DigiTech RP-350

This is my second review after using this multi effect for 2 years.This is very easy to use. I usually start with a preset and modify it to my liking. very easy to do. Very easy to edit patches.Mine has teh original firmware(1.3 I think)

I use it with fender strat American std and Hamer duoton straight into Emx 200 Yamaha mixer. This unit performs flawlessly every time.I use everything from accoustic to crunch to distorted.All the effect for me are very good no complaints.

I use this unit 3-4 times a month for gigs plus practicing at home.I don't have a back-up and never had any problems.I know that when I get on stage all my sounds will be there.

Nevr had to deal with customer support. good thing.

I play all kind of music, country, rock blues. Play in a cover duo. been playing for 34 years and 27 profesionnally.I need a pedal that can recreate a lot of different sounds on ths spot and this does it very well.What I love about this unit is the ease of operation and of course the A/B pedal one of my favorite feature. What can I say I just love this pedal.It makes me sound good all the time.Sure i would like to have tube amp with my own effect rack but for $300 this is the best next thing.

To go into bypass you have to press two switches at once and to get to the tuner you keep them pressed for a few more seconds. That's somewhat annoying but otherwise the 350 is laid out very nicely and it's very intuitive. One of the easiest interface I've seen

I'm using it into a PA system and not infront an AMP. you must tweek the EQ to suite your setup. If you're not a tweeker, you might not be able to get a satisfying sound out of it.
the amp simulations are very damn close. the only thing I hate is not having more options with EQ; you don't get to choose the bass frequency. Also when you switch to an amp model the EQ defaults to certain frequncies that aren't well suited for the specific amp in my opinion. If you want to get a good sound out of the RP350 you must tinker with the EQ and by that I mean radically change the frequencies and boost and cuts. don't be afraid to cut both the high and presence. Otherwise the sound is tailored towards giving acceptable results with most setups. The amp simulation after correcting the eq for your setup are outstanding. one of the nicest things about the rp350 is how easily the sound fits in a mix. I'm comparing this to a POD XT and a J-staion. The 350 fits in the mix with minimal adjustments.

The effects are honestly superb, it has the best Univibe I've heard. The coruses and flangers are also nice.

there are so many possiblities here and since no literature is provdied by digitech about the sound they model most users have no idea what many of the amps and effects models should sound like.
Line 6 makers of the pod have a great idea with their manual they provide as they explain the models. This can be very very useful in getting good sounds out of the unit. the great thing is that Digitech truly has modeled the sounds of the amps and effects very closely and faithfully to the original sounds. The problem is many people don't realize that the best marshall amp sounds that most people like were made by putting a drive pedal infront of the amp. So not knowing this, many users dial a marshall sound and aren't impressed. Well chose a tube screamer simulation or 808 and you will get the crushing marshall sound. The modulated delay is very nice and can be used as another corus pedal. So if you want to enhance the phaser that you placed PRE position all you have to do is activiate the modulated delay at a very low time (20 ms to 50ms) and set the mix at 100% and now you just got the effect of having two modulation pedals at once.
The reverbs are very well suited for guitar sound and they don't muddy the sound. There is no huge reverb sound but the Hall reverb is good enough.

I've had digitech products that lasted 15 years and were still useable when I sold them. From Prior expereiences I expect digitech to be the most reliable.

ever had to deal with them

Again I say digitech should include literature about what they model this way users will have some clues how to proceed. Certain Amps can't sound good with distortions infront. Gain with marshalls, its very hard to get a decent useable sound when you put a distortion infront of one. The general consesus has always been to put a drive pedal infront of a marshall. I Notice that distortion pedals sound gret with BASSMAN so you cann't expect pedals to sound good with every amp. Since the simulations are very close you can trully apply your knowledge of certain setups. For example David gilmour's sound the Wall. AMP Hiwat, with EH mistress flanger in the PRE position preceded by a big muff then a modulated delay with a 20ms time and 100% mix, add a hall reverb and you now have a sound that's almost 98% of Gilmours tone.
At this price if they nailed one amp sound you trully got your moneyps worth, but the staggering number of pedals and amp combinations that can be had, this is an amazing deal. I know some people complain about digital harshness, I'm not sure if any of them tried cutting the high and presence at the same time, because for some models I have to that and then the magic begins. This pedal's sound is on the same level as the PODxt and without effects the POD X3 have better seperation in the stereo image, but if you use the corus's in the RP350, it will give similar stereo seperation as that of the pod x3 with dual tone. At this price this is a very underrated pedal.

I've been using Digitech RP-series pedals for about 8 years, so I'm familiar by now with how they work. I think anyone who makes an effort to program a few patches will get the idea, especially if you take one of more of your favorite built-in patches apart and see how they're made.

The software that comes with the product is good for editing patches, less good (i.e. tolerable, but just) for library functions like saving patches and banks of passages, moving patches around in a bank, etc.

I use the RP350 between my Firestick (3-string electric instrument) and/or harmonica mic and a keyboard amp or PA. Any amp that produces a clean sound, which is what keyboard amps are designed to do, will work well on the back end of the RP350. You want the RP doing all the work where shaping the sound is concerned--you just want the amp to make it loud. I have used the RP350 with various PAs, with a Peavey KB/A 100 keyboard amp, and with a Behringer KT108 (tiny little) keyboard amp, and it sounds pretty much the same with all of them--which is great because you can carry your sound everywhere with you in the pedal.

In general, the amp models in the RP350 work well with harp, but depending on the mic you're using, you may have to do a lot of tweaking to get the sound you want. I get a beautiful smooth sound from the device with an Audix Fireball mic, a raunchier sound with a Shure 545 SD. The effects in this box are very good, with a wide variety of stompbox simulations for distortion, chorus, flange, vibrato, tremolo, filters, etc. The different chorus and flange models really do sound different, and the filter effects do a lot of cool things. The wahs are not bad either. The reverbs and delays in the unit are good and come in a variety of flavors. For less than $200, you get a lot of good stuff in this box.

The pedal sounds very good with guitar. I've gone through all the presets in the box several times, and in general the category best represented by the presets is heavy rock tending to heavy metal (no surprise there, given that Digitech apparently feels that the buyer for these devices is a 15-year-old boy, judging from their ads). However, it's certainly possible to craft any number of excellent guitar tones with this box. In fact, a lot of the lower-gain patches I put together for harmonica work very well in a crunchy blues sort of way with guitar.

In short, I think this thing sounds very good. It's a lot of good tone for less than $200.

There's no separate category for Features here, so I'm going to talk a little bit about those. First, in addition to the additional amp, cabinet, and effects models that you get in the RP350 compared to the RP250, you get an A/B switch that allows you to switch from one amp, cabinet, and EQ setup to another while keeping the same effects chain. In effect this doubles the number of distinct custom setups you can have in the machine from 70 to 140. In my mind it justifies the price difference between this and the RP250 all by itself. Further, the RP350 (and 250) can function as a USB 2.0 audio interface to the computer, with 24-bit resolution. It doesn't sound half bad, either. Given that a decent stereo USB 2.0 audio interface all by itself costs over $100, that's a nice feature, especially for someone getting into digital recording who doesn't have an interface already.

I've owned six RPs of various types, and I haven't had a problem with any of them yet that I couldn't fix fairly easily.

Digitech generally responds quickly to requests for hardware support, generally with good information. Software support is a different story. They're obviously not interested in making the software more functional, and on the few occasions when I've requested information about how the software works, I've gotten incorrect answers.

Nevertheless, the hardware support is very good, and I rate them highly for that.

I play a lot of different styles of music, including recording sessions where I need sounds ranging from hard blues to outer space. I have used RPs in very demanding situations, and the people I work with and for seem to like it plenty.

What I like about it most is 1) it sounds good, 2) it sounds good in a lot of different ways, 3) it's fun to program new sounds in it, 4) it's very portable, and 5) when I take it to a gig I know exactly what I'm going to sound like that night.

On the down side, I might like it even better if it was half the size. But it's not too big, say, to easily carry aboard an airplane in hand luggage, which I've done many times.

Amp modeling technology is mature and very functional. There are other devices out there from Zoom, Line 6, etc. that make great sounds. I think the RP350 in particular offers a sound that competes with any of them, coupled with a lot of very attractive features, for a very competitive price. In short, it's high value for money.

The included manual is very good and easy to navigate. The effect is quite user-friendly once you get used to the typical matrix used in all of the RP-series. There are very few parameters which can only be accessed with the included software.

The delays, echoes, choruses and most non-distortion effects are very good. The unit has some unique effects with no equivalent in other processors. I found the compressors and distortion effects to be rather bland for the style of music I play (metal). I had great expectations regarding this processor, but my main disappointment is related to the amp modeling. There some usable high-gain amps such as emulation of JC800,JC900, Soldano and the best of them all - Digitech's own high-gain models. Unfortunately I found all of them quite brittle, artificial, 'digital' and mostly low-gain. The worst part is there simply no way to dial good palm mute sound. I need to admit that ancient effects such as Boss MT-2 or Behringer V-Amp 2 offer greater hi-gain sound than the RP-250. As a conclusion I will rate the effect at 9 and the amp models at 5.

I returned the unit after one day of use so I cannot comment of the reliability. Digitech seems to take good care updating their editor software judging from their web site.

This is a good MFX considering you can get it for less than $150 street. The effects are very nice and you can find the very usable depending your playing style. I found the hi-gain amp models to rather harsh, digital and artificial.

Ich komme aus Deutschland und m??chte nun auch f??r deutsche Interessenten einen Review anbieten.
Ich war auf der Suche nach einem Effektger??t, das mir alle M??glichkeiten bietet, Rock- wie auch Popmusik nach meinem eigenen Geschmack live r??berzubringen.
Allerding hatte ich nicht die geringste Lust, ewig ein Handbuch zu studieren, nur um in der 4. oder 5. Unterebene der effektparameter endlich den richtigen parameter zu finden.
So kam ich nach etlichen Fehlk??ufen zu diesem genialen Teil von Digitech
Das RP-350 (RevNr. 1.3)l??sst sich wirklich sehr intuitiv bedienen.
Gitarre anschliessen, Ausgang an den Mischpult, Netzteil einstecken (einen Ein-/Aus-Schalter gibt es leider nicht), und schon geht es los.
Das Ger??t hat ein Expression-Pedal f??r wahlweise Lautst??rke, Wah-Effekte und weitere frei programmierbare M??glichkeiten.
Dazu noch 3 robuste Fu??taster zur Programmwahl und Amp-Umschaltung.
Dazu noch USB-Anschluss,um das Ger??t mit dem PC zu verbinden, ein gutes Handbuch und unz??hlige M??glichkeiten, seinen eigenen Sound zu kreieren.
Die selbstgebauten Effekte lassen sich am PC bearbeiten, sichern und sogar f??r andere Digitech-Effektger??te umwandeln.

Ich spiele als Rhythmusgitarrist in einer Oldieband meist Pop- und Rockmusik der 70er und 80er Jahre und habe neben einer Fender Strat (40th Anniversary Model) noch eine Ibanez Artcore AF75D Tor Jazz-Gitarre als Hauptinstrument.
Die Effekte sind durchweg sehr rauscharm bis rauschfrei und klingen einfach geil!!
Ich spiele die Gitarren ??ber das RP-350 direkt in den Mixer und habe noch nie Probleme mit Feedback oder schwachem Sound gehabt.
Die Werks-Presets sind teilweise schon brauchbar, meist aber ??bertrieben eingestellt.
Ich habe mir immer einen cleanen Sound herausgesucht und ihn dann mittels der EDIT-Funktion nach meinen Geschmack ver??ndert.
Einfacher habe ich es noch bei KEINEM Multieffekt erlebt und ich hatte schon eine ganze Menge auf der Suche nach dem Ideal.

Ich habe das RP-350 nun schon einige Male auf der B??hne und im Proberaum im Einsatz gehabt und es machte von Anfang an einen robusten und vertrauenserweckenden Eindruck.
Keine Probleme bisher und ich erwarte auch in Zukunft keine.
Ich verlasse mich voll auf das Teil und habe auch wegen des Livesounds bisher nur gutes Feedback erhalten.
Einzig ??rgerlich ist, da?? ich mein Mehrfach-Netzteil nicht anschliessen kann, weil Digitech wieder mal aus der Rolle fallen musste und beim Netzteilanschluss vom Standart abweicht.

Zum Gl??ck noch nicht gebraucht.

Ich w??rde mir das Ger??t sofort wieder besorgen, wenn es mir, warum auch immer, abhanden kommen w??rde.
Ich kann es jedem empfehlen, der keine Lust hat, stundenland Handb??cher zu durchforsten auf der Suche nach seinem eigenen Sound, sondern schnell und unkompliziert zu einem brauchbaren Ergebnis kommen will.
Danach kann man sich beruhigt der Feineinstellung widmen, was aber nicht sein muss.

Read the manual a few times and although I can normally operate things without problem, this one did not come to me quickly. The basic settings of stomp vs. pedalboard, amp/no amp /bypass had me stumped. I struggled until I had played with this for several hours. Then I got it. And now that I understand it, this is one great unit. I actually use both stomp and pedalboard together. I set up a clean Fender-like sound and then added compressor, overdrive, chorus and a slap-back delay. All of these are normally off, but a pedal stomp can turns them each on - like stomp boxes. BUT... I also have the up/down to turn on patches, each set to things like AutoWah, Doubler, several types of increasing distortion, etc. - so this part is like a patch bay... what you might do with a Line 6 POD, for example. It took some work, and learning, but I like the final product.

Excellent! Like many other players, I am not into the many wierd sounds and tons of distortions that this unit is capable of. I start with a great clean sound and add some subtle effects. I found several choices of clean that had some nice full tones with the ability for lots of tone adjustments. No space sounds needed in the blues, jazz and covers that I play. But I have used some doubling, and even the YahYah -talkbox-like effects and had a great response from them. Overall, the sound is clean, quiet and full.... just what I wanted. For solos, I kick in the overdrive, not distortion, and they sound great with a bit of compression. This is what I have been waiting for and wanting for years.

I have not had any problems with the product. I have used this on several gigs and it worked perfect. So far, no problems at all.

After some struggling to figure this unit out, I called Digitech to better understand the operation of the unit. They answered quickly and took time to help me out. Great to be able to talk to someone.

I had considered a T.C.Electronic NOVA system before buying the RP350. I made the right choice. The RP350 has more sounds at about half the cost and it has a built-in expression pedal. The sounds are great and now that I have it programmed, it is plug and play. I love the big, bright LED screen and the fact that it shows a name and not just a patch number. I would replace this in a second if something happened to this. My only complaint is the size. It is not big by any means, but it seems that this unit could be made several inches smaller. I try to get a great sound with the least amount of weight. Digitech should make this smaller and even offer a version without the pedal to reduce it even more. But I love it and it is now part of my gigging package. Thanks Digitech for the great product.

The RP350 is very simple. I suppose that you should consider my perspective, though: I replaced a Boss GT-8 with the RP350. The GT-8 has features that few owners ever discover. It's deep. You could (and I did) read the manual several times and still not grok everything. The RP350 is really simple: nearly as simple as a digital alarm clock. The manual is thin and more than sufficient. You could probably figure out everything you need to know about the RP350 even if you never read the manual.

The stock patches cover a fairly wide range of sounds. As with any modeler, you probably won't like most of them. Fortunately it's really easy to tweak an existing patch or to create your own.

Some people make a lot of the fact that you need to hit two pedals at once to engage the tuner. This is not a big deal. You get used to it.

I play a pair of Koll DL Thinline guitars (one with humbuckers and a hard tail, the other with P-90s and a Bigsby). I pair one of these through the RP350 when I want to have some control over the tone and effects of my instrument. (Just as often, I'll play through a DI straight to board and let the sound guy worry about EQ and effects.) The RP350's built-in stereo DI is ideal for the kind of live performance situation that I most often play.

I use effects sparingly. I almost always have a hall reverb program. Sometimes I'll add a bit of chorus or echo. These effects all sound great. For just messing around, there are about 15 factory patches that I've collected into a contiguous set of user patches. These also sound fine.

There's no noise to worry about. From my perspective the RP350 has less self-noise than the Boss GT-8.

I don't try to copy sounds. I've been able to get usable sounds out of the RP350 with very little effort. The simplicity of the unit means that you don't get a huge variety or deep editing. I've found that this can limit my ability to get an amp model sounding and behaving exactly the way I'd like.

I've only had the RP350 for about seven months. So far there have been no issues of any kind.

Short of downloading the patch editor for my Mac, I've never had any dealings with the company. I don't expect to need support.

I play whatever comes to mind. No specific genre or artists. It's pretty much all improvisation. I use a lot of fingerpicking and voice leading.

I started playing many years ago, quit for about twenty years, and have been playing "seriously" for almost nine years since I started again.

My main gear consists of my two Koll guitars and a very small number of pedals and amps. Lately I've come to value simplicity, portability, and a really great clean sound. My gear choices reflect this.

The one thing that annoys me about the RP350 is proximity of the third stomp switch (A/B selector) to the expression pedal. It's quite easy to hit the A/B pedal by mistake when using the expression pedal. Like the "issue" with enaging the tuner, this is also something one can learn to deal with. Unlike the tuner issue, this is more likely to happen in the midst of a performance.

In closing I'd like to say that I had overlooked the Digitech RP line due to its relatively low cost, thinking that the lower cost must imply lower quality. I was mistaken.

for me .. the sound you want is a personal thing. the RP350 has a wide range of sounds. Editing for me was so easy. the FX u are editing has a LED by it so u cant go wrong. it wont be easy straight out of the box .. but once u get the hang of the functions its easy. i did read the manual when i got stuck. the firmware was recent.

ive just moved on to a 25.5ins scale Ibanez. my previous guitars are of a Les Paul type .. Washburns with fixed bridge and shorter scale. both my new Ibanez guitars have Humbuckers and single coils.
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the gate i found a bit sharp .. but ok.the sound i was trying to get i couldnt.
i tried hard with one patch to get a fat clean tone .. with loads of sustain .. kinda bluesy i guess .. but i couldnt get it. no matter how much sustain i dialed in .. it just decayed too quickly.
in case someone argues this point .. in a live situation it mat be ok .. but i use the pedal in a studio enviroment. im not in any way slagging this RP350 off .. just saying its not right for me.
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my unit did have mainly gritty distortion tones. they were really good .. and with the wah pedal were great .. powerfull sounding tones .. really brilliant for Thrash metal and the like .. perfect.
.. but it was the edgy-ness i was trying to break away from.
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switching to the Clean acoustic tones without distortions .. one particular patch & my electric guitar sounded very convincing. on par with my electro acoustic id say.
i will give an 8 even though i couldnt get the tone i was looking for

no idea

no idea

ive never really been ito FX .. but do like a good sustain. just fancied the wah pedal and maybee something inspiring.
it had some interesting patches and new fx. in the past i had built my own tremelo and distortion boxes. very limited sounds. mind u they were Analog.
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1999 i bought a Zoom 505 and its been working fine.it has NO pedal on it .. so i sometimes connect up a external pedal. but not very often.
its just a pain to wire it all up
in buying the RP350 i was hoping to shelve all my old junk and gain extra space. unfortunatly not. im still in search of THAT tone. i have 2 patches that i programed on my Zoom505 that is close to the tone i was after. ive read all the slaggin the 505 gets .. and even for me u can count the amount of good tones on one hand .. but ...
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i cant run this pedal down. it has some different tones to the 505 but although useable hasnt really got the fat clean sustain i am after.
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you know i think most manufactures have their own sound .. after all thats why we go for a certain brand .. in doing so it can make it harder to get a certain tone. (hence the need for one of these devices .. and more)
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its quite large .. but i found it easy to edit & use .. PLUS you can NAME your settings ... no stupid numbers like on the Zoom .. and STILL numbers on the NEW zoom !!

Very easy to use

I use this with an Fender Strat American Std or a Hamer Duotone USA straight into the mixer(Yamaha EMX 2000 With 600 watts yorkville powered sub).Use some of factory presets that I tweeked .The unit is not noisy at all.All the presets that I use sound great.I play in a duo in wich we do all covers This unit allows me to get very close to the original sounds.

I use this unit 2 3 times a week without backup.No problem. Very sturdy.

Did not have to deal with customer support. Good point

I play all style from country to blues,rock,jazz etc...Been playin professionally for 27 years. I chose this for tha A/B setting. So easy to go from clean to solo sound. This unit does it all. Like the amps,effects and so easy to use.If it was lost or stolen would definitely get another one or maybe the RP 500'

OK, I had a hard time getting the sound that I was looking for. The distortions all seemed to have too much gain for me for rythm parts. I ended up putting all the distortions and amps at 1 or 2 and even then I couldn't get that nice light crunch that can be controlled by how hard you pick/strum.

Editing the patches was pretty easy for this type of multieffect unit. IT was easier than with my Zoom 505 but a little more difficult than with my old V-Amp II because the V-Amp has more knobs to work with.

The manual is fine.

I wasn't very impressed by the phrase trainer. I found it awkward to use. I did, however, like the onboard drums. Great for working on new ideas.

I tested this unit with an old Fender SuperStrat direct to PC through a M-Audio Fast Track USB sound interface. I was interested in using it exclusively for recording.

I had the chance to test the sound of this against a friend's Digitech Grunge pedal which I was seriously considering buying. I liked the Grunge pedal's sound more than the 350's Grunge setting even though they are both made by the same company. For me these digital multieffect units just never can match the old pedals. I don't know how or why but I always seem to like the sound of individual pedals more. The sound seems more "real". The other distortions on the 350 sounded OK but again did not stand out at all.

The pedal is quiet, no issues there. I was mainly interested in find ing good distortions but I did play around with the other effects a bit. The delay was REALLY cool. I got some great effects with it. The wah was OK but if you push the expression pedal too far you can accidentally turn the effect on or off. This happened to me a lot. The flanger and reverbs were decent but once again I prefer individual pedals.

I only had this unit for about 3 weeks but it felt really solid. I never had one single glitch. I would use it for a gig if I had a gig.

I did not deal with the company at all.

This unit was not what I was looking for. The sound quality is decent but really no better than my old Behringer V-Amp used with an ART valve preamp. I think for playing live it could be good since you have the A/B amp selector and the expression pedal. However, for home studio recording I think I will stick with my old setup which also includes Native Instrument's Guitar Rig 2 and maybe pick up a Grunge pedal some day.

I returned this before the 30 day trial period was over and I don't miss it.

Like I said, the delay really caught my attention. I thought about keeping it just for that.

I compared this unit with the Zoom G 2.1U, my Behringer V-Amp II and an old Zoom 505. I ended up returning the Zoom G 2.1U as well.

Overall, I think this is a good unit for people who want a decent set of effects at an affordable price. Since I already own a couple similar effects units I didn't find it necessary. However, if I were playing live or doing much playing outside my house I probably would have kept it.