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!!!!

Playing pre-sets is very easy- nothing to it. I agree with other reviewers who talk about the complexity of getting in and programming it, especially if you are used to something more basic like stomp boxes. Having experience in programming synths and other effects, I found it not all that difficult, after getting used to it's internal structure (except for the parametric eq). However, tweaking it "on the fly" or in a live situation is a problem- not like just reaching down and twisting a knob on your pedal. But having all those paramaters to deal with does have the benefit of providing a lot of sound shaping possibilities. The manual is essential to get the most out of it.

From reading the other reviews here, it's obvious that some people love it and some people hate it. I am definitely one of those who love it. In fact, I bought it new when it came out about 7 or 8 years ago and it's still my main effects unit for guitar. This may not seem like a big deal, but I am the kind of person who is constantly upgrading equipment for the latest model and features. Effects are a big part of my sound and I've not felt the need to upgrade from this unit, although I do supplement it with other processors from time to time.

As far as my set-up, I use a variety of guitars: Fender "Roland-ready" Strat. w/ Lace Sensors & Roland GR33 guitar-synth, Fender 72 Telecaster Custom, Fernandes "sustainer" guitar, and a gold-top Les Paul copy with vintage Gibson and DiMarzio humbuckers. From there I go into a Mesa Boogie V Twin tube pre-amp and into the RP 10. Most of the time I come out of the RP 10 in stereo into a pair of 60watt Marshall combo amps. I've also gone directly into the board from the RP 10 which is ok for some kinds of gigs, and great for recording. Sometimes I add an E-bow, Lexicon Vortex and/or BBE Sonic Maximizer to the signal chain. By the way, using it in stereo makes a big difference in the sound. If I were using it in mono into a single amp I would probably not rate it as highly.

I play a wide range of music from classic rock (Santana, Hendrix,Pink Floyd, etc.) to ambient electronic soundscapes, and the RP 10 works for me in all those situations. After a bit of editing I get nice clean sounds, great soaring lead tones, and wonderful Robert Fripp-like special effects. The wah-wah isn't the greatest, but is useable occasionally if I don't feel like using my Cry Baby.

Mine has been totally reliable. I've never had a problem in all the years I've used it. Even so, I always carry a little Zoom 505 II as a back up, just in case.

Haven't had to deal with them.

I bought it when it came out because it was the new model after the RP 1, which I was very impressed with after having seen a demonstration by a factory rep at a trade show. Also, at the time (mid '90's) I was using a rack-mount effects rig with a midi control pedal and it seemed that I could get as much processing power out of this compact floor unit, with less set-up, wiring hassles, etc. And I was right.
As far as criticisms, one of the only things I can think of is that I wish changing banks was a little easier and quicker- especially in a live situation. Mine is set up where the top row of buttons turns individual effects (distortion, delay, etc) off and on, and the bottom row changes patches. This only gives me 5 patches per bank, so I have to use the bank shift more than I would like. There's a bit too much pedal dancing with the possibility of tapping the wrong bank, especially on a dark stage. But obviously, I'm willing to live with this limitation and it hasn't been a major problem.

Although the RP 10 has been a great fx unit for my needs, if it were lost or stolen, I would probably do some serious research on some of the current models available. What I've heard of the newer RP series hasn't been very impressive, but pre-sets rarely are. I might check out some of the models that came out after the RP 10 like the RP 14 or RP 20, or possibly a Boss GT 6. But for now, I don't have to worry about it and will continue to use and enjoy the RP 10.
Highly recommended, especially if you are willing to get in there and tweak the patches.

all the factory settings are complete garbage, u have to tweak this motherfucker to get any good sounds out of it. The main level of each patch is always 100% and u have to put it on 50-60% to get it decent.

Sounds are ok (after tweaking it for hours) but sometimes to Digital.

Some good distortions and delays

Now this is the reason why i call it a cheap motherfucker:

the first year i bought it ('96 or something) the thing broke down 9 times!!!. I had to send it 9 times to the store and wait +- 1 month for it to get it back. After a few days it would crash again.

too cold => crash
too hot => crash
fart at it and i'm sure it would crash too

Biggest rubbish i ever bought

Awfull.

Peace of Junk indeed

Its not easy to get a good sound out of anything that has as much capability as this. Some clowns here think a parametric Eq is too hard. That's EXACTLY what ya need to dial in good tones that are precise. Get an ear. Editing is easy enough, if you're familiar with such units, i.e. menu driven. Like I said, I don't need the manual as I'm very accustomed to these style units. The manual when needed, & it is, is clear enough for those with a brain.

I use it with headphones mainly and it sounds just like every artist tone I try emulating. Tony Iommi from the 1st album upto the present, Randy Rhoads on Tribute-perfect, Ritchie Blacmore Live Rainbow, Robin Trower & Hendrix with alittle help from avibe unit of course, Scorpions, Metallica, hell they're all in there. If ya now what you're doing. Very flexible sound wise. Built in Noise gate so..... not an issue. 3 OD/Dist that can emulate anything you've ever heard. When I do use an amp it's Marshall ,of course. Don't like the wah at all, its in the wrong point in the chain.

I ve used mine for 8 yrs. No Problems. I'm sure the internal lithium will need replaced soon though, not an issue. All presets are backed- up via sys-ex.

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Blues -Trower& Hendrix. Metal-Metallica, Sabbath, Rhoads, Clean mellow sounds are wonderful also. I've been playing for 25 yrs. and have pretty much gone through every effects scenario thru the years. From a super pedal board that had 30 effects boxes on it in 2 loops that was the size of small car to 20 space racks with pedals stashed & velcro'd to the rack pieces in the rear to get sounds this 1 little Pete Cornish type unit gets and more. The only bitch I have onit is the burp when switching between 2 programs its not seamless, so in live situations it may not work for others out there. 'm very picky on that 1 point so it gets blasted in rating for it. Otherwise its great. Not for soeone whois not familiar with dialing sounds using a parametric EQ or doesn't know what reverb parameters are and what they do. So it's really not for beginners or the ignorant dummies that have the typical guitar players mentality. i>e. -3 pedals with 4 knobs apiece would be too much for the small brained inexperienced at dialing in sounds. You know who you are. But if you can sit in front of a rack of some hi-end Lexicon, Roland, Symetrix, etc. rack pieces and dial in exact sounds like you would in a studio situation, then this is no problem for you.

Straight "out of the box" the pedal is not bad in terms of getting a straightforward sound within seconds. You can easily scroll through a broad range of sounds for just about any style you care to approximate right away. However, outside of minor tweaking, in terms of fine-tuning the sounds and/or coming up with your own custom patches, assigning certain patches to different pedals, effects to the expression pedal, etc... you can forget it, unless you have LOTS of time to sit down with it. The manual is practically a joke. You pretty much need to have a PhD in Physics to understand half of it. Even things that I figured out how to do on my own, with experimentation - they were easy in practice, but the manual made it seem very complicated. It also neglects to mention a very important factor about the pedal which involves a lithium battery inside the unit which powers the memory (the unit itself is powered by an adapter). When this battery dies, it must be taken out and replaced, and the unit must be reset, or else the pedal will "wig out" and not work. It's very simple to do (although any custom sounds will be lost - so make sure you keep a list of all your patches.) I imagine that many people have thrown away perfectly good pedals, thinking that it was not repairable, or perhaps spent way too much money on repairs when it only requires a $3 battery to fix the problem. It seems though that once someone gets used to how it actually works, endless possibilities could be in store.

I am mainly using this pedal with a 60-watt Randall Jaguar Chorus Amp, a Rickenbacker 650F, an Electra Phoenix, and an SG copy. I am also using the RP-10 to run vocals through, as well as keyboard. I will often plug my instrument/mic into the RP-10 and then the RP-10 directly into a 4-track.

On some types of distortion, the pedal can be noisy, but I find using the noise gate can help. Sometimes that gives it an unnatural feel though, to me, so often I let the hum continue. I mostly play rock and experimental type music, so sometimes I can use the noise to great effect. However, I also play in a room with lots of equipment and computers, so that could also play into it. I don't notice the hum on every setting though.

Generally, I love the sounds out of this pedal. It's one of the best muli-FX units I've ever owned. Very versatile. Some sounds in the factory preset sound too similar to others to really have a point of being included, but overall, I like the palette of options available, and I love the custom sounds I've been able to create the most. One sound that I've approximated was Joey Santiago's of The Pixies. I then took that sound, tweaked it and have come up with a few versions of my own sound that I'm particularly proud of.

I don't know FX inside and out to be able to tell you if say, the chorus is the tops or not... all I know is generally everything sounds good to me. Some of the distortions are a bit much on the treble side, tinny, but sometimes that's what I want. At the same time, there are many meaty distortions to choose from too, and some that are fairly faithful to the sounds they're based on, especially for an old unit such as this.

My only other "complaint" is that there is a delay sometimes when clicking from sound to sound, but that's to be expected for a vintage pedal of this type.

Whether you play, country, pop, metal, triphop or anything beyond or in between, you'll be able to make use of this pedal.

For a split second, I had a scare... a few weeks after I got the pedal... it "died" on me... but it turns out that it was only due to a dead lithium battery INSIDE the unit, that has nothing to do with the power adapter for the unit itself. This lithium battery powers the memory of the RP-10.

When this battery dies, it must be taken out and replaced, and the unit must be reset, or else the pedal will give you tons of error messages and will not make a sound. A battery can be bought at Radio Shack type place for a few dollars. You simply unscrew the unit, replace the battery, re-fasten the cover and then reset the unit. It's very simple to do (although any custom sounds will be lost - so make sure you keep a list of all your patches.), only takes a few minutes, and will save you lots of money instead of sending it to a repair shop, or throwing it away, only to buy a new one.

I bought the unit used from eBay, and judging from a missing endcap, I think this unit has been used thoroughly. And I once tripped over a cord and came stomping down on the board and the baby still works beautifully.

I would completely feel that I could rely on this pedal and would use it for shows without backup AS LONG AS I had an idea of when the lithium battery inside was changed. If I knew there was a chance the battery still had juice in it, then I would definitely gig without backup. To not have a backup would not be smart because you would have to unscrew the unit, change the battery, screw the unit's cover back on, reset the unit and if you weren't using factory preset patches, you would then have to reprogram your custom sounds.

Digitech is TERRIBLE, with a capital T. Granted, the RP-10 is discontinued, so I don't expect them to tend to me as they would someone who's bought a new pedal from them... however, they have a forum that specializes in helping people with their older gear and they rarely ever answer users with even the most simple of answers. They do not tell users about things as simple as the lithium battery situation, knowing that many people are throwing away what would otherwise be perfectly good units. It seems they want everyone to throw away the old ones in hope that they will buy their newer models, or go to their in-house repair shop.

All the help I have gotten has come from experimenting with my pedal, researching on my own and having started an RP Group at Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rp10 . I had to because Digitech are lumps on logs. Many people have thanked me for the information I provided and the money they saved, because Digitech would not answer them. Some of THEM are active Digitech buyers and complain about the customer service. Digitech is terrible as a customer service entity. I don't think I will ever buy a new Digitech product, because I don't want to support a company that seems to have so little regard for their users, new or old products... If I buy Digitech again, it will again, be a used product, unless I absolutely have to have a new one.

I play a little bit of everything, but mainly pop, rock and experimental. I'm finding the RP-10 quite versatile and producing great sounds overall. I have been playing regularly for about 10 years and this is one of the best multi-FX units I've ever gotten, new or used. Finding it used, makes it an even greater bargain. Again, I will be using it on guitars, vocals, basses, and keyboards; equipment ranging in age from mid-60s to mid-90s.

I'm very happy with it and if it were lost or stolen, I would definitely seek out another. I tried using a Boss ME-30 when this Digitech RP-10 was out of commission due to the battery situation, but the Boss surprisingly, didn't cut the mustard. I LOVE Boss pedals, but overall even though that pedal and the manual are easier to understand, I didn't think it was as good as the Digitech RP-10.

I love the sounds of the RP-10 generally and I live the PROSPECTS of what I'll be able to do, once I figure out that manual. I'm particularly looking forward to using the Wah/Whammy/Expression pedal when I can customize it more.

I wish it were easier to understand, in terms of use, but still it's a good pedal. The only other thing is I wish it had an on/off switch. Here it gets power only by plugging in and to turn it off, you unplug it. My complaints seem major, but I think with a lot of good electronics, it can take a while to fully to unlock the possibilities and I'm willing to put in the time to work with it, to shape my own sounds. The problems I have with the pedal for the most part stem around that complicated manual, but once I get that dialed in, all should be good.

Straight out of the box you can be playing the pre-sets immediately, but tweaking the parameters can be a nightmare. The manual is a joke but if you spend the time to tinker with it, this is a good processor.

Most of the default programs are weak, but can sound quite good if you take the time to figure out how to dial them up. I use my RP-10 with a Peavey combo and get great sounds from it, leaving the amp settings at half all across the board and doing all processing within the RP-10. I also record straight-to-desk with it, although it can get noisy sometimes, calling for an outside noise gate.

In the five years I've used this thing I've only had one problem with it where it broke down during a practice. the next day it worked fine though and has never given me any other problems.

The RP-10 has a special place in my heart, even though I am about to upgrade to a newer unit. I will keep it even then, because it has a lot of useful aspects that I continue to utilize, such as the diversity in sounds. You can get 'heavy metal' to 'lazy country' to church choir guitar and back. Plenty of options to choose from.

How good is something that needs repair before you even take it home from the shop ? Well thats when it started, I walked into my fav music shop and they were putting the ends back on with glue. Anyway after that ordeal I figured out how to use it after a year or three, well I had too since I lost all my sounds three times thanks to the dodgey roms they use. Now it is version 2 and it still suxs. The menus speak a different language and the manual needs a wegie board to reveil the secrets of it since it is "a discontinued product" now. I though "Q" was from star trek. The bypass pedal takes a huge beating to work, but i had it replaced and no change.

I have used it with a Peavey quad and a peavey combo and it worked out ok, I guess. As all the other reviews have said the distortions sux majorly. but remember this is early digital for digitech so they will suck. The chorus' were ok but the noise was pretty annoying and seemed to come into every clean effect (flange/phase/trem). the amps sim. now is very out dated and almost useless. I used it with with direct to desk in my studio and it was always totally unusable. You have to have a pretty nice amp to make the digital disappear. I use alot of different guitars like tele's, steel strings, 335's and my jackson ps collection. The 335 is the worst, the feedbacking will overide the noise gate, you don't want that kind of attention at a gig ! I asure you, I have video evidence. When changing patches the noise gate would never work, so you would set the volume low and that would screw you up when you changed patches during a song. it was totally impractical.
Now the kids taunt me, they call me "one tone willie !" I was need really about to get the same sounds twice, the presets were terrible and when I got the new rom they got worse and there was more of them.

whats that ! the fact that I have spent $500 on repairs not only indicates I am an idiot for buying it but it shows that it is a very dodgey digi ! I would use it without a backup but only because I have a great sense of humour and it makes for great entertainment went it breaks down ! I am so looking forward to when I can afford to ditch it on some poor sap !

They pretty much washed their hands of this one when it was proven a lemon, i can't blame them but this seems to be a trend with a lot of this gear. The repairer company were pretty good at taking two or three months every time to replace the rom. I lost a lot on this and won't be buying from dodgitech again.

I have played Goth/industrial and blues rock but am now into metal and I would say its passable for amateursbut not a professional rig at all so don't even think about it. I am looking forward to replacing it
with something more prefessional like a roland v guitar. If stolen I would have a party for it ! I thought the metal casing would be good but the plastic bits have let it down majorly. There are better things on the market now, this was never one of them !

I've been asked a lot about the RP10 manual. Well--I kinda cheated. You see, I have the RP10 V2 upgrade, which is pretty much like a RP12. So, I downloaded the RP12 manual from this address:

http://www.digitech.com/cgi-bin/manuals.pl?man=ftp://ftp.digitech.com/pdf_manuals/Discontinued/rp12.pdf

Hope this helps!!

This pedal required alot of tweaking to get the sounds that pleased me. There is a lot of crap in this pedal that I do not understand especially when it comes to EQ stuff. This pedal could be easier to use in editing if there were not so many EQ parameters, and other settings for reverb and cabinet emulators. I am not a technical person.

I use this pedal with a Les Paul Studio and a Kubicki Strat copy going through a Marshall 1x12 Jubilee Amp. With extensive tweaking, one can get some good sounds with this pedal, after a while I just gave up. The overdrive/distortions suck on this pedal. They are very thin and kazoo like. Very phony sounding. Greatly lacking in any tonal quality what so ever. Instead I would use my amp's natural overdrive. The phaser portion of this pedal also sucks. It is very noisy with a static sound. I did however like the reverbs and the delays on this pedal. The wah did not impress me with this pedal. Very weak sounding. I liked my RP-1 a lot better and regret trading it in for this "wonderful creation". The tuner on this pedal is absolutely useless.

Not a reliable pedal. I have owned it for 5 years and it is curently dead. I did this review to discourage anybody from buying one. Technology has come along way and one can do better buying something new.

Digitech provided me with possible places in my area to fix this pedal.

I regret buying this pedal. I should have kept my RP-1

For simple changes there is no prob. But to fine tune it can take hours. THe biggest prob I had was trying to adjust or add anything to do with the pedal. The manual just did not explain this in detail enough to understand. I spent hours trying to figure it out. And the fact that your are stuck with preset algorithim is kinda anoying when you want to build from scratch.

I was using it with a pevey 4x12 cab and an 100 watt RG100 Randall head or a Pevey Roadster 160 watt (all tube) head. Kills the 100 watt Marshalls. But anyway. The sound quality was very good. Even better though a tube head. The distortion is good but not quite my style (Pantera) but still was able to get many souds that were very good. The effects souds better. Gettign a good clean sound with a chorus, delay, reverb etc... was soo easy no matter what guitar you put though it. I was using a Dimebag 333 signature series and an old BC Rich iron bird.

I used it live, studio and just practising. It was very versitile and never broke down. THe only prb I had was with the manual. Too vague.

This is sort of a grey area. I contacted tehm about the manual being to vague and that I could not figure out how to set the pedal for certain applications. They sent me the RP-12 upgrade chip!!!!! With the new manual of course that was just as vague as the other. But it did shut me up. I has happy now. I gained a harmoniser. Didn't need it but cool to have. I just didn't use the pedal

Overall it's pretty good. i just recently sold it because my need for a brutal distortion was to great. I've been playing for 13 years and it was one the better processors i've used. I might look into a 2101 unit. Digitech is definatly a name that is good on my list.

A lot of paging through menues looking for specific parameters. A LOT of parameters for each effect (except for compression), which makes this very versatile. You cannot set up your own effect order--you have to find a factory preset with approximately what you want, and modify it. That sucks.

I play and record professionally, and bought this for quad-voice chorus and flanger effects only. I play acoustic and alternative, using an Ovation Specialty through a Matchless DC30 with a Matchless Hotbox pedal, tube reverb, and tube compressor. Those two effects are great, but this unit is difficult to ground properly to get rid of the noise, and it makes your signal brighter even when completely bypassed. The quad-voice chorus is great, and you can select four or five different waveforms for the flanger among like 6 other parameters (as for chorus and phaser as well), which lets me emulate the tones of the ADA Flanger nicely.

As for the other effects:
Delays-------good for a digital delay
Reverbs------pretty decent, but it's no Lexicon or tube 'verb
Compression--terribly noisy and ineffective, no useful parameters
Tremolo------actually pretty good
Phaser-------pretty good and smooth-sounding algorithms
Chorus-------can get tinny, but if set properly, can be quite good
Flange-------swoopy-sounding, but purple and colorful
Wah----------the pits, absolutely terrible
Pitch-shift--Tinny-sounding
EQ-----------four-band parametric; GREAT
Distortions--all are noisy, brittle, & digital, no tone parameter

Note: for the two effects I use it for, it sounds great, but there's still some noise, which in the studio or at home is not a problem. There's always some background noise on the flanger, but that's not terrible, and can be worked out of the signal with a few minutes of setup if you don't like that sort of thing. These are not the best modulars out there, but they sound great for the few bucks I spent, and sound very nice on recordings (a big part of that is the amp warming them up).
For all that, the modulars can be quite lush in their more subtle settings, but I'm not much for much processing anyway, so it works out. If you want usable distortions, compression, or think the expression pedal can be used for wah-wah, you'd best get almost anything else (Roland GP100, Rocktron, Lexicon, Digitech RP-20, etc). The worst fuzz or overdrive pedals I've ever encountered were so far better than the grunge or overdrive in this unit that I couldn't describe it. The compression should just be labeled "noise" because it doesn't compress or level, just adds line noise. The "wah" is a joke. The "heavy sustain" distortion, if it weren't for the noise, might actually be rather usable--a mellow, fuzzy thing.

Recording direct with this thing would be a sick joke.

All effects, even the modulars, need warmed by a tube amp, else it sounds metalic and (gasp!) digital. And you have to work to kill the noise-factor without using the horrible noise gate.

These devices are problematic. The first one I had when I began playing had problem after problem until it died two years later. This was under my college guitar instructor's desk for six years, controlled by MIDI only, never by direct use of the pedals, so it's still mint, but I don't anticipate it staying in that condition. I'm going to be very delicate with it.

For $100 used, it's all I wanted or needed it to be. Considering how well it does the ADA Flanger thing, and for how good the stereo 4-voice chorus is, with programmable 4-band parametric EQ, all stored in memory, it was worth it. I wish it had proper grounding, or that it had a HUSH circuit rather than a bad noise-gate.
For my purposes, it's the best choice for my needs and not wanting to spend a ton on two great chorus pedals and a great flanger pedal and a few EQ pedals, or even spend for a really good processor. For most people's uses, this would be a terrible mistake.

I have an RP-7 also so I was used to the way it has to be programed. It could be confusing if you didn't know what you were doing.

I use it as part of a bigger setup. Standing alone it doesn't work well. I play classic rock and blues. I use a Strat with a humbucker on the bridge mainly. I go through a Boss TU-2 tuner, a SD-1 overdrive, a BD-2 Blues Driver, a DS-1 Distortion and a GE-7 EQ. I run all this into an all original 1969 Deluxe Reverb. You can get some classic Fender sounds out of the RP-10 if you mess with it long enough. Overall it takes up half of my pedal box but it is worth it. The chorus and delay are pretty good but the distortion is BAD.

I've used it for four or five years of hard gigging and it hasn't let me down yet. I used to carry a RP-7 as backup but it stays it the studio now.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing for 25 years and if I find something that works for me I don't like to change. I've tried other setups and always go back to the RP-10. Once I get the settings I like I pretty much stick with them unless we work up new material that requires new settings. I have 25 or 30 programs that I use regularly. The built in tuner is worse than useless. The ability to program the pedal for whatever effects you need is great. If I lost this one I would probably get another one just like it. It would really suck to start the programing all over though.

Digitech RP-10 V2.00.

Well, it's not so easy to use...I mean the interface is easy per se, but you *have* to get the manual to understand what each parameter means exactly.

For the manual, I had to download a PDF version from the Web because the guy who sold it to me didn't have it.

Overall, after you get the hand of it, you can set up patches pretty quickly.

Setup:

- Danelectro 56-U2
- Hamer DA-03 strat-clone
- Electric solidbody cuatro (a sort of 5-double-stringed guitar)
- Vox Pathfinder amp

Unit is usually connected DI to my PC for recording with CoolEditPro. The unit is sometimes noisy, but I think that the problem really lies in relatively cheap pickups and cheap cables, and in addition being near the PC monitor, so the unit is really not to blame.

The effects are good, except for the wah, although I don't use it much. Effects sound VERY digital, which works for my style of electronica-influenced music. Very very wet sounds. I really like the flanger, reverb, whammy and chorus. The harmony is a bit slow sometimes. The distortions can be made to sound good; you just have to play a lot with the parametric EQ which is very good but at first hard to understand (i.e. "What the heck is Q?"). Stereo "separation" on digital distortions is awesome.

What I do to "warm" up the sound is that most patches use the cabinet emulator set to "1-Warm Cabinet".

Very reliable. It's made of metal! Could even be a good weapon (in defense, always!).

Never dealt will them. Will do so soon, though, because I gotta buy a new power adapter (I kinked the plug cable on mine when packing it! Mea Culpa)

For my style, as I said before, is perfect. Very electronic, digital sounds. When I wanna warm it, I either run it thru my amp and mike it or play with the cab emulator. I've been playing for almost 3 years, as a hobby. I'm now into home recording.

If I lost it, I'd cry.

This thing has boosted my cretivity, making me explore new, different sounds away from the usual Les Paul/Marshall/Wah sounds everyone dies for (not that looking for a classic sound is bad....it's just that I want something different).

It's tricky to get a really good expressive sound out of this unit. However after a few years of learning how to program it , ive found some neat tricks. being able to assign CC controller parameters to a number of different setting at once really opens up the poissabilities. Ive since opted for the Eprom upgrade for the intelligent pitch shifting. Ive had this unit since they came out, and have recorded many tracks with it.

the distortions dont give you much range but are usable, especially for recording. They dont sound great live, but good on tape. The effects and especially the reverb are pretty good. Unfortunately you must use a preprogrammed effect chain as your starting point, which limits you to certain ( 33 or so) set ups.

The pedal went out onme, I fixed it myself, my original unit had the optical sensing mechanism encased ina cardboard box (within the unit) , I had to replace the wires ( a tricky, for the solder enclined only operation) early on. swtill theresa bit of noise in the expression pedal. The rubber foot pad has come off and ben lost ( the smoth metal base pedal doesnt allow for spray adhesives to remount the foot pad). A couple of swithes broke eventually also, but they are cheap replacement parts form Digitech. The Eprom update is also available from Digitech Direclty. Otherwise when its tuend up and working a pretty good board for dependability. ( read that as no set up and play failures).

Rock, fusion, etc. A good efx board, the floor board nature of the thing makes it a bit of a pain to edit, you practically have to have it on a desk to work with it. I have yet to try using it as a MIDI program sender/reciever. Im hoping it will be usable with my synth and midi rig.

To get full control over this thing, you have to read the manual. The configuration isn't really what I would call intuitive. I guess it's the price you pay for it's rather interesting flexibility. You can assign whatever control to whatever switch you want, even the pedal. For example you could assign the rate of the chorus to the pedal, controlling the speed of the effect with it. That's just an example that shows you can get very funny effects. That's the very good side of this unit.

Distortions are really dull. the compressor is really poor. It's controlled by 2 setting, no more. The cab simulation has got quite old compared to all the gears that hit the market lately. It doesn't sound half as good as what you can get in more recent gears.

The good part is the digital part. Most of the FX are rather good, except the wah which is average but you can get funny things with it. the possibilities of tweaking are rather interesting, and if you're looking for some chemical sounds from outer space, well, you should find something here. Delays, Quad Chorus, Pitch shifters, Whammy effects... There are a lot and all are rather fun to use.

But if you're looking for a killer tone, a real enhancement of the subtle sound of your favorite guitar, try something else. The thing does change the sound into something very cold, very thin, whatever settings you have. The overdrive and distortion are transistor like, they don't smoothly warm the sound, they just kinda clip, or sound badly fuzzy.

Again, I'm not saying you can't get anything from this unit. You can get real cool and fun chemical effects. But nothing really powerful or warm or authentic.

I had the unit for 6 years. I had it with me for a bunch of gigs. It always worked fine. One of the switches got loose, but it's been fixed easily and I never got any more problem with it... But I haven't used it for two years...

Never dealt with them

I used to play funk/blues/rock tune with it. And apart from few funny effects I've programmed with it, I couldn't get a good tone with it.

The unit is now useless to me, cause I can't use it as a plain FX unit with my new gears. It's not clean enough, not at all transparent. I guess the problem comes from the "Analog" section of the unit which can't be bypass and that's a shame.
All in all, it's an old unit. The FX by themselves hadn't got that old, they're good, the flexibility of the switch configuration is cool, but the overall sound of the unit is weak.

You can mess around with things right off the bat in you have an inquisitive mind & a will to get what you want, it takes time though. After familiarizing myself with the parameters & their affect thing becam much easier.

I have used the RP-10 in studio, straight into the board & with a Carvin 212 amp. The unit itself is not noisy to speak of but it will reveal any shielding inperfections you might have in your instrument. The distortion sounds are great but a little thin. The wah sucks!!!

I have used it on gigs without a backup - a real workhorse.

It's pretty cool but makes you thirst for something with the bite of tubes, like in more sophisticated, rackmount effects.

This unit is similar (program wise)the other s-disc processors digitech makes,I did not have a manual and had no trouble gettin several useable sounds.Of course I have had a few other digitech products so its not new to me.Those not fimilar with diditech might have a bit of trouble(If you`re not very intelligent).

I use mostly BC Rich guitars and Jackson with emg 81(+preamp booster switch,a must for 81`s).I have tried running rp-10 into several amps(mesa triple rect,marshall 800,mesa 50/50 and others).At first I was dissapointed by the distortion,it was hot BUT thin sounding.Then I ran it into a LANEY aor 50 pro tube head...This was the answer to the problem.Most all of the older laneys have a stupid amount of bass(when you pull boost).This compleately makes up for the thinness of rp-10.I like the sound Im getting from this rig better than what I get from my triple rect.It does`nt sound as natural,but it is so much more...evil(for lack of a better term).I play metal,REAL METAL like maiden,priest,hammerfall,Iced earth,BLACK SABBATH,ect.I am getting a killer sound for this type of music.
The delays are good and very full sounding.
The wah stinks...yes its true,its true.
The unit does take some tweaking to keep things from sounding overprocessed.If you own a laney tube head,and play metal old or new I recommend this unit highly.Other wise I think you might be let down.

I have had it a while and had no problems,I am second owner so any problem before me I am unaware of.

I have`nt had to use on this unit.But digitech is cool I once had a problem with a tsr 24 processor.It kept freezing up,they tried to fix it but could`nt,so the gave me a new one with an upgrade chip(265$)for free!

I play metal,And it works well with what I said above.If it broke or was stolen I would probablly try a newer RP unit(with a laney amp)

Not so easy to use,but it's a "multi-thing",so I expected a challege.
Took a couple of days of digging to figure out,but got the hang of it's basic functions.The manual is O.K.,though it tends to get a little too techncal at times.Not for the lazy,gotta work this baby.

When at home,I use it with a Fender Twin amp.The problem is when I use it with another amp,I have to "re-tweak" some of the E.Q. settings.The distortions are quite nasty,as are most of the other effects.With it's stereo outs,the choruses,panners and flangers can
tickle the hell out of you.The amp simulators is the reason why I bought it.They are pretty good,especially for studio work.I need to work with the phase shifters a little more,but they're not too shabby.The delays aren't analog,but huge,flexible,and spacey.Be careful with the reverbs,they're a little complex and can screw you up if you over-analyze them.I try to keep all the reverbs similar,like Twin verbs.Sound quality however is very good,but very digital.You got to tweak it right.Overall,I think it's a very good mechine,it gets lots of work.

It is dependable,but you must be careful when travelling.If knocked around,your sounds and settings can get lost or jumbled.

Sent Digitech a letter of praise,and question about smart pitch-shifting up-grade.They never wrote back.

Own other gear,but this is the only "muti-thing" I have.It's bypass mode is very cool.I can hook up another efects chain and bypass the RP-10 altogether.It also has a midi in,out/thru jacks.Wish the manual
was easier to understand.I want to know if different sounds can be assigned to pedals in a program?? And how??

Probably one of the hardest units around to use. I've had mine for many years now (since it was released actually) and I still don't know how to change certain things. And the manual is no more than a piece of paper; crappy.

After messing around for weeks I finally got some kind of cool sounds. And now, years after the purchase, I've actually got a lot of high quality sounds that many guitarists would envy. It's not easy to get the sounds right but when you do you will not be disappointed. The things I use are: one Gibson Les Paul Studio, one modified Westone Pantera (EMG-85, Torsionbridge Shift 2001) ==> Boss Fuzz ==> Dunlop Crybaby Original ==> Digitech RP-10 ==> Laney GH-100L ==> Crate BV412SV....and that's it. Being a metal/rock/blues-kind of guitarist I of course want at least the sounds of Entombed, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Kyuss, Fu-Manchu, AC-DC, Hooker, Gary Moore etc. And NOW I've got them. But it took time, so be patient if you are to buy this machine. Because this unit sounds lite CRAP if you don't get it right. But if you get it right, then you will be happy about it. No lies there my friends. IMPORTANT: If you are after heavy metal distortions with this baby, then you GOT TO HAVE a powerful amprig or else it will just sound like shit. I will give it a 10 because I finally have got all the things working right. But it's a hell getting there.

Solid metal. Will take any beating. The little plastic editing buttons are crappy though. But it have never failed me and I treat it with no caution what so ever. Ok, it can take what I expect it to take.

Never needed.

It's great once you mastered it. Which takes almost forever. I would never buy it again if it was stolen. Too hard to use but it got the sounds allright. But you can find all those sounds in different units. Actually, I'm trying to sell it just for the sake of changing my sound. I don't know what to replace it with just yet. :-) Last word: No unit should be this hard to use. And if you can't use it, then it is worthless. I can use it so I'll give it a 5.

This unit could baffle Einstein. I've had it 5 years and the Reverb parameters still leave me with a cold sweat. Every preset patch is seriously OTT, to the point where you are better off creating your own patches from scratch if you want a decent sound. I'm good, really good with the techie stuff but I've steadily grown to hate messing with this unit over the years.

Oh am I going to have a rant! Lousy, absolutely lousy. There are one or two redeeming factors but in comparison to similarly priced units it has the worst 'real-life' signal-to-noise ratios i've yet to come across. If you use any amount of distortion you HAVE to use the noise gate, which is a real shame. I've tried it through dozens of amps and it prefers solid state ones; it's 'favourite' was a mosfet PA head!

In short, Good= noise gate, parametric EQ, Reverb, 6 voice chorus (v.cool) (once you've waded through the params) Bad=distortions (only 3 and they are all thin), compressor (lots of it but over noisy) delay, phaser, flanger, wah (ahhrrrgh take it away) everything else is about average.

Overall it's just an inherrently weak sound, also a spectrum analysis showed that it rolled off the bass response of whatever you plugged into it on the way through!!!! Not good, very not good.

Bar the plastic sides falling off when you first get it (a bit of a decent glue solves that) there is one serious problem. It can't stand dust. It gets into the footswitches and pushbuttons and before you know it they just stop working. You can get a tech to replace the footswitches with dustproof ones but it costs money, however there is nothing to be done for the pushbuttons, you just have to hit em really hard, wiggle em or whatever. I've had this happen in the middle of a gig before now and it seriously annoyed me.

err I live in the UK. They don't provide support to us directly, we just ring their distributor and, basically they fob us off with excuses because, at the end of the day, they can't help.

I play lead guitar in thrash metal band VERM (www.verm.freeserve.co.uk) and bought this as my first serious piece of fx kit some 5 years ago. The only thing that has stopped me ditching it is that no-one has invented a floor unit I like up until now... (Boss GT-5 ??)

If it were stolen? I'd pity the thief and go buy something else, anything else. Bluntly? It's rubbish. I bought it because of the advertising and because it looked cool. There is a lot of intelligent design gone into this but at the end of the day it's what it sounds like that counts, and it sounds RUBBISH!

I'm going to give it a ridiculously low score, simply because it has given me blisters on the ends of my fingers trying to get a decent sound out of it.

I hade the RP-1 before this so I basically knew what I was doing without the manual. Some of the new features took a bit to get used to. Some of the Reverbs have zillions of parameters and it's difficult to know what each one does. Overall, it was pretty straightforward.

I use a Jackson guitar, ADA power amp, crate cab.
I love the parametric EQ. I can't live without one now. I play metal and make most other metal players envious of my tone. The digital effects are supurb. On the downside, it is a noisy pedal but that's what the noise gate is for. As most other people say, the wah sucks. Digitech can't make a decent wah and probably never will. I use a Morley.

I've had it for over 5 years and it finally fried out on me. Unfortunately it was 2 days before a gig. I never had a backup before but I would definitely recommend having one.

I emailed Digitech about the problems about a month ago and haven't heard anything.

A great processor for the money. It lacks the smooth pitch shifting of the RP-12 but otherwise is virtually indestinguishable. Everything is adjustable and the sounds you create are only limited by your imagination. You can link multiple parameters to one switch or to the pedal making it possible to change lots of effects and tones with one tap of your toe. If Digitech made a newer version of this processor, I'd probably buy it. I wouldn't buy a used one because of reliability issues.

This unit is rather easy to use and get around in. Nothing an hour or so of messing with won't let you figure out. Never really needed the manual.

The units tonal quality is fine, if you don't expect too much quality on the bottom end from the gain. The sampler was pretty much a joke. The flange was decent. The chorus was fine, especially when mixed with a clean tone.

This unit is made with cheap SE Asian parts and it shows. I would DEFINITELY have a back up. I like to consider Digitech the "Compaq" of effects. Works okay at first, but after about 6 months to 2 years....IT'S CRAP.

If you're a beginner to effects or not gigging, than this will get the job done. If you're in a "working situation"...STAY AWAY.

I have had my rp 10 for 6 years.i would say that it is pretty easy to use if you like tap dancing.For me there are almost too many choices to tweak on it.But i think its hard somtimes to really get a particular sound out of it.

I use a esp and a hamer throught it into a marshall valvestate.To me it sounds best if you can use both outputs to get a stereo effect.The bottom line is some patches sound great and others sound like crap.The wha really sounds crappy.I have plugged it into a pa system and i get alot of noise out of it.If you can tweak the eq you can get some good sounds out of it,you do have to work at it though.

The only problem i have had is the wha not working somtimes why i dont know,but i dont use a wha anyway.I have used it in gigs without backups.

Ive never delt with the company before.

I play heavy metal and hard rock.I wouldnt suggest using this for metal.I preffer a analog petal for that.But I like using it for its convience.I dont think it sounds good directly in the board.But if your looking for alot of sounds and want to take the time to tweak everything its worth it.

Fairly easy, although scrolling through the menu's and comparing settings is a chore.

The fairly low bit and sampling rate (16 bits, 40KHz) is good for guitars but unforgiving on vocals. I used my RP-10 as a vocal multieffex for a while... Don't do it!
Wah-pedal sound is terrible, The compressor is a joke with just one parameter. Reverb and Chorus are good

No problems

asked for an extra manual and they shipped it for free. Very good.

Good for clean guitars.

i am a techie guitar player and understand processors. this was the second unit that i owned(after a zoom 505) at learned alot about programming. the biggest dissappointment was the inability to create your own algorithms. the eq could have been better and the tuner sucked with intense fierceness.

the chorus,reverb,delay effects are superb for the cash. the wah was totally useless-wah goes in front of distortion. the whammy is very electronic(good thing i have floyd roses). i hate the distortion. i came to this conclusion after i bought my 5150. before i used standard patches through a roc-pro 1000 half. all the weird effects like phasers,flanges,tremolo,arpeggiator,and etc. i don't use. i hate the 1/2 second delay between patches that was very annoying as well. coolest thing was the CC pedal. it could control everything from volume, chorus rate, reverb, tremolo, and effects mutations(buy it for this alone if anything!).

i bought used with no rubber on the CC pedal. display was lopsided, and the 0 button did not work. later on the 1 pedal ceased to function as well and the sides became unglued and are being held on by electical tape. the adapter was seperating from the transformer and so went more tape.

website told me about the upgrade and my dealer told me about the price.

good for directing into a multi-tracker into some earphones to keep from waking my wife at 3 am. i cut a few "demos" this way; with ME, RG-550,RP-10,DR-5,and MD-4. the 1/2 second delay is really noticable on these demos though. good for a person that has a good distortion amp and needs effects to color it. to me though, the space effects are its only good points soundwise.

this pedal board is fairly intricate to work epecially if you want to have one pedal do two functions Like say turn the reverb off and turn the distortion on(but its also a plus because this processor is capable of doing all kinds of complex things like that and all we have to do is read the manual) It is a lot like most digital effect processors out there choosing algorithyms and scrolling through parameters but once you get the hang of it can do so much it just takes a long time, a lot longer than turning a knob. A lot of people had a problem with the manual but I didn't. I got the upgrade to try to get a better wah sound but all that I noticed different was that the tuner works now before it was completely useless.

I use a Mashall super lead. Made sometime in the seventies and two les pauls One 93 (with seymour duncan seth lover pick ups) and one 96 (stock pick-ups)It sounds good a lot of people complain about the grunge distortion they say it doesn't come through in a band setting. I use this mostley with an electronic drummer a bass player and a Keyboard player and I haven't had a problem finding my place in the mix It could be because I boost the lower mids this thickens it up a lot. I wish it had a way to make the distortions smoother or gainier(Being from seattle the only thing I don't like about the grunge distortion is the name) the overdrive doesn't sound like an overdriven anything, and the heavysustain is decent. also I wish that it had seperate eq's for the distortion and clean because if you eq for the distortion then switch off the distortion the clean is too muddy and if you put your clean on one patch and your distortion on another then there is a second delay before the change, I can't stand this. the effects are good I love the flanges and phasors. I like the delay's two, there is one problem, I like to have one quick slapback delay but there is only like one or two algorithyms with a mono delay. the rest are all multiple tap delay's, but you can set all the delay's to the same time and then mix the echo to where you like it I just wish you could choose how many echo taps you get. the wah suck's I would only use it if I were really desperate. I don't care for much reverb but when I want it it's there.

It has seized up on me a couple of times not lately. If I were gigging with it I would bring a couple of stomp boxes with me just in case

Like I said I got the upgrade and I had a guy at the music shop do it He said the slot was in a strange place on the one I have. so I'm glad I had him do it. The upgrade really made the tuner work better but the smoothy whammy and smart harmonizer I don't have any use for. but I have never tried to write to digitech. they do have a good website that has info on the upgrade.

I play psechedelic space rock and the Phasor's and flanges really give me that swooshing sound I like. I wish the disrortions were a little smoother. I have been playing for 9 years. I have a phase 90, a sovteck big muff a korg G1 a fuzz face reissue(soon to be modified)and a soulbender. You could spend day's editing patches If you like (I do) or you could just use the presets. I plan on buying the rp-21d so if it were stolen that would just give me a reason to go buy the rp-21d/

Alot of people find the RP-10 really hard to work with, but I'm not really one of them. The pedal has 100 presets that give you a pretty solid base to build on. If you can find a preset that you like, tweaking it isn't too tough. I was able to edit patches the first day. The RP-10 isn't a didlyshit starter pedal either. It's an extremely complex effects proccessor that desighned to let you customize almost every aspect of your sound. Sure, you'd have to own the pedal and work with it for years to know absolutly everything about it, but that's part of what makes it a good. It gives you alot of control over your the details of your sound. Some people might find all of this freedom a little intimidating, but if you don't want tweak your sound at that level, you don't really have to. The RP-10 operates at a low level of abstraction, it's not dumbed down so that your stuck with their presets.

Ok, I've had my RP-10 for about 2 1/2 years now, so I think I know it pretty well. Let me start, however, by telling you some things that you should probably know before you buy one. This pedal is not the holy grail of guitar tone. If your playing a shitty guitar through it, into a shitty amp it's not going to sound like the setup of your dreams. If you hate your tone and want to change it, don't buy a pedal, buy a good tube amp and a decent guitar. If you already have a good tone, however, and want to add great digital effects to it, (chorus, reverbs, delays, are the best sounding) sculpt it with the eq's, and give it studio sounding sharpness (via the noise gate) this is a great pedal. Now a word about the distortions... I never got the Grunge Distortion to work for me. If your playing with a band, It just doesn't cut through. It has alot of gain, but not alot of edge. It always sounded GREAT playing alone in my room, but when I played with a band I could never hear myself (This wasn't a volume problem I was playing through a 120w 4x12). I've actually played the RP-10 through 3 different guitars (A Les Paul, an Ibanez, And a Del Sol) and amps (A princeton chorus, a Crate GW-120, and a fender Pro Junior), and I've always run into this problem. However, the guitarist I was playing with could run a strat through the same amp and preset, and never have it sound great, who knows? Heavy sustain is pretty good, if you want to overdrive an amp, and overdrive I never really use. Oh yeah, the wah and whammy suck, but the volume pedal keeps it from being a total waste.

Some of the rubber feet fell of the bottom, and my power chord split and I had to wrap it with electrical tape, but other than that this thing is solid. I've gigged with it without a backup.

This is a great pedal for what it is. It gives you alot of cool sounds. For me personally, digital sounds lacks something. I think I might sell mine and buy a couple good analog effects. In the end, I think that most people only use a handful of effects anyway, so If you definetly know what kind of music you want to play, and just want five or six really good tones, I think that you might be better off buying individual stomp boxes taloired to your style of music ( A good amp, a distortion pedal (a Boss Metal Zone for metal, an Ibanez Tube Screamer for everything else)a good wah, a chorus pedal, and a noise gate) I think that setup could put this pedal to shame any day. But, if you need alot of presets, want to make alot of weird noises, or dig 80's metal arena sounds, you might really like the RP-10.

The first time I tried editing patches, i almost cried. It was impossible to make it sound like i wanted to. It is my first effect unit and i was completly lost trying to figure out what algorithm I had to chose, how to progamm the delays, reverb, noise gate, compressor,... The solution came from the net, I did download rp-edit and it saved my life (and the rp-10's too 'caus I was going to throw it against the wall). This software makes it much more easier to use. The best thing is that I just download some patches and send them from my computer into the digitech...et voila, I just let somebody else doing the hard work

I use it trough the effect loop of my marshall valvestate 100h. My guitar is a '84 gibson flying v with only one pickup (emg81). I play deicide-like death metal and the distortions suck biiig time but I don't really care 'caus my marshall does a great job. I don't spend much time fooling around with the effects but I can tell this box can do everyting (except cooking) if you spend a lot of time on it.I just download patches and keep the best ones.

It once fell off the stage into the mosh pit and it's still working perfectly.

I play in a very violent deathmetal band, and it is great gear if you know ow to operate it. The best thing about it is that it makes me sound different, I don't need a tube amp and ten racks to get what I want. I found one preset wich is just insane, something cannibalcorpse-like but ballsier. First thing I do during sound check is just bang one E5 chord and everybody looks at me saying "wow". The only thing I regret is that I am not able to use all its features, just my main sound and a few intro sick sounds. Before I got it I just had a few stomp boxes, they were much easier to use but it was their only advantage. If it was stollen I would get an rp-12 because some patches I download work only with the rp-12 an they get my rp-10 all messed up.

well, it depends. if you're a brand new member in the processor world, this thing could be a little difficult to figure out. i guess all processors would be. however, once you get used to it, it's pretty easy to change parameters and effects. i give it a 5 just because it depends on how much you know about processors.

well... i got one of these about 2 years ago, and i loved it. i really strengthened my guitar playing skills tremendously. but the more i played through it, the less i liked it. a lot of people set their reviews up and give stuff bad reviews, but what they sometimes fail to realize is that it's not the product's fault always, but their guitar or amp. i was using a custom made ibanez rg and an ampeg svt with this, and i'd have to say that it wasn't my equipment. i really hated especially the distortions on this thing- they're pretty much disgusting, even after hours of tweaking. some of the effects were decent, but nothing too awesome. the wah's were horrid- i couldn't get a true wah sound out of them. and another thing i didn't like was when switching programs, there's a short delay in the changed program's response. that really annoyed me.

it held up really well the whole time i had it.

i don't know

like i said before, this was good for awhile. but the more i grew as a guitarist, the more i saw it's faults. it's definitely not good for live playing, as i gigged it twice. it had an overabundance of useless programs, but it did help get me used to modifying effects and stuff. i'd have to say that if you're un-used to processors, this would be a good place to start. don't go in for those under $300 because they're horrible (zoom, dod, digitech). if you can spend a lot of time modifying effects, get this and a couple of good distortion pedals (or your amp's distortion).

Si se lee el manual de operaciones, no hay problemas para manejarlo. La edicion de la libreria de los efectos es bastante sencilla y amigable. Igualmente el manejo de los algoritmos. Todo esta en el manual.

Uso mi DigiTech RP-10 con un amplificador Marshall Valvestate 8080, al principio tuve problemas con la calidad de sonido cuando lo conectaba directamente (in-out), luego lo conecte al loop de efectos y ya suena mucho mejor. En cuanto a los efectos todos son excelentes, los unicos que son una verdadera cochinada son el wah y el autowah, el resto suenan bastante bien

si se me da?a, estoy jodido!!!

es perfecto para el tipo de musica que toco

I like it. The interface is a bit limited, and the wah sucks rocks, but other than that I think it's one of the better processors (for the $$) that I've run across, though I fully intend to upgrade to the V2.0 chip soon (I'm using 1.8 now). I have a request in for the manual but the online manual for the RP-12 is close and has been a lot of help. Patches are fairly easy to edit thanks to the jump buttons on top, and aside from the crappy power supply (needs a wall wart) it seems pretty sturdy--my 3-year-old daughter's stepped all over it several times. If you get one of these, definitely download RPEdit--even without a midi card it makes it a lot easier to mess with patches.

I'm using an 83 Les Paul Firebrand, through a Samson SR-2 wireless, then into a Morley volume/wah (like I said, the RP wah sucks), to the RP to a generic stereo volume pedal (I prefer to CC link to other functions than volume) to an Ampeg SS-70 solid state combo. The noise gate is great and keeps even the nastiest fuzz from humming, the distortion is good (I came to this from a Tube Screamer), and other than the usual Digitech limitation of effect combinations, I can usually get what I want out of it.

Like I said, my daughter's stepped all over it and it's fine.

Customer support email has always been prompt and helpful. Good web site.

OK. The price seems unbelievable, but I bought the unit from a pawn shop which didn't have a power converter and got a hell of a deal--$45. Then I got the converter for another $30 elsewhere. But I would have bought it anyway, coming from a GSP-5 and tube screamer. I mainly play blues, but often end up in classic rock cover bands. The multiple banks for preset pedals are great for tons of sounds.

You get a great sound from this unit right out of the box! Editing is simple if you are familliar with the principle of algorythms, and you can name your edited sounds name to anything you want. The manual I recieved seems to have been from a different version of the RP-10. The Presets were not in the same order, and some of the names couldn't be found. I see that there is an upgrade chip, but at 75 bucks, I don't think it's worth it. For a TECHIE it is great, but not for average Rockers.

I use a 1960 Gold Top Les Paul (P-90s), and a 80s Strat (EMGs). It is pretty noisy when the Compression is on, but the Noise Gate usually takes care of that. The effects sound Great! They are pretty easy to change to suit you tastes. I can get a fair Stevie Ray sound, but still fooling with it.

I had to sent it back because the continuous controller froze.

The Techs were very helpful when I called for advise.

I'd buy it again. Remember it's pretty hard to understand if you're not Technical.

It is one of the most annoying units to program that I have ever had to deal with. I could not believe how much of a task it was to adjust parameters.

This unit was not to noisy in my rig and the noise gate did a good job filtering out unwanted sound. Actually, the noise gate was the only thing that I really liked about this unit. The distortion settings were horrific and the Wah sounded like trash.

I do have to say that it never failed me once and it was built very strong. I didnt use it on any gigs though fearing that because it was so complex something may go wrong.

never dealt with them...

Overall I would never buy this unit again. It didn't impress my at all . I have played the RP-12 and liked it alot more but I still wouldnt trust it due to my past experiences with the RP-10. Personally, if a multi-effect unit is something you have been looking into don't look at this one. You probably pay to much money for it and you will get something that you will not be completely satisfied with.

The settings built in are good and give a wide range a flavors in tone. Difficult to make your from the pre-set and usually muddies up the sound once you start making to many adjustments. If you can figure out how to really operate and learn how it processes sounds with its algorithms, you can really mold the tones to your liking.

I would plug in my Jackson DX-2 into the RP-10 out to a Peavy Backstage amp. The sound is excellent with a clean tone mixed with effects. The solid state distortion is good with loads of gain. It gives an excellent "White Zombie" tone with it cranked up all the way. Crackles and pops when you turn up to many effects and overloads the S-DISC Processor. Wide range of sounds you can get, from a Joe Satriani clean, to a massive Cannibal Corpse crunch.

The output level dial fell off and I lost it. Makes it kinda annoying to adjust the volume after losing it. Spilled some coke on one of the switches, made the switch stick a little. The power cord can easily come out sometimes, so I tape it down.

This is a good processor if you want a wide range of sounds and effects. It's all packed into a small unit. It's great for the studio but not for live gigs. To really diversify your tone, the RP-10 the job.

This is basically a update on my last post which was a bit premature. Since then I've gotten to mess around more with the RP-10 and now have make some corrections to my last post. First off the gap between patch changes still is very big and I'm still getting these nasty little digital pops on some of the patches that use alot of delay (need to take it to the repair shop), however I'd like to take back my comment on crappy blues sounds. I've now been able to get some really good blues tones when using the RP-10's cabinet simulator which is outstanding. What's really strange is that it seems to actually sound better going direct into a mixer or PA system then it does going through my halfstack which for me is extremely strange but I'm not complaining because at gigs I've lately been going direct into the PA anyways. Saves me from breaking my back hauling around that huge half-stack. Another correction I'd like to make is that actually you can get very good Type-O-Negative type distortion sounds (a very smooth, heavily processed high gain sound), except that I cant get that growling, swirling rotary speaker type sound like I can with my Zoom 3030 (which you often hear on the first Type-O-Negative album).

Well my RP-1 when through hell and back and still works. so far the RP-10 only has a slight popping problem on a few patches (which it was doing when I got it used). I would probably use a backup in case someone spilled beer on it or something.

Over all I would highly recommend the RP-10 or RP-12 to home recording musicians as it really does have some great cabinet simulators built in. However they will not sound exactly like a miced amp. They have their own smooth tone. I guess you have to try it out going direct before you buy it. Right now though I'm getting some excellent industrial type metal sounds that just rock when mixing heavy guitar rythms with hard hitting techno beats. Ever hear the MechWarrior 2 Mercenaries game soundtrack? The guitar sounds on those tracks are very similar to what you can get recording direct with the RP-10. Nothing like a bit fat stereo guitar sound to get me inspired.

I don't have the manual for it, but most of the main function I've been able to figure out as I also have the older, original Digitech RP-1 and many of the RP-10's functions are very similar. The system version on it is 1.9...I'm trying to decide whether to get it upgraded to the RP-12's abilities.

Contrary to some users, mine is not dead quiet and I'm using humbucker equiped guitars. With the noise gate on it is dead quiet but on clean patches you can hear the gate cutting off the hiss which I hate hearing. The level of noise also depends if you're using the compressor or not. Compared to my Zoom 3030 it is only slightly less noisy. Over all I am kinda disappointed. I heard lots of people saying that this thing smokes the Zoom 3030. When I tried mine out, it sounded pretty darn good on a KMD tube combo amp with a Hammer Special tele-clone, but going through my Crate and Dean Markley halfstacks, and with high-gain humbucker equipped guitars (mainly my Washburn Dime 333), it didnt sound quite as impressive. The presets were all way way to trebly, many of the clean patches distorted the processor's digital section (which I fixed by lowering their level), and my expression pedal needs adjustment because it is not going reaching its full range of motion or something because the volume wont shut-off completely, and the whammy function wont go back to the original note. I had to take off the little rubber pads on the lower end of the expression pedal and even then it still is a tiny tiny bit off. I've also noticed that on a few clean digital patches I hear tiny little pops. I havent determined though whats causing this...could be my cables or becuase I have it plugged into the same surge protector as my computer system. Finally we get to the distortions...Grunge is pretty good and I was able to get some reasonably rich metal sounds, Heavy Sustain wasnt too bad, though the heavy sustain sound on my RP-1 seems to sound better, and then finally theres overdrive which in my opinion just plain sucks. The overdrive is a nasty digital sounding, hard clipping mess that to me sounds like its overdriving the digital section. I did get an almost passable overdrive sound but it still was pretty crappy. I dont mind edgy overdrive like on my Danelectro Daddy-O, but unlike the Daddy-o the RP-10's overdrive just completly lacks balls and harmonic richness. One thing I did find however is that the sounds noticably improved when I used the cab simulators straight into my mixer board. I think it makes a cool home recording processor, which may be the only reason for me keeping it. Oh another beef... I couldnt believe there was still a big ol' gap between patch changes! Still just as bad as the original RP-1's gap between patches. In fact my Zoom 3030 has less noticable gaps. I don't think theres worlds difference in the general sound quality of the RP-10 over the RP-1. I'm assuming also that the RP-12 isnt a whole lot different sounding. Over all I enjoy my Zoom 3030 much more as it has a better wah-wah (though the RP-10 has a cool talk-box sounding auto-wah), has better and much more versatile distortion sounds (try getting a Big Muff sound or a Type-O-Negative type growling distortion distortion sound on a RP10 or RP12). The RP10 might be a little more pristine then the 3030 but it also still colors the sound in a very noticable way. The 3030 just seems to have a warmer more earthy vibe 1to it and also much better cab simulators. The cab sims on the RP-10 are barely adequate and thats only with massive parametric eq'ing to the patches. Even then the cab sims dont add any richness to the sound, they only seem to just round off some of the treble frequencies a bit. Still though you can get some good clean direct sounds and some interesting direct distortion sounds.

Hmmmm....look pretty durable except for the power plug which I keep envisioning breaking if somebody steps on it just right. MY RP-1 is built pretty much the same, and it whent through hell and back on gigs so I expect the same from the RP-10. I take a backup always.

No idea, never used them, but I'm going to find when I see how much it will cost to upgrade.

Over all...if you're planning on getting this or an RP-12 or RP-6, listen to them if possible on a amp and guitar similar to your own. Then try messing around programming the sounds to see if you can get sounds that you like. Also compare it very closely to other effects processors. In my opinion the Zoom 3030 is a much better deal if you dont need midi functions. The Whammy effect is smooth, but doesnt track well at lower octaves, and a good Floyd Rose tremelo still kicks its ass. I would not buy this new nor would I buy it again if mine was to get stolen or something. I have, however, tried the big Digitech 2101 and 2112 and those to kicks some serious ass so if you got the bucks go for those...Anyways mayabe it'll suit your tastes, maybe it wont...all in all not bad of a processor, but nothing totally mind-blowing either if you've already used many other processors before.

The only difficulty is the parametric eq. I've had no other programming difficulties. The factory presets are horrible, so you will probably program from the beginning.

The grunge distorsion is too noisy. The unit needs a higher compression rate. The Wah is not good enough. The pitch shifter is great. We can also say that for chorus. I think the noise reduction is not efficient

Had no problems with it...

Never have dealt with the company yet.

I would not buy it again. I would look for a higher-priced processer, but I can say that it's great for the price. y think it should have a better distorsion and noise reduction.

I have read a lot of people's comments saying that this processor is difficult to use, however, after a couple of days of getting to know this unit you will be able to manipulate anything you want. I have had my RP-10 for a year now and have created some great patches and i am pleased with the sound I get. I do agree that the tuner is bad, but i allready had a guitar tuner before i got the RP-10 anyway.

The sound qualitiy is excellent. Most buzz or hum that people complain about is present in their amps or pickups. The digital effects are amazing, especially Bigverb I have worked in the studio with this thing and we ran it through the patch bay to add reverb to the final mix it, is amazing.The wah is horrible though. first of all it is digital, wah should be analog, second of all it comes in the wrong palce in the effects chain, Wah should come before distoriton not after. Wah is this processor's only dow

I have had it for a yearNot one problem whatsoever. I would and have used in a few gigs, without a backup. Has not failed me yet.

I have had no interaction with the Digitech people. I plan on upgrading to version 2.0.

I love this pedal I would buy it again. I am getting the upgrade for the improvements that were made in the RP-12, and for the new effects. I wish you could change th eorder of effects, and i wish it used the 10 band graphic equalizer on more patches than one.The wah, as i mentioned before, is horrible. But I have a crybaby 535 pedal so it doesn't matter. I love the programabilit of this pedal. It will do whatever you want it to. Very easy to use once you know how.

The ratings actually probably closer to a 6.5. It ain't to easy to program, but most of the sounds I'm looking for are generally represented in factory patches. They generally just need a little tweaking to get them "right." The interface is great, and very easy to get the hang of once you understand the manual, which in and of itself is far from an easy task. The thing comes with a manual more complex and esoteric than a computer manual. Other than that, switching is a breeze, and most of the quick changes I've had to make were just that, quick. Oh yeah, the tuner sucks eggs.

This thing has only two problems with its sound. However, those problems are its distortion and wah. I've heard that the new 2.00 upgrade is supposed to have fixed the wah problem, but the od's are just so thin and weak. Even eq changes don't help too much (speaking of which, do any of you understand 4-band parametrics?). There's only one algorithm using the much more user friendly 10-band graphic eq, but I've heard that 2.00 changed that too. The machine doesn't track too well when you use the pedal too quickly. You have to be smooth and a little slow to keep it from skipping or jumping (try using the pedal on Ethos Musik, patch 37, with any degree of speed, and you'll understand). everything else tho, delays, choruses, and especially reverbs (you could fit a herd of elephants inside that BigVerb), are top notch. Run it through your fx loop without the od's or wah, and it'll be perfect.

I bought it the day of a gig, along with a new Trace Elliot amp (ahh, graduation money), and it was performing better than the Trace. I love this thing, it's so reliable. At the gig, various people stepped on it, and introduced it to foreign liquids (coke, slurpee), and it's still at 100%. I only have a backup for the tuner, wah, and distortion (but I do most of the od through my Trace anyway).

Haven't needed them, but might when I get the 2.00 upgrade (RP-10=RP-12)

I'd probably give it a higher rating if the RP-12 hadn't come out fixing all of the 10's problems. Great overall, but I'd buy the RP-12 instead (that's why I'm getting the upgrade). If you've got the money, tho, go with the new BOSS thing instead.

Overall I find it very easy to set up group patches and use them during performance. However, programing my own custom made effect combinations is another story. You have to first find a factory preset that has the chain of effects that you want to include in your new patch and not all combinations are usefull. Also manipulating parameters within a particular effect is no walk in the park. Finally, once you are all set, the pedals for each effect are very clos together so you cannot get too wild during a performance or you'll mistep and suddenly find yourself with an accoustic mimick when you were actually looking to add some flanger. And what is more important, being involved with your pedal or with your audience??

Overall it is a very good tool for creative songwriting and just plain fun. But when you go to the studio or stage, the limitations and the "noisy/thin" distortion becomes evident at high volumes. Its distortions will not replace switching to the lead channel on a Marshall. However, the reverbs, delays, chorus and some of the more weird stuff are actually usefull and can enhance your signal even at the studio situation. Particularly the reverbs. You might have to play around with some of the EQ's to get a tight sound depending on your amp.

The screen panel on mine slides to the side.. maybe I stomped too hard in the middle of a show or something, but aside from that cosmetic issue (which is mostly annoying) it has never failed me. I also do not like the power cord connection as it seems can be easily damaged should a road hand step on it the wrong way, but that is not THAT big a deal.

At the developement stage where I was when I bought it I would certainly do it again. I feel it is a great creative tool and home/entertainment unit. This unit has A LOT of stuff in it there is the value. All the different things that you can experiment with in one package. For professional/stage use I feel it has a limited range of things it can do VERY WELL. But for the most part, the delays, reverbs and choruses are very functional and get the job done. However, due to the difficulty in setting up patches and the fact that I personally do not like too many of it's distortions I find myself using it mostly for ambiance/room effects while leaving the heavy stuff to the Marshal head. I am now looking at more sophisticated units (BOSS GT-5, Roland GS) but will likely not find the same value for $$ that the RP-10 has.

The rack itself is very easy to a basic user to an advanced user, but actual programming and editting of patches requires the manual, which is completely useless.

I use all of the effects, and the arpeggiator, distortions, and especially the reverbs are incredible. Can be programmed to give great feedback.

It is very dependable and has solid construction (though the bottom is a little weak). I haven't had a problem yet.

I have yet to deal with the company, but their website isn't very useful, and provides no patch updates,

I would buy it again, since it is a tremendous all-around rack. However, a better manual needs to be made for it to really be top-of-the-line.

I haven't had any problems getting a great sound out of the RP-10. There is an effect for every song our band does. It is especially useful for getting a nice, big clean reverb sound. The echo effects are good also. There just doesn't seen to be enough panning presets, and I'm not one for editing patches.

The sound quality is good, though not great. The distortion seems to sound fake, even when in analog mode. If you want to add a little feedback when playing, the distortion presets make this easy to do, but in many cases too easy.

I have put this thing through the wringer and it has never had problem. Very solidly built! I do worry about someone steeping on connection between the power supply input and the RP-10. The connection is good, but they could have made the recesses deeper for the input.

There is no doubt I would buy it again. Considering the cost of the GSP 2101 and the fact that individual pedals run between $90-$130, this is a great value. When considering the difference between the RP-5 and the RP-10, I guess it's the RP-12 now, spend the extra money and get everything you'll need for now and preparing for down the road.

I thought the manual could have been a little more beginner friendly but it was okay. There are a couple of algorithms that I would have like to have seen combined so one doesn't have to continually change patches.

The main problem I had when I was just running it through the input on my Marshall High DUal Reverb Head was a large humming noise when it was on a distortion setting unless I had the noise gate higher which would then cut off the sustain. The clean channels or the ones with mild distortion sound good. The other problem with the distortion I was having was that it sounded great at lower volumes but when played onstasge where I needed to hear it, it sounded very wimpy and bright even with EQ changes.The Wah and tuner, forget it.

It's been to the shop 3 times for locking up and throwing some crazy error message of some sort, each time though I never had to pay for repair, but it did take some time to get back. I've also had it for over 2 years and its been through a lot of shows.

Like I said it's been in the shop and at least they upgraded every time but if you have a favorite setting, write it down because it won't be there when it comes back.

No I probably wouldn't because I've truly come to love the sound of my Marshall's distortion because it simply sounds great by itself for a rythym sound and a lead sound. I only use the RP-10 for a clean (with effects). So now I A/B between the Marshall and a Fender M-80 for the RP-10. It still fun though to mess around with the presets to get some off the wall sounds.

Not easy at first- it seems daunting because the manual is not at all user friendly. I havent used it yet on a gig, but it should be great fun because of the pedals which one can assign souns to. The best part of this is that it is on the floor, and that is one of the best reasons to get it, along w/ sound quality.

After you learn to alter the effects (You have 100 user-definable) The sound quality is amazing. W/my Marshall 8080 it is just amazing. Today, being off from school for the summer, I brought my amp and new processor outside. I cranked it and the sounds were great. It is dead quiet because of it's superb nose gate. Try the 1st patch 'Platnium solo.' A lot like Eddies sound. Every effect is superb EXCEPT the wah!! It's weak and limp.

Steel, but pedals could break possibly. Get something good to carry it in.

As it is new I haven't dealt w/ yet.

Buy it for it's superior sound, and because it's on the floor.

You will spend a few days getting familiar with this unit. It simply has a minboggling number of adjustable parameters. The interface however is straightforward and intuitive.

The digital sounds are excellent. The analog sounds are good. For example, the reverbs, digital delay and chorus are really outstanding. However, the compressor lacks an attack parameter. Although there are three distortions (grunge, overdrive and heavy susstain), I find only the heavy sustain useful: Grunge is just too much and overdrive seems a little to biting. The sustain seems to work best for me. The Traditional Wah-Wah is limp and unusable. This is the poorest excuse for a Wah-Wah I have ever seen. Digitech should be embarrased by this one. Same with the tuner. I could never rely on this lame function to tune my guitar. My ear does a better job. The Wah and the tuner are clearly afterthoughts which were added for marketting advantage. I guesss when you try and pack this many features into one box, they can't all be expected to work flawlessley.

This device has worked fine for me since day one. I bring it on many gigs and it is very solid. It should last a long time.

I like this unit because it packs many effects into a relatively small package. It's only real sonic shortcoming is the Wah since I need to pack and hookup yet another effect. A good tuner would have been nice but this is fluff in my opinion. Boss makes a great tuner thats hard to beet. Although you will need to spend some time with this unit to program it, I don't really see this as a negative. There is just allot there. You could really spend months setting up and tweaking your favorite combination of effects. The unit provides 33 algorithms. More would have been nice. For example, only one algoritm makes use of the 10-band graphic equalizer. All other algorithms use the 4-band parametric EQ. You have no control over what order the effects are connected. This is hardwired in the algoritms.
Other than the Wah and the tuner, my other negatives are: 1) an on/off switch is absent, 2) the device is a little too long to fit into a suitcase for road work. A length of 3-inches shorter would have made this baby much easier to transport, 3) it uses a transformer instead of having a built in power supply, yuck, 4) the factory settings are all to extreme. Most of the canned pathces are unusable without tweaking; 5) there is a short delay between button pushes. This is not cool when you want to take a lead and you have to wait a second for the patch to initialize. I think if I had to do it over again I would get the RP-5. I has enough on it to do what I want and it is smaller (and cheaper).

This can be an extremely complex unit or a very simple one depending upon how many effects are bypassed. Once one understands how to edit, which takes a few days, the results are amazing. At first things may sound really bad, but this is due to the oversaturation of the factory presets. I think this is done to make many options available, but most of it needs to be toned down at some point. The manual is alright, but lengthy. There are so many options that the manual couldn't really be made much more concise.

The sound quality is really great if you take time to really customize it. Distortion, noise gate, EQ, compression, and cabinet emulation are available in every one of thirty-three factory preset effects chains (Algorithms). Everything sounds great except for the wahs, both auto and traditional. I use an Ibanez auto-wah pedal after the RP-10 for wah effects. It sounds perfect. It also allows me the option of adding quality wah fx to all the algorithms, which is not possible with the RP-10 alone. I think the wah sounds great with fx like harmony, phaser, etc. and with the RP-10 this is usually not possible. Try this combo, you'll love it. Also, the delay and reverb are excellent. Delay times up to 1.4sec or 1.5sec sampling. Cool. Once again, do not be discouraged if you can't get the right sounds immediately. Trust me, they're in that little guy (the wah went for a walk, though).

From what I hear, some Digitech stuff freaks out madly on occasion. I've also heard that if you don't have trouble right away, then you're probably good. I haven't had to service the thing yet and to date everything has been kind.

If you're looking for an effect processor of the floor variety this is the only one to consider. I tried many others, and they all essentially blew. This gizmo will keep you occupied for years. It will occasionally piss you off, but will ultimately make you sound like a pro even if you're in a cloud like myself. The RP-10 is made for both the travelling gig type dude as well as the recording musician. Be patient, goof around with all the crap, sometimes your neighbors will think a jet is coming through, but eventually you'll get quality workable sounds. Definitely try the external wah option. I tried a trad. wah before and after the RP-10, but found that the auto wah pedal after the unit added about a million more options- including those beautiful Garcia tones (use high compreession, clean sound with a little delay and external Awah almost cranked).

This effects setup is can be as simple as you want it to be, or as complex as you want it to be!! You can simply hit the prest sounds....or you can tweak them into virtually any form you can think of!! Editing is very easy to do, everything is simple to change and save. The manual is pretty good, although it could have been a little more comprehensive.

I keep hearing people complain about digital effects processors as being weak! But this unit would prove them all wrong. It is so quiet, and it sound absolutley fantastic! My favorite effects are ones containing the flanger and phaser! I have the unit running through two different speakers....in stereo! The flanger is beautiful....on richer, thick settings with the phaser or flanger going it sound really beefy!!! Alot like Eddie!! And the AWah.....it is killer!! The feel of the pedal is perfect!! It is great if you like Pete Destefano from Porno For Pyros!!!!

This unit plain looks tough!! It is made mostly from metal....with the only plastic being the buttons! The one I played in the store looked beat, but it played like new!!! I would definatly use this at a gig without a backup!! You should have no problems!!

Never dealt with Digitech yet....but I have heard nothing but good!

For the price....this unit has no equal!! There is nothing else on the market that can compare!! Trust me!! I have tried a thousand different models....it tooke me several months to really decide on this unit!! It is something I would buy again in two seconds flat!! The only thing I wish it had is a power button, you know, Off an On???!!! I can't figure why the didn't put that on, but it doesn't really matter!!

Its very easy to use once you figuer it out (took me about a week to fully understand and appreciate what this prosseser could do, no thanks to the manual! The user manual is the weakest part of the RP 10. Could be much more user friendly. But I guess out of all the possable areas to be weak this is the one. Normal operation , editing, tweaking etc. very easy once you understand this unit.

Excellent sound! This unit is made for guitar players. There is almost no sound or tone you cannot get with this unit. E Q section very strong, minut setting changes offer huge changes in tone. Distortions very good, nice and warm. I mostly use grunge settings. I found the wah effect on this unit the second weakest area, very wimpy wah sound! Note:wah enthusiasts keep your old Dunlops! Digital section also excellent. Ammount of differant sound posabilities available via parameter editing is mind boggling with this unit!

So far so good. I would definatly use for gigs.

Good. Digitech has a WWW page.

Yes I would by this product again. Goodbye days of pedal mess, Hello days of all in one convienance! I love the sound quality,tweakability and pure quietness of the RP 10. I hate the owners manual, wah and tuner, pedal is also squeaky. This unit blew everything away in its price range Hands Down, no one even came close! The unit I bought (manufactured Sept 95) had some changes good and bad over the unit I demo'd, older model. On the bad side the older model I demo'd had a killer patch called "Metal Hall" which the newer model doesn't have. It has a replacment called "Halleluia". Totally not as good. If you have access to both models like I did write down all the parameter settings from "Metal Hall" on the older model and program them into the proper algorithm on the newer model. Also, the newer model has names for the effect access footswitches such as Distortion, Chorus etc.which is handy for knowing what effect you are turning on or off except you can't access the Compressor directly from any of these pedals. With the older model you could, I personally found this option very useful. On the good side Digitech added a new killer patch on the newer model called "Platinum Solo"(really close to Eddy's sound). They have also added a tuner, but I still prefer my Sabine. The RP 10 is very insperational for my playing with all of its sound and tone possabilities. I totally recomend this unit! Note: The only way to buy equipment is to take it home and demo it with your own rig for a good length of time before you buy. If a dealer doesn't allow this go to one that will. I rented my unit for 10 days before I decided to buy it. (Well worth the cost of the rental, 28 bucks.) My rig consists of Fender Strat/Jackson Professional plugged into RP 10 plugged sraight into the front of my Trace Elliot Super Tramp Twin. I play mostly through the clean channel and have access to a "thumpen bluesy all dry overdrive" channel via amps footswitch, when I go to this channel I hit bypass on the RP 10. I found with my set up it is better to go straight into the amp as appossed to the effests loop. The RP 10 is the best effects processer/preamp I have ever had. This is the future of guitar effects processing, rack mount quality with the conveniance of an all in one unit. Thank you Digitech!

Does anyone have ideas on how to get a 60's fuzz sound, think Big Brothers' Cheap Thrills from an RP-10-?

The presets on this unit are very good. To many guitarists many of the patches will not have to be tweaked. One hundred out of the 200 patches are user definiable. Each patch contains an array of effects that can either be used or removed. Quite frankly therea re so many editable parameters it is mind boggling to tweak them all. However, some of the presets are over saturated and one may wish to not use all the effects at the same time. The manual is Good. It is not very comprehensive, but, is more in depth than other company's manuals that I have read.

I am using this unit inmy effects loop and it is dead quiet. I like the overdrive of my amp...so I am primarily using it for coloring and EQ. However, at certain times when my overdrive and compressor pedal are off I use the unit with all its effects. The unit is incredible and even the effects that may not sound good to your ears can be tweaked to sound awesome. The noise gate is of exceptional quality and the cabinet simulations are perfect for replicating many favorite artists sounds. The EQ is so extensive that just playing with it will keep you occupied for hours. I use the amp simulator through my combo and it adds alot of extra depth to the sound. The phaser, flanger, chorus, delay, tremelo, reverb, and whammy effects are definable to the most subtle to extreme setings. Lastly, i f you use this unit in conjuction with a tube amp (as I am) whatch out. The three settings of overdrive, grunge, and heavy sustain modes come alive with a richness that is remarkable. Granted, it is not a vintage tube amp, but, unless you are a real tube expert it should convince you. With tweaking the effects you can go in spilt second from SRV to Metallica and anything in between.

I have only had for 2 weeks so I will only give it a 9 ( so I will not jinks my self). However, the unit is made of steal and the controller pedal is a solid feel. I t is made much better than the Zoom 4040 I tried out made from plastic. I would most certainly use this unit on a gig without a backup. As with any other gear with electronics and printed boards - if you treat it right it will treat you right The unit looks more like it was meant for the road than the basement ( or bedroom) studio

I would buy this unit again and recommend it to friends. It is a small, compact, an daffordable unit that delivers performance of units worth more. I compared this unit to the Zoom, ART, Yamaha, and Korg floor processors and it sounded better in every single department. I chose it because it was affordable and finally gave me that pro sound ( besides to get all these sounds out of racks would cost more and the system would be taller than me. I wish it a secton in the manual that gave parameters to emulate famous guitarists. Overll it gives you all the bang for the buck.

It is a easy pedal board to use once you read and understood the manual.Is very easy to set change from sound to sound, very easy.

The sound is great. I have used other distortion pedals before, and the RP-10 had got the greatest one so far. There are a range you can chose from. The chours and the flanger and reverb are sweet, they all have got a clean sound. You can get almost any sound you want after you are know how to operate it.

I used it on a few gigs and it turned out great. It is very dependable.

Never used it before.

I probably would not buy it again, cause I would want to try new things. I love the pedal cause of its unbelivable sounds. For the price I got it for, I think it is worth it.It is a great pedal, after all you can get almost any sound on it. Go to a shop and try it out, you will be surprised of what it can do!

It takes a bit of time to learn about what you're doing, and how to get the right sound from the variables. However, in my opinion, to get a good sound it's gotta take some time anyways. The manual isn't the most clear, but you can figure it out. If you are a little patient with it, you'll get a kick ass sound.

I personally like the sound quality a lot. Although I haven't extensively compared it with other systems, to me most of it sounds pretty good. Sure, you can't get the real tube distortions, but you can't with any digital non-tube processor. The amount of variables in the effects is incredible. It allows you to get basically any sound you want, from B.B. King to Pantera to Joe Satriani and Eddie Van Halen. The BigVerb reverb has so many editable options it blows my mind. There are 33 sound algorithms, which are basically the platforms for the sound. Then you just build from there, editing all the options. Go nuts. If you're looking for tube type distortions, go for a tube preamp, but if you want the killer digital effects with blazing distortion, a warm jazz tone with a rich reverb, or anything else of that sort, go for it, you'll love it. I sure as hell do.

It's solid metal, and it's had it's fair share of drops, bangs and knocks. It still works perfectly fine. From what I've experienced and read, if it works when you first play around with it (in the store), then it'll be fine. Just make sure you don't get a defective one. The only problem I encountered is when I accidentally kicked one of the footswitches off the unit. No problem, you can snap it back in, or if it is broken order another from Digitech. Overall I'd say it's very reliable. I bought mine used and it works great.

I haven't dealt with the company other than ordering a new footswitch (to replace the one I kicked off). They were great.

I'd definately buy it again. Every penny was worth it. It's quite versatile, and the only problem is all the small buttons you have to work with your hands, since they are too small to work precisely with shoes on. It's great to express yourself with any tone you can think of, and if you're looking for the best floor controlled effects processor, this is it.
If I have confused you or not made sense anywhere here, please E-Mail me with questions. My mind is in the gutter today.

I liked the copy button, since it makes it possible to make different effect combinations on same sound.Since i`m used to work with computers, i relly would love to see mouse input to effect editting...(yeah right). EQ is a mess as they alway are

Effects are crystal clear and that reverb is to die for. When i plugged it into my marshall 8080 and used amps own distortion, the whole system squealed like pig...i found that annoying. Distortions could be more powerfull.

Never used it on gigs.

Not in where i live.

I guess i would buy zoom 9000 (it`s a lot cheaper in here) I liked the reverb and chorus, they were relly rich soundig.. When buying it, i tested zoom 4040, whick was a piece of shit. Really loved the midi in and out...

Very easy to use. One nice feature is when you select a new patch from one of the pedals, hit it again and it takes you back to your last chosen patch. Manual is very good. Each effect and it's parameters has it's own section.

Analog distortions are GREAT! Now my crummy Fender Pro Chorus can sound like a Marshall Stack. The stereo effects are superb. Noise silencer is dead quiet.

Hefty construction. This thing won't move around when you are kicking it. I would recomend a gig bag though. The buttons and display could be damaged without it.

N/A Just got it.

Only thing lacking is a power switch. These guys must have hired the same engineer that designed my HP 4ML printer, no power switch on that either. I hope the power supply has a surge protector built in. Pretty ugly plugging it in to power it on. I am very impressed with the overall sound quality though. Had a Zoom (little guy, can't remember model #) and for about $100 more this thing blows that into the ground. The whammy pedal is a great addition too, can control all kinds of parameters with it. Can't beat it for the price.

This device is easy to use, and it is very flexible in terms of pedal and button assignment. I was able to quickly set up the various buttons to do program advance/decrement, list adv./dec., and six different controller # toggles. I wish the sound quality was better, though. It's a noisy device if used into some tube amp inputs. It's truly annoying, as I tried it with a tube amp in the store, and no noise, but with mine at home, hissssssssss. Don't buy one unless you've tried it out with /your own gear/.....

If it wasn't noisy, I'd love it. It has nice choruses and the flanger can be set for either a nice subtle swish or a honky, nasal, metallic, or any other nasty swooshing jet flange noise you can imagine. Way better than my Quadraverb's chorus & flange. The reverbs are decent, and the delays are clean. The A-wah is neat for getting that Cap'n Trips guitar tone (God bless ya, Jerry!). Great phaser in this one. If it had a Leslie speaker simulator, it'd be a box to contend with.... Oh, and less hiss.

It seems sensitive to line voltage. I had a bit of a problem at an outdoor gig with low voltage making the thing go haywire. Thankfully, no permanent damage, but it stopped my gig cold..... The "roadworthy" construction referred to in a couple guitar rag reviews is a load of codswallop. The end pieces are plastic, and are held on (sort-of) by a silicone goo of some sort.....

I would not buy it again, as it doesn't play well with my other "children". It is very picky about what amp it's plugged into, and will hissssssssssssssssss if it doesn't like the amp you've got. It is for sale, BTW, if you want one. Make sure you try one out with your own gear first, 'cause if you buy it, it's yours. If your amp gets along with it, and you are prepared to be super-nice to it (no schlepping it around with the amps & guitar cases in the trunk--a nice soft car seat is the only thing it'll put up with...), it could be a great box for you. Email me at dutch@asu.edu if you're interested, $400US, obo. I've put the upgrade chip in with the tuner, etc... It's a nice upgrade, and it also makes assigning CC to a parameter a breeze.
BTW, the tuner is accessed by pressing the program/bank footswitch three times....

Not for the faint of heart but be patient the results kick ass...

How you hook it up depends on the sound a whole bunch... If you plug it into a recorder direct it is the most compact box of sounds I have ever seen considering the mountain of options...

Never had a problem with mine (Hmmmm I hate saying that kind of stuff...), however, the first one I tried in the store was faulty and the second one was missing some of the painted on numbers...

Yes I would by another one but wouldn't want to see two in a single band! The sound libraries kick ass. I would like to know where the tuner is too E-mail jmk@buffnet.net if you know please. I like the fact that the cable is not the usual huge transformer type... They put the transformer in the middle of the cable instead of the end where it usually falls out of the damn socket! Is the price of copper going up? (The cord is non-standard into the unit and kind of short...

For those of you that puchased the RP-10 during its first few months of production, the built in tuner was not included.

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