Rocktron Replifex

The unit is easy to use. I used to own a Digitech TSR 24 and that was a bitch to program but the Replifex is far easier to understand. Programming can b a pain though - you often have to scroll through several screens to get to the parameter you want to adjust, you can only adjust one parameter at a time and flicking back and forth through various screens/menus can sometimes be dis-orientating. It is, however, very easy to understand how the parameters work and how to get the sounds you want out of the unit.

I use the unit with a Rocktron Piranha pre-amp and a Mesa/Boogie 50/50 power amp and I'm very happy with the setup. The Replifex is essentially a proxy for a heap of vintage stomp boxes. It doesn't pretend to offer space age effects offered by other manufacturers (no guitar synths, wammys or such like here!). The effects are very natural, warm and open sounding. They can range from subtle to "in-your-face" if that's your desire. The Replifex keeps your uneffected signal ANALOGUE, so there's none of that rademark digital "honk" or "buzz". This is the only unit I've ever tried where if you hit bypass, your tone stays EXACTLY THE SAME, except the effects disappear. The unit doest not screw with you natural tone at all! ...And this is brilliant!!! They delays sound great, and with HF damping you can get a nice analogue sound, only with up to 1 sec of delay. The reverbs just do the job. The unit offers very little control or versatility with reverbs but the sound quality is fine. For studio applications, yuo will need something better for reverbs. Chorus, flanging, phasing all sound fantastic and the rotary speaker simulators are the best I've ever heard! It's easy to re-create the sound of vintage pedals (Phase 90, Electric Mistress, Dimension C etc) and there are plety of presets along these lines. Speaker simulation offered is quite versatile and does as good a job as any other unit I've heard. I believe my Piranha through the Replifex (in series) with speaker simulation on provides a better sound to tape than a SansAmp.
The unit is also exceptionally quiet.
The unit is great for live use (not really flexible enough for all studio applications), sounds brilliant, is easy to use and DOESN'T SCREW WITH YOUR TONE!

I bought the unit used 6 months ago and haven't had a problem.

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This unit sounds great and offers pretty much all of the effects I require (I play hard rock & industrial styles). What it lacks in fexibility in some areas is made up for by its great tone and ease of use. The only thing I would change on the unit is the Midi mapping - you can only alter the send map and not the receive map. Just means I can't arrange my patches exactly the way I like - a very minor gripe! Like I said, modern, space-age effects are not what this unit is about. But if quiet, warm, analog sounding effects are your vibe this unit is definately worth checking out!

It is very easy to use, but sort of annoying. You can only edit one paramater at at time, and so it could be timely. Other than that, everything else is pretty much straight forward. The manual gives you a fairly good description of each parameter for each effect, but the explanations here at Harmony Central are much more in detail. If you use any effects, you should read its explanation in the effect explanation page.

Because of the HUSH, this unit can be very quiet. All the effects sound great, but the chorus and pitch-shifter aren't as good as the Intellifex. That's because it is only one voice, as oppose to eight and four voice on the Intellifex. It has a rotary effect, unlike many other multi-effect units. The flanger and phaser add a lot of variety to my music playing, and the compressor is an added bonus for any guitar player. Don't expect the best quality of something like a Lexicon, but it is good enough, and the differences are very very very subtle.

There are two problems with the machine. When you turn it on, the power-on preset is set at what you wanted, but it is by passed. To get around it, just switch to the next preset, and then go back to the original. Also I heard that there is a small problem with the midi interface. I haven't had any other problems, and I think those two are just it. Rocktron products are known for their excellent reliability, unlike Alesis with their Quadraverb.

I called up Rocktron and asked them about the two problems, and they said they had to make the product shipping date, so they decided not to work on these two. He also said they weren't going to fix it because they wanted to concentrate on new products. That's bunch bull, and they're all bastards for not fixing it, but what can you do? It is still a great product.

I would definately buy it again. It has only the essential effects, and all of them are great quality. This product is the only effects unit you really need for your non-distortion needs. I great feature of this product is that you can use all the effects at the same time, except for the rotary. With the rotary, you can only use reverb, delay, compression, and eq. I was thinking about buying the Intellifex and the Quadraverb. The Intellifex only has a few effects, and their all more than two voice, making edit complicated unless you know what you're doing The Quadraverb I have heard had many problems with it, but it does have a 5 second delay which I really liked. One really cool feature on the Replifex, which is a standard of all Roctron rach units, is the ability to trade presents for either fellow musicians or through the Roctron homepage using a midi interface. All you really need is a sound card and a midi cable. One think disappointing is that there are only 128 presets. In order to make your own presets, you have to replace the factory presets. You can always restore the factory presets with a feature on the Replifex, and so it really isn't a problem. I bought if for $540, and so it was a steal. There isn't any other product that compares for only $540 that has greater quality. Flanger, phaser, rotary, what more do you need? Excellent product.

The Replifex is not much more complicated to use than other multi-effects processors such as those by Alesis (Quadraverb, etc). However, it's not nearly as easy to use as for example the Boss GX-700. There are lots of parameters to play around with and there are only a few dials on the front panel to access them. Thus, you have to be prepared to do some scrolling through menus to get the sounds you want.

This is the best effects unit for guitar I have ever heard. The chorus/flanging/delay/rotary effects sound full and are crystal clear with very little noise. The compressor and Hush noise reduction are the best I've heard on a digital processor. The reverb sounds more like a spring reverb than the digital reverbs found on most processors, which is great for guitarists. The EQ is extremely useful--you can get just about any sound you're looking if you know what you're doing. The tremolo, autopan, harmonizer, and phaser are icing on the cake. Other great features: a 7-pin MIDI jack for providing phantom power to your MIDI switcher; a MIDI programmable channel-switching jack to switch the channels on your amplifier; delay and reverb spillover from one preset to the next so you never have to worry about dropouts when you change presets. You won't find all these features together on any other processor that lists for under a grand. The Replifex is the ONLY FX unit you will need for your rack or amplifier. The only thing it doesn't have is distortion, so you'd better be happy with the distortion you get from your amp if you plan on buying the Replifex.

I've only had it for a day, but it seems to be working fine. Rocktron offers a 3-year warranty on this unit, which is much better than the competition.

If you are serious about your tone, you owe it to yourself to check out the Replifex. I use it with a Marshall JMP1 midi preamp. I've always noticed a difference in the sound quality when I plug straight into the amp vs.running effects (from Quadraverbs to Boss stomp boxes, I've tried alot of different processors) through the FX loop of the JMP1. The sound always loses something with the FX patched in. Not so with Replifex. It's not cheap, but if you want great-sounding effects that won't wreck your tone, then this is it!

Sonic quality RULES....... Effects RULE..............

No noise at all. Very clean and warm effects

Only had it for about three weeks, so cannot say anything about it

Same as above

I definatelly would buy it again.

There are basically four controller - one to choose the program number (there are 128 available), one to choose the function (effects like delay, reverb,... or midi program function, copy function and so on), one to choose the specific value to alter (i.g. delay time, delay level, ...) and the last one to alter this value in a given range. The handling is easy to understand, but sometimes a little bit uncomfortable to manage - because you have to turn the controller often. The manual is quite good - not too detailed, only the most important is mentioned. Many beginners would probably regret the lack of hints for good settings - the standard settings are for the most part exaggerated examples of individual effects.

The sound quality is great. The Repliflex is virtually a kind of the famous Intellifex that is perfectly adapted to a guitarist's requirement. The Reverb section, for example, is not as sophisticated as it is in the Intellifex, but it is just as I need it. The available effects are Reverb, Delay, Phasing, Flanging, Tremolo, Auto Panning, a nice Rotary Speaker Simulation, Pitch Shifting, full- parametric EQ, Hush and Chorus (and maybe I forgot something ...). When I bought the Repliflex I was looking forward to the pitch shifting unit, because I love multi-voiced guitar solos. But in practice the only value you can use are the octaves, and sometimes the 5th or the 4th - the real intelligent harmonizers (Eventide ...) that produce either major 3rd's or minor 3rd's depending on the scale and the note are a "little bit" more expensive. The Auto panning is a effect that let the sound "wander" from one box to the other - the sound seems spacial, sometimes this is a nice effect. The tremolo effect varies the volume of the signal in a selectable frequence. This effect has also to be used in a intelligent manner. The delay section is equipped with two different delays. In order to get a ping-pong delay you have to combine them somewhat trickily - but a sample program is included in the standard setting. Very useful is the delay (and the reverb) spillover - that is, when you switch the channel the old delay time will be kept, so that delayed (or reverbed) notes won't be cut. The EQ section is absolutely effective and efficient. You can get every tone you desire. As a hush is built-in, potential noise can be easily eliminated.

As I use it for only a few months, I am not able to say something about the reliability. So far, it did how it should do. That's all.

Same as above.

I would buy it again, even twice ;-) . In combination with my Marhshall JMP-1 and my Rocktron Velocity 150 amp, it is all I need in my rack. I get every sound I only dream of. I compared it to some other effect generators as some of Zoom, Alesis or Boss, but the Repliflex convinced me most.