if you don?t know what you?re missing. Personally, it?s a part of my sound, and it has loads of capability. I used it for rock gigs before; it?s now assisting me in some jazz and abstract situations.

Getting sounds is quite easy, simple to program. Editing is pretty simple too. Lost my manual many moons ago. No upgrades.

I Bought this unit used back in 1993 in a pawn shop for $350.00. After about 3 years of use, I sold it to a friend for $150.00, and he gave me a bass rockman to boot. Fast foward to now "2004" and a few weeks ago I bought it back from that same friend for $50. Back when I owned it the first time, I was really a beginner, and only had small Fender, or Crate 1x12 amps, and it sounded great (as I recall) with those little solid state amps. Fast foward to now, and I use it mostly for recording direct into a Focusrite ISA 220 Preamp into a Roland 2480hd. I also own a Valve FX too. The RP-10 works fantastic for recording direct. Now I own several "toob" halfstacks, but I haven't ran it through them yet.

Before selling it to my friend the distortion switch kept sticking. I figured it just needed cleaning. So I popped off the switch button (the black one) and it broke. After years in my friends posession the switch under the button quit working too. The distortion patch still works and can be toggled off from the menu buttons, but not the switch. Everything else works. I ordered a new button from Digitech, and put it on, but still can't be switched from the pedal switch. But overall considering it's age (11 years, or so) it still cleaned up nicely, and looks almost as good as it did when I bought it.

Working with the guys at Digitech is great. You can order small parts right off their website. Things like replacement pedals for the RP series, and Control One controllers (which I have one of these also for my Valve Fx. Anyway, if something breaks on any of your Digitech gear, just send it to them with a check or money order for a $100.00, and they'll ship it back fixed, regardless of what's wrong with it. Which is great if it's a major fix, but lously if it's just a stuck switch thingy. LOL.

I personally play an assortment of styles from Country, Pop, all the way to nu-metal stuff. I've been playing at guitar for over 20 years. If it was stolen, I probably wouldn't look for another, unless I could get it cheap. But I really do like this unit considering it's time period. This was some hot doody back in it's day. I've owned the folling Digitech guitar fx processors. Started with the RP-10, RP-7, RPM-2000, and the Valve FX. The only keepers of those are the RP-10, and the Valve Fx. The RP-7 was great for recording, but sucked with my amp of the time, a solid state Crate Halfstack. I don't use it for all of my studio work but, it's one of those "go to" units when nothing else is working on the song. I have a nice collection of various Boss, and DoD pedals, and nice tube amps, but for some reason I continue to search for that direct recording tool thats the Shitznit. I've owned the Pod XT, Boss GT-6, an Ibanez virtual amp (theres a handy little box for the studio)and other stuff just for different sound in the studio, any of which will work in the right situation. I don't think it's really the box you use, but more the touch your fingers have with the guitar that makes a particular sound good or bad. Still I search..

I have this one and the Art SGX Nitro, and this one is way easier to configure and to use. One thing I really like about this one is that even if a particular effect is not active for a particular patch (distortion, for instance), you can still hit that switch and it will come on. The SGX Nitro (with the X15 pedalboard) isn't like that. If the effect isn't enabled as part of the effect, you can't add it on the fly.

Excellent sounds. I have seen negative reviews about this one- some complain that everything is obscure, extreme and unusable. Well, have you ever taken the car out of the garage? Nobody uses just the factory defaults. Spend some time with it, setup some patches for your particular songs and program them in. When tweaked, this thing will put out just about any sounds you can dream up.

Awesome. I've had mine for over 12 years, and it just wigged out a week ago. One day, some of the filters stopped working. The next day, when I powered it on, it went into some sort of demo mode and then when I hit a pedal, it would give an error message. I emailed one of the "authorized service centers", and they said it would be ~$100 to fix it. I found a yahoo group for RP-10's, and read through the threads, and I found out that the Lithium battery went bad and corrupted the memory. So, I bought a new battery (3.29 at radio shack), and did a factory reset, and it's back as good as new. I also had a backup of my configs using RPEdit, so I'm set. Otherwise, completely reliable.

Never had to deal with Digitech directly, but this device has been discontinued quite some time ago. They still have the user manual online.

I play a lot of cover stuff, along with some of my own stuff. The music styles and effects vary considerably. As I said before, the factory default presets are pretty much just to show off what this thing can do. They're all extreme, so they're not much use, but it can be customized to do pretty much anything, save a few more modern effects. I setup patches for each song or band style, and since this is MIDI, it can be controlled by the sound engineer from the soundboard for live performances.

It was fine. I Didn't have much trouble.

Some of the effects were very good and some sucked. It was possible to change some of the effect to suit my purpose. The distortion wasn't very good.

Trash. I bought this unit used and it worked for a while and then just quit. I have electronic guy look at it and he said that their were power supply problems along with the possibility of others so I hocked it.

Overall I was plesed with the effects and ability use some many different types but it quit. Electronic guy said most places charge $60 just to look at it and then whatever it costs to fix it. So when you buy this pedal make sure you know where the hech came from and its complete condition and previoius use! Good pedal it it works.

The stock presets are unusable, but are standard in order to show off how extreme the effects can be. Once you make your own settings where every parameter isn't on ten, it is pretty usable. THe manual isn't too difficult until you get to the midi section. I consider myself somewhat intelligent. However, I was floored by the extreme complexity of the midi continuous control and the morphing nonsense.

I had this unit at the perfect stage of my development as a guitarist. I got mine when I had been playing 2.5-3 years. At about the 7-8 year mark, I outgrew it and upgraded to a rack. THis unit taught me how to program anything, how to utilize effects tastefully, and how to achieve a useable sound in a band situation. The distortion sucks. All three of them as a matter of fact. The "grunge" has searing, overboard gain. You will never hear it in a band situation. The heavy sustain doesn't have enough gain, or sustain. The overdrive is okay. The clean is awesome.

I blew it up.

Pretty easy to use, just a lot of crap to go through adjusting parameters abd all - I mean, tweaking one preset to get exactly what ya want can take forever, but persistence will pay off.

I ahev played thru several amps, currently using an Ibanez TB100, and after playing around with the "clean" sound setting on the amp, got most of my patches edited to sound great with it. The effects always sound great - good quality, and the damn Cabinet Emulator kicks ass when going straight to a mixer or computer - which I do a lot. The only GRIPE I have about this thing is that when switching from patch to patch, you get this little 1/2 second delay which is annoying as all @#$&!!

I have beat the crap out of this thing over the years and it's time for a replacement, but it has always been reliable. I will keep it for studio recording, but I think I am gonna go stomp boxes now cause I hate the delay ya get when switching patches in multi-effect units.

Remember what I said about banging it around over the years? One day I turned it on and got an error message. The manual didn't say jack, I called tech support, the guy walked me through resetting the unit, and presto. Of course - I lost all my user-defined patches. But the support was great.

I don't know how the newer units are as far as having a slight delay when switching patches, but for any type of music this thing is great.

This unit IS NOT for total begginners or stomp box users, but when accompanied by the manual, it is for the most part; VERY easy to learn, and user friendly. Towards the end though you can forget about programming the CC pedal to morph simultaneous effects. This part of the manual was like reading a MIDI textbook! Anyway, After 7 years of owning one of these, I was NEVER at a loss for a great or unique sound! So being able to program this unit for probably more than you would EVER need to apply to playing live, or recording; should be of relative ease!

I used this unit through a Carvin SX-200, using my trusted Jackson Fusion Standard.(also have used with Ibanez models, and a Fender Strat. This thing was RIPPIN' straight out of the box!!! Monster distortion, and Very nice sounding acoustic cleans. I was in a guitar/keyboard band when this arrived, and My keyboard partner ran this unit through a CHEAP Radio Shack mixer, and a Dolby Digital Surround Sound home stereo system setup. The ending result within 4 hours later was a smooth jazz song that we recorded on the cassette deck of that stereo, which in turn was submitted to our local jazz station, and was first played on the radio between Sade, and Vanessa Williams. The radio Station did re-mix, and edit a bit, but was mostly the original recording. this was probably the second or third preset that I fiddled around with, and done the first time ever plugging into this unit! Over many years, I was able to sit down for long 4-8 hours stretches and tweak parameters to gain some VERY UNIQUE effects, that became instantly recognizeable in conjunction with my already unique style. Much in the same way that Slash, or Vai can play one or two notes, and you just KNOW!(ya' know?!) Some distortions are VERY noisy, some VERY thin, but the meat is that you can tweak up, and down and find perfection somewhere to your liking! Effects sound A LOT better through recording equipment, P.A., or even a kick'in Digital Surround sound stereo, Than they do through an amp though. For recording this is a VERY inexpensive, and versatile piece of gear to take you to the cleanest definition, without taking you to the cleaners! Note however that you will Only get very FEW of the Satriani, or Vai type of effects.( Go buy an EVENTIDE!) You will get GREAT Queensryche, Fates Warning, Type O Negative, Pantera, Savatage, Orgy, and yes even a little George Lynch! Also BIG smooth jazz, new age, and funk sounds!!! I recommend Pedal Motion factory preset, and Platinum Solo(smokin') factory preset for starter distortions, and Studio Clean factory (I believe it was called.) for acoustic applications. Then have fun customizing effects for years!!!(Note one severe drawback of this unit is the noise between switching times of presets!)

I had my unit for 7 years, and left it on for days at a time for years!!!!There is no on/off swith. just an adapter. This thing gets HOT!!!!!!(but DO NOT panic!) Out of all the years, and being on for days It only locked up maybe a total of 3 to 5 times max. You just unplug the power source, and plug right back in. Unit goes through intro screen, and within seconds, you're back in biz! Back up unit for live playing could be smart, and effects switching times are seconds apart, and VERY noticeable, during live gigs. However, It is VERY UNLIKELY that it is going to die on you, if that's your main concern!

Never had to call!

I've played Metal, rock, pop, funk, blues, classical, jazz, new age, and A little of almost every style imaginable on this thing! Like I said it is very versatile! I've even done bass parts with it! This unit is better suited for some forms, and styles than it is to others, but it does them all to a satisfactory degree in my opinion. I've been playing for almost 14 years, and I now own a Digitech Studio 5000 (In my quest for more Vai like sounds.), but man GIMMIE' BACK MY RP-10!!!!!!! The 5000 minus the impeccable harmonizing, is very limited as opposed to the RP-10, and it is to this factor that it also loses it's fun!(Not nearly as versatile!) I feel an almost emotional bond with this unit, but I am just the kind of person who would never buy the same thing twice. I am always on an endless search to try new things. There is an ABSOLUTE OCEAN of ways to get guitar sound through guitar/amp/effects combinations, and in my opinion you are handicapping yourself by staying with the same ol' thing! I was bonded to the RP-10 for financial reasons(even if it was a pratical unit that served me above, and beyond!) If I were Petrucci, or Satch, I would use ENDLESS amounts of different gear! George Lynch is an absolute prime example of switching gear eternally!! What I loved about this unit is that it was able to give me ALMOST any sound I could conjure! What I hated was the noise between preset switching! My favorite feature of this unit is the ability to shift octaves! This proves for some VERY interesting F/X! I only compared this unit to the RP-1, and some Zoom units.(The Korg G-3 was out at the time as well!) I liked the RP-1! It was my teenage fantasy when I first started playing, but for over $1000 was unattainable. An old guitarist finally let me borrow his for a week, and 4 years later My dream had come true. I was surprised at how easy I caught on, and recorded a whole demo just switching F/X. It was very addictive much like any cool piece of equipment when you first get it! Anyway, I tried out an RP-5, and was NOT impressed. The distortions wee still THIN, and F/X were just too cornball like on the RP-1. So then, I bought the RP-10 on A LOT of good reviews, and blind faith! Boy did it deliver!!!! I'd say the RP/10, and 12 models(virtually the same in every way.) Were the absolute best of the RP line. Today, with the RP 100, and 200 lines I just sit back,and try and figure out WHAT HAPPENED?!?! because these things are a JOKE! Youd think if your product line went from model 10, and 12 to 100, and 200 that it would be 100 to 200 times better!!!! Not 100 to 200 times worse!!! It just doesn't make sense! I must say the built in tuner on this unit is exceptional!!!!