Rocktron Chameleon 2000

Doesn't get much easier

I use a Mesa Boogie 50/50. The tone coming out is just that, TONE. REAL tone. Through the headphones is awesome as well.
The effects are very accurate. The way it respondes to pick attack is great.I do strongly recommend driving it with a stereo amp and speaker set up. I run my Jackson electric with Semour duncan Jeff Beck humbucker, my Taylor acoustics and my Epiphone classical through this setup and it is fantastic for all types of music.All sounds are very proffesional.

So far so good. Doesn't seem like it would present any fears over break down.

Don't Know..............

I play ALL types of music. Hard rock,jazz,classical, worhip and praise. This really is a very nice one. I'll definitly use it for years. The only thing they don't provide is a foot controller.I found a Behringer for 129.99 so I'll try it with that. That is the only reason I don't give Rocktron a full 10.

firt go to global configuration.
Put the output in stereo and hush at -10
speaker simulator unlock mute off.
the effects you have to learn how to use them use you earing.
ican get any sound i like and i want.Metallica Megadeth Flying in a blue dream from satriani etc.Everything is good perfect!!!

First you need two speackers whitout equalizer`s and a rack velocity 120 or 250 or 500 watts etc.

I`m Portuguese but i enigrate to holland and hier the service is very bad about products from rocktron.To buy my cameleon 2000 i have to go to deutchland and they ware very kind.The shop is E-bass muziek-produktiv.

Heavy metal progrock fusion etc.
yes.
Buy it again!
The gain,reactance,speaker simulator(both)Hush & effects stereo output
Rocktron cameleon 2000 is mutch beter than profesy and the cameleon 2000 have the same sound quality of megadeth metallica jhon petrucci Satriani slayer frank gambale nuno bettencurt etc only the best.
I whish that i can get a rocktron version whith the names of each artist on it and the sound to.It1s the only thing it can mayke it easyer to us.Sounds like satriani vai etc djust one with all the best sound`s on artist.

I think it is pretty easy to use although I haven't got the expression pedal to work yet. Like it any unit it takes a week or so to get used to it.

All my ratings are relative to what is expected from like units.

The hush is great! The effects are pretty good, and you can get a variety of good low to medium gain lead tones. Personally, I use it in the effects loop of my Marshall JMP1 and don't use any of the distortion tones anymore. I do use the clean preamp tone settings to enhance the clean channel in my Marshall JMP1 preamp, and when I do the same with the distortion channel in my Marshall I can get some very ferocious sounds (Metallica, Zakk Wyld, Disturbed, God Smack etc..) I play into a Mesa Recto 4X12 Cab driven by a Mesa 50/50 which recieves its signal from a Marshall stereo 20/20 using the line outs. This has the same effect as a power brake except not at the expense of your tubes. The 20/20 also outputs to 2 1X10 Marshall cabinets loaded with celestion vintage 10s.

A 7 because the preamp really isn't that impressive for gain tones.

It has been very reliable

No clue, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt.

I play many styles, but mostly very heavy nu-metal tones. I do like SRV,Clapton, and Hendrix stuff as well. If it were stolen I'd be highly upset, but I'd probably get a Rocktron Prophesy to replace it. Very useful if you have a pre-existing preamp and use that for the basis of your sound, however lead somes aren't to bad.

Its a easy to use effect/pre-amp but to get a good sound you'll need some time. not that it is difficult but is you play in a band you'll need to adjust the sounds because it doesnt sound the same at home as in the band.
takes some time to get to know it. its not hard and east to understand
the manual is not big just everything you need to program your amp.
my unit hasnt been upgraded.

there is a possibillity to upgrade it with midi & an pc butt i only could only dump patches to the pc and not from the pc to the chameleon. if someone could help me please.
I had an hard time connecting my roland fc200 footpedal but with the help of the manual and doing what is said ( not what i thought i should do) it worked

so its easy but it could be easier!!!! so its just a 7

Setup:

Guild/DeArmond starfire special (semi humbuckers) ell. guitar
Washburn flying V (humbuckers) ell. Guitar
Epiphone (piezzo & mic) acc. guitar
mesa/boogie studio preamp 19"
rocktron chameleon..... ofcourse
Marshall 9005 2X50 watt poweramp (very big... 4he High)
only till i own a mesa/boogie 50/50
2 Mesa.Boogie cabs 1x200 watt 8 ohm

if you use the hush function you wont have humms and noise
but you should twiddle around with it especially if you want to do high sustain solo's and palm mute metal chords.
because the hush takes away the last bit of sustain is you have set the hush port to high and you can loose that palm mute sound when you hit the sting
effect sound good but better if you work on them
my favourite artist are brian may and carlos santana but there sound come from playing good and their guitars so i cant copy them whit this. although with the mesa studio preamp's lead channel i come close.
the only sound that doesnt sound gooe dis the wah wah. but this is common by all effects i think so youll better by a good one if you're using it a lott.
good sound so
but i think the mesa triaxis is the best so ill give it a 8

Well giggin without backup is stupid butt i dont have the money
so i dont use backup and hope and pray that nothing gets hurt on tour
the only problem is that i am to fast with program changes so i often loose a preset so i should write patches down is i made one.
so i think you should use a p[aper as backup...? :-)

so far no problems

I bought the unit 2nd hand and tried to contact them.
butt i never say an email back from them.
i bought it at verspuys in Rotterdam (holland) and thay helped me good with it but after coming home the accomp. pedal was 2nd hand.
but i can return it for a brand new one.

I play Blues, Clean, Jazz, Metal, rock & a bit of punk.
Been playing for 5 years now.
I also have an marshall vs265 stereo chorus combo for sevices and little (clean)gigs
Iff it gottt stolen i would buy my self the new roadking from Mesa/Boogie with an big cab. no more 19" just one amp with somme channels and a solo boost. no more effects just plain music.
because effect are not as good as they sound on the records
andbest music is just clean....(distorted)
i love th phaser and i hate the wah.
The Mega channel is most used along with the clean one.

i'm very glad with it butt there's always better

the preamp section of this is just like an amp without the knobs, the effects are typical Rocktron and with a little time sound excellent

I guess this is what counts! I bought this because my original chameleon can be a bit of a pain to program. The clean and british I really like, you can get a great fender/boogie clean and the british sounds way better than any marshall I've owned. The Texas is good (though it works best with texas/hot single coils) though the mega just doesn't cut it for me. I've played with it for ages and it sounds too middley (technical term!) and i can't dial it out. The original chameleon doesn't have this problem because of the pre and post EQ but the original needs to be really worked at to get the clean sounds the 2000 gets

Never once had a problem with any rocktron equipment

I've asked for info relaiting to different products and always had a response though their website has fallen short with manual etc since they were taken over. This is a real shame as I look at manuals before buying equipment to check out how easy it is to use

I A/B this with my original chameleon and I love having the choice of sounds. It runs into a Velocity 300 and then marshall 1912 and anniversary cab. I play every style of music but mostly STP, Fuel,type of stuff and funk.
On it's own I'd be 8/10 happy but in the current setup with an A/B box I'm 10/10 happy.
If the stuff got stolen i'd check out the Prophecy though with the 2000 coming in at $300-400 used and an original chameleon at $200-300 I'd probably just replace the units.
I've had tones of amps ie marshall, boogie, fender, peavey, hiwatt, vox tube amps and roland,boss,digitech rack stuff but always go back to the rocktron stuff. the options for sounds are amazing and i just find that this setup helps me provide a sonic creation environment conducive to writing interesting music

It's pretty easy to use.I've found my way trough in least than 5 minutes. 1 button is for going trough the main section (preamp,mixer,hush,effects,delay,reverb,others) and the other 2 are for ajusting parameters. The manual is good. Every effect are explained. There'is even a circuit diagram for each configuration. However, when editing the Chameleon I don't need to use the manual.

The sound is good.

I'm currently using a very noisy cheap guitar.I'm keeping my money to buy 1 great guitar. With the hush noise reduction system, the usual noise disappear. I'm using the Chameleon with a Rocktron Velocity 120 and 2 mesa-boogie 1x12 closed cabinet.

I really like the clean channel and the bristish channel. The texas channel is the weakest of all four. However,the mega channel really "rocks". And when you activate the scoop,it's a slap in your face. The others effects are excellent. Chorus, flanger, reverb, tremolo, delay and phaser are excellent. The pitchshift is good at high resolution but the delay in the sound is longer. Try the Fripped patch and you'll understand.

Finally, I think the Chameleon 2000 wasn't aimed to imitate others amp like line6pod and all the hype. I just like the sound and I don't care if it got tubes or not.

Got it for more than one year, never lost a patch,never crashed. Still working as new.

Well, I play much of everything and this amp gives me much of everything. I've been not seriously playing for 3 years now. My first amp was a Peavey Rage 158 (good clean sound, but forget everything else). I own several synths and samplers but I needed a good guitar setup for recording. If it was stolen, I'll check the line 6 pod pro, Rocktron Prophesy and others before buying. When I bougth the chameleon,is was some kind of head rush and I didn't really took the to time to check other alternative (And the pod pro was still in development). The Chameleon helps to make music. Just select a patch,modify it to your needs,save it and you can go with that sound for eternity. As a synth guy, I like patches.

Anything else you'd like to share? : Yes, I really hate guitarist...

It's Easy as can be!

I'm using a Kirk Hammett KH-1 siganture series Esp.... on a Rocktron Rampage R120C amp, and the cleans are great, the sounds are great! But if you want to play some metal this isnt the unit. The distortions are great, but it has no gain. If you are a fan of the palm mute it doesnt have the power.

I can depend on it, when i First got it the knobs were not working right, and the sounds werent working. So I sent it back and got another one and it works great! Yeah I would use it on a Gig without a back up!

have dealt with them yet.... other than the store i got it at sent it back to them and it took a good while before it came in.

I play Hard Rock, Metal, blues, and lots of finger picking. Its a good match for everything other than metal and hard rock... which really disappoints me. I've been playing for about 5 years. I own Rocktron amp, Zoom 505, Zoom 504, Zoom 506, Digitech Rp 100, Dunlop Cry-Baby, Fostex xr-7 Multitracker, Peavey Bass, and a Kirk Hammet Kh-1. I would buy something else, I think I'm going to return it. I luv the clean tones, and ease of use, I hate that it has no gain. My favorite feature is that the tones are good. I just compared it to the stuff I already had, I can't see why I payed 500 dollars for it. I wish it had more gain, defintely not deigned to play hard rock. It gets in the way, i spend more time trying to adjust and make a nice solid distortion than i do recording... it doesnt have a nice solid high- gain distortion. IF YOU LIKE TO PLAY METAL,.. THIS IS A WASTE OF MONEY... UNLESS YOUR STRICTLY A LEAD!

Of all the pre-amp, multi-effect units I have used, this is by far the most user friendly. It's extremely easy to just plug it in and start tweaking and get a great sound. Editing patches is a breeze. Being a guy, I didn't even open the manual at first and still had no problem getting good basic sounds. The manual is thick and full of information and is easy reading. Very much unlike the digitech unit I owned before.

I use a Gibson Les-Paul and a Marshall 8008 Poweramp. In my opinion this unit just rocks. All four pre-amps sound great. Clean, blues, brittish, and ultra all sound good if you know how to get the sounds your looking for. I really like the clean and Brittish sounds the best. The Ultra sounds good, it has lots of gain but it lacks depth (maybe I haven't noodle with it enough yet). The Brittish also sounds good, it has less gain than the ultra setting but it has more body. The way I use it is Brittish for Rhythm and Ultra for lead. The effects are really high quality except for the wah. Go ahead and spend the money and get a crybaby. I don't really try to get it to sound like anybody but I'm sure you could mimic just about anyone's sound. I just go for something that sounds right for me. You can get any sound from country, 80's rock and metal, scooped sounds, to more modern heavy sounds.

No problems so far.

No opinion so far...hope it stays that way.

I love this unit!!! If it were stolen today I would probably order another right away. The value just can't be beat. I'm sure that if I wanted to spend outrageous amounts of money I could buy a better pre-amp but I don't have that option. For the money it's the best. Even if (and that's a big if) I could find a better unit and could afford it (it would have to be expensive) I would still get one for a backup or for practice. There are lots of things I love about the Chameleon 2000 and nothing I hate. NO TUBES = more dependable.

This thing is a breaze to use. In my opinion is dumb-proff!!

I use the chamaleon my my mesa 50 caliber plus combo and my PRS CE 24 and I love it. I set the it as a preamp so I use my amp only for the "tubes" flavour. I love the clean parameters and distortion are very decent. The delay is incredible...the hush on it make this a very quiet unit no matter how loud you are playing.

Built like a tank...I have had it for a year now and it has work perfectly. No need to have an extra unit!

My unit came without one knob and even though I got in contact with the people from Rocktron almost immediatly it took them almost three months to ship the damn knob. The good thing is that they sended me three of them! :)

Overall this thing is a good bang for the money. It sound really good in a studio application and its way better than any digitech, dod, or zoom prossesor. If it was stolen I will only ck a pod 2.0 before and compare it to this unit...if is does not perform...then I will buy me another one.

This is too me just a great preamp,although i love my marshalls and other tube gear there are just certain things that rocktron excels at,
mainly High gain and sparkling cleans.the in betwween sound are still good but not quite as unique as the two extremes.The clean sound is amazing and will blow away just about any tube amp in that respect it can be warm fat or acoustic sounding add a lil sparkle with the bright switch then start adding some chorus, reverb and you will be in heaven.On the gain side thier is a scoop on the mids if your trying to get that modern metal sound<but i prefer the fatter tone without the scoop. The mega channel once again is awesome .IN fact some people will probably argue that it still doesnt have enough drive because thier used to high gain amp being a wall of sound and notes smearing.THis preamp does not if you are a bad player you will be heard loud n clear as EVERY string is articulated and will ring out
The lows are unbelelivably tight and focused in rythm and lead modes it is a joy to play.Like earlier mentioned though the Texas and British channels are a lil less impressive however still quite useable

This is the Chameleon 2000 the updated preamp from Rocktron that features DTR(Digital Tube Replication). It has essentially four different preamp voices and then the usual effects thrown in as well.
It is much easier to use than some of the previous versions due to a simplified eq section which many will argue is a flaw but trust me if your not a studio minded engineer some off these eqs will be quite overwhelming.This is just your basic meat n potatoes processor.

Any Rocktron gear ive ever owned or my bandmates have ever owned has been great.I would easily use it without fear or backup

Rocktron has always been great Jim has answered many questions on previous gear and new products for me.He even calls you back...

This is a great piece of gear and while im not gonna say it sounds like tube amp i will say it has some qualities that make it better in some respects.It definetly delivers Live and is also a great studio unit as well.Of course nothing is perfect but for the money a lot of people (even tube snobs like me) would probably find a use for it if they would forget the mindset and open thier ears