Zoom GFX-707

the only thing i wish it had really was a bank stitching pedal instead of going through ALL of the patches to find an effect.

i run it into either a Ampeg 140-CH or my carvin sfx 200 with an Ibanex grx-40z. not noisy at all other than natural pickup humm. (quiter than w/out gfx707) I use it mostly for the dist. effects nd the delay and echo. some effects are almost pointless though.
(ring modulator?? good for little sound effects but not really for playing) after a little patch work i finally got that elusive MESA sound, but better!:) flip that little amp sim. to combo a and you got metallica, turn it off and go to mid and bridge and you got godsmack. i love the sounds this is capable of!!

only prob was the input jack soldier point broke, but i fixed it and have had no other probs. with it since. I have and will continue to use it for gigs. ( the dryload off option comes in really handy for finding the next patch)

nothin here!

i play every kind of metal imaginable ( and alot of other stuff too) esp. Pantera, Metallica, and other pissed off stuff. benn playing about 2.5 years, (17.5 yrs old) my friends(and family) are amazed how fast i learned. i am lucky because everybody in my fanily plays something. and yes, i would buy it again. i love everything except no bank pedal.:( would like to be able to mess aroud woth the amp sim. settings though to see what it would do. would also like a programable drum machine too! But all in all, this is a pissd off pedal. if anybody wants to trade patch settings, let me know at wanker720@hotmail.com

Are you looking for a classic Hendrix tone, or maybe that powerfully brilliant Van Halen overdrive? Well LOOK ELSEWHERE. This pedal is $375 and with about the same number of effects as dollars this amp can get a lot of tones, but usually they are abstract versions of what a real pro would be looking for. However, if, like me, you are a punker who likes to experiment every now and then with a bit of wah-wah or delay, and you can't afford the fifty necessary pedals, then this pedal is for you. The experimental possibilities are endless. It also has an adjustment pedal which serves a different purpose for every effect (eg. wah-wah, volume).

Now that I've had it for a while (1 year) and have had the pleasure of trying more specialised pedals, I have come to realise that this pedal does not quite cut it for me anymore. I still enjoy using it, but I just don't really use it for recording or jamming as it is just not quite there. I use it through a Fender 15 watt practice amp, and through a Marshall VS-100. I found the VS-100 distortion far superior to any from the 707.

Has not broken down or had any troubles in the year that I have owned it.

Never dealt with 'em

For my punk band I have bailed this pedal for the Peavey 5150 Combo amp which I am buying (off the singer/guitarist for Kerb! Epic former punk band from Perth WA, a band that any punker from the area should know. If you don't, get your head out of your arse and find their album "Nobody here but us Walruses". His recording amp for their only album prior to disbanding.) This pedal is like a lot of women, at first it's all you need, but after a year of it you yearn for more.

It is relatively easy to use, except for a few buttons.

There is a small amount of noise when using it on some effects, but there is something they call Zoom noise reduction though, but still a small amount of fuzz on some effects. I mostly use the Wah Wah, delay, overdrive, distortion, flanger and a few other effects, that i use when writing, that are compositions of their own. I use a squier guitar with this and run through just a small amp, when i play at home. Most of the effects a good, but there are a few that i just wonder about why they put them in there, as they are just useless, and i hardly ever use them.

I only use this pedal at home, and wouldn't use it at gigs. For that i would use my boss pedals, as they are much simpler to use, and are more reliable, since the GFX-707's casing is just plastic. i think that this pedal is just for jamming aroud with at home, and not to be used at gigs. I would reccomend this pedal to any bedroom rocker, and garage band, although for those who gig a lot, don't use this on stage, or it's lifetime won't be that big.

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I would probably replace it if it were stolen or lost, but i am not sure on that topic. Some of the effects are just pointless and i don't like them. i like the expression pedal, and the tuner built in, but i don't like some of the buttons, as even if you were wearing no shoes you would still have no shance of pressing them. I play blues and rock, although so far, i haven't been able to coax any bluesy sounds out of it. i haven't been able to compare this pedal to any other multi effects pedals, but i think it would be a good pedal for a beginner, bedroom rocker, or garage band.

its very easy to use, and its great cause you can put the patches wherever you want, so you can fix it up if you want a patch to be next to another you want.. and you can also play with the patch configuration thing.. its really cool

its got a great sound, even though I got a peavy guitar and amp (soon to be buying Jackson's Dimebag!! ) it sound very good. the expresion pedal is ok, but its not to die for..its very easy to get the exact sounds you want.. I got Rammsteins, Metallicas, Pantera, Sepultura.. and they sound exactly the same..:)

you caa use it in a gig with no problem at all.. too bad its plastic and not in metal, but it doesnt matter, its still great!

when i bought it, the people that sold it to me at the company wer every friendly and they even tought me some tricky stuff I could do with it, and they even stored in some patches of Pantera that i wasnted to get.. hehe cool hu?

Ive been playing guitar some alot years now, and Ive never had a better pedal that the zoom 707, it gives me everything I want, I play metal, mostly speed/heavy metal.. and some black and death.. but the metal sound very good in it

Very easy to use. Just plug in then play! But I think it would be better if you read the manual to get the most out of it.

I use a strat copy and a practice amp with this pedal. This pedal really improved my sound. It has a lot of effects. It's very versatile. With a few tweaks, I could easily copy the sound of my favorite bands.

Yes. I think it would be better if it was metal but plastic is also good. I would use it even without backup.

never needed them

I play rock, alternative and hardcore. this pedal gives me all the sounds i need. You'd really get your money's worth when you buy this pedal.

Getting a good sound from the 707 is easy, its pretty simple to muck around with. The whole editing patches is easy without referring to the manual.

I use this with a typical marshall stack and BCRich warlock. All of the effects are great, except one. The distortion. Now, you can get an almost noiseless great sounding distortion from this pedal, but it lacks the beefiness. this is not good for me cos i play metal and punk music.

Ive used it without a backup on a gig. It will never break if you treat it right.

Never dealt with zoom. but their website sucks.

Well, its annoying having to switch through the patches, and the distortion is thin. It lacks the nice beefy distortion you like with things like rage, metallica, greenday. allsorts. but, it worked great with me, i had it for a year. Im upgrading to a gfx4 now, hope its good...

The selection pedals are comfortable and positive. I wish the drum-effects start-stop button were operable with the foot- this would be a major advance. The biggest 'plus' I noticed is I can plug headphones straight into the peadal- not having to use an amp.-- Very attractive for late-night playing.

I use a Fender Stratocaster with Peavy amp (15w). Noise is not a problem. I wish the volume levels of patches were more adjustable. There are great sound level differences when switching from one patch to another.

I have had mine almost two years. No problems.

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I play late 60's rock, and in my chuch. My partners in the group are astounded at the variety, versatility, size and effectivenes of this device. I would highly recommend.

Simple patch creation. Easy to move patchs around.

Not bad but takes a long imte to fine tune patchs. Akso the expression pedle is very poor

Never gone wrong

Not a bad piece of kit but don't expect much from the expression pedel

60 Effects, Expression and Wah Pedal

Danelectro with a Peavey Transtube Master 120 watt through a crate 412 cab.

it is very dependable

i would take it without backup

This pedal is quite easily the easiest I've ever had to use. The patches are pre programed, so you don't have to edit them; very good if you want that 'Plug in and Play' factor. But this pedal is far from simple, each patch is fully customiseable, either by using the 'quick controls' to alter levels to effects like Gain, Reverb, Chorus and Vibrato. This is very handy, especially if you want to temporarilly edit a patch during a preformance very quickly. For those with very specific needs, it is possible to create patches from scratch. This is not simple, but with a little help from the manual it isn't too bad. The manual its self is pretty easy to understand, as it uses simple language rather than technical jargon. Some veteran guitarists may find themselves skipping through the basic functions to get to the more complicated features like the sampler function and the 'Jam Play' function.

I've tried this pedal with many setups, from my small Fender Frontman 50w amp, using it to record with an AKAI digital 12 track recorder (using the line out function), using it with a Marshalls (Valvestate?) 100w combo amp, using it with a carlsbro (don't ask me what) 200w multi purpose amp, and finally with a Marshalls Valvestate 500w stack. The sound is always crystal clear and brilliant. The ZOOM NOISE REDUCTION means that feedback from high gain effects is virtually a thing of the past. The effects themselves are remarkably varied, from a 12 string acoustic simulator, to a bluesey style, from a highly destorted feedback generator, to an oldschool funk sound, this pedal has it all. No one guitarist could ever need all of these patches, so it's usually a good idea to customise your user definable patches so that you have all of your sounds together. An all round stunner.

This is very reliable, save for one great flaw: it eats batteries by the truckload. Definately one to use mains supply for, otherwise you could find yourself up the creek without a paddle. If you absolutely positively definately must have it powered by batteries, use a fresh set every time. This could cost alot in AA batteries, especially if you gig alot. It is, however reliable enough to use without a backup; just spare batteries :?)

I've never had to deal with ZOOM about this, as I've never had anything go wrong or needed an upgrade

I play alot of punk rock, but I also play most varieties of rock, except for Neu Metal (SLIPKNOT SUCK!!!!). It's an excellent match, because the very varied 707 can't be faulted for it's versitality. I've been playing about 4 years (yup, a newbie) but I've never had anything with such a variety of sounds and a versitality in its features. An absolute stunner, quite simply brilliant.

Comments, questions or anything else, e-mail me.

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Pretty good. The analogue dials are an interesting idea and work very well if you just want to crank up the gain. they can get a bit tedious when doing for complicated stuff though. I picked up the patch editing pretty quick.

OUTSTANDING noise reduction. Slightly lacking in the distortion dept but better than my amp. I'm using a squier strat and if i was going to inprove the quality i'd have to replace that first.

Feels a little bit flimsy. The out put jack is a bit loose but i have no worries about stamping on it as long as I hit the right bit.

Never used it

I use it to practice and to record demos. I'd definitely use it for gigs though. The option of compression and other subttle effects has heightened my awareness of how these things can change your sound.

i't was complete crap. I couldn't get it succed it took me like a day just to get a good distortion

the distortion's are stink as. they are like pussey samick distortion. the chorus what real flat. but the delay was awesome i liked the delay.

NO WAY. i wouldn't even use it at a gig at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it might last 1/2 an hour but still the sound is crap

at the Auckland Rockshop they had nothing to do with it as soon as i walked out the door

very very stink

Easy as breathing to use. Just step on the patches to select a track, step on both of them to turn the effect off. Really cool! I haven't had a go at editing it yet, but ZOOM aren't known for being too difficult to use. Compared to most effects processors, this is as easy to use as any stompbox, only with more sounds at your disposal!

The distorion setting range from the very good to the very muddy, so you may want to find another pedal for distorion (I recommend the Jeykal + Hyde. Read my review about it) or use the gain from your amp. However, the effects are just blinding! They sound cleaner and more powerful than any effects pedals i have ever used. THe wah may not be to everyones taste, but the footswitch can also act as a volume pedal.
Right now i run this thing though a practice amp. (I leave my main amp in teh studio when i play with my band), but it sounds really good. I've now sold off all my other pedals because of this thing. IT also has a built in drum machine. how cool is that?

It's made of plastic, so it doesn't look indestructable. I'll let you knwo when i gig with it.

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For those of you who read my eariler reviews about stompboxes, you can forget all about that now. I have fallen in love with this little box, next to my Whammy pedal, i just couldn't live without it. What i like is that it's so easy to carry! BEfore i had to just bung all my pedals in a bag and carry them, now i don't have that problem! I would certainly buy another one if i lost this. Its has somehting here for anyone. So go on! Buy one at your nearest store now! GO ON! BUY IT NOW!!!! NOW!!!! NOW!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, don't know what came over me....

I suppose it's pretty easy to use ...as digitally programmed devices go. The Zoom GFX707 has a great lit display and you can label patches for easy recognition! A great sounding but very simple rhythm unit. Lots of effects for a rather bargain price. I like the dials that allow you to modify your patches quickly in live situations. I switched to this unit from Korg's AX1-G which has has no rhythm unit and a display which is not lit. I got tired of bending over to see what effect was called up.

If you're into rocky distortion sounds, you've hit a garden full! Other stuff is nice too; I really like the chorus. I mostly run it through the church P.A. It has a setting for using it through a sound system but frankly, I can't notice any difference in the sound or performance regardless of which setting it's on. Handy adaptor/battery options for power and those AA size batteries are a fairly economical size compared with the little rectangular 9-volt jobs. The pitch function is a bummer when set to produce an octave below the guitar note. It's ok on high notes but look out if you go lower! It makes a beating/fluttering effect that ruins the octave stuff. Sounds like maybe that bottom note isn't quite in tune. Can't Zoom tweak that to make it useful? I'm starting to regret selling my Korg AX1-G. The effects were just as good and that octave effect *worked*!

It would have been nice to get a "pushed" tube sound or a milder distortion effect, but all the distortions are pretty hard sounding.

The AA batts get used up within 14 hours according to the manual, but I used NiCad rechargeables and they died within about 3 to 4 hours. I bought some of the new rechargeables made with NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) and they should last better I'm told. Review It's a pretty good deal generally. My disappointment is because the octave effect is one that I was looking forward to, and it seems to be the one that doesn't work very well. I'm still looking/watching for a fix for it.

The plastic seems fairly tough and I'm not expecting any problems with reliablility. I've had the unit for about a month but my pal has had a couple of them for about a year without reliability problems.

I emailed Samsontech a day or two ago at 'support@samsontech.com' about the crummy octave performance on lower notes but no reply so far. It's still a little early to know whether they'll be helpful or even respond.

I play mostly praise and worship music in church and usually use my bass. The effects seem to work fine on both my guitar & bass.

This pedal is fairly easy to operate. The manual is pretty self explanatory. While it is true that some of the patches are pointless..the guys at ZOOM figured not everyone would like them so they gave the option to modify them and store them. So there just demo effects.

Ive used several other pedals and with this one i find it has good noise reduction. Most of the time i run it into a 32-channel Mackie mixer and it has very good sound. For smaller gigs I run it through a Crate brain stacked with 2 15"s.

Ive used it alot. I practice with it, I play at home with it and I play gigs with it. While it is true that the case is plastic..i jam out on it pretty hard..and it hasnt broken yet.

Havent had a problem yet.

I play everything from slow songs..to hard rock. I find it useful to play in pretty much any style you desire. Since you can create up to 30 effects you thought up. The only thing I wish was better..was the sampler, its too short. But I bought it for gigs...so I dont really need it because we have other players.

Excuse for my english...I'm Italian! But now I speak about GFX. It's too easy to use, there are no problems to program patches and to create your best sound.

With the zoom I use a Fender Roc Pro 700 amp with an Ibanez GIO. There is a patch programmed that have a great distorsion! His name is VHALEN, like the artist name. I can't get the sound of my favourite artist, that are Marlene Kuntz ( an italian group), because they use a very crazy distorsion with a clean sound fantastic!

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I have any problem with GFX, so I can't say nothing about this question!

I playied hard core (NOFX, MILLENCOLIN...) and his soun is perfect. I don't like wha wha, and flanger, and all clean sound are no satisfactly. That is my opinion.

Very Easy just like 505

My Setup, Les Paul into 707 into Marshall Valvestate produces sound that a #500+ Unit would be proud of

Metal would of been better than plastic but the plastic is okay, during gigs i use the 707 and a Big Muff for extreme Distorions no problems.

No Problems yet i've only had it 2 months!

I would recommend the 707 to any from the pro's to begginners i've been playing 4 years and owned mny multi-FX but this is the best yet.

Ease of use??? Well I sure expected something better. My 505 is much easier to use. Although in general terms it is good, I would expect an external expression pedal connector (the on-board is somewhat crappy), as well as bigger edit/store/sampler/etc buttons. Finally, the white knobs would be better if they rotated freely. Most of the times, you have to turn it all the way to the beginning and then readjust the value. On the other hand, you can get used to it pretty fast and is much more user friendly than the a Korg shit for example.

The sound quality is really great for such a low budget multieffect pedal. The noise reduction system does a really good job, without significatly affecting the overall sound - a must have in all distorsion effects! The amp simulator is pretty good (not as good as a POD though). I only wished that the guys at ZOOM had done a somewhat better job at making the DSP of the 707. The MOD effects group is not as good as expected and the distorsion could have been a bit better.

I trust ZOOM for what they make more than anyone else. I have worked with many different ZOOM pedals (505, 506, 707, 708) and they were more reliable than anything else. Although its made of plastic, it can survive hard use. I would neve use it on stage though - only in small gigs.

I don't have a clue about support, since I never had to contact them. I guess they must be pretty good though.

If you're looking for an under $200 multieffect pedal, The GFX-707 is one of the best out there. It is most suitable for group rehersals (the preamp can drive even a 20-30 W solid state amp to the limits) and for off-home practicing. The sound quality is good enough, in case you need it for a small gig or an amateurish recording (the amp simulator does a really good job when you're directly connected to a mixer). Just remember not to have too many effects at the same time, cause the sound becomes too crappy.

easy to use good manual great sound i didnt think it would sound that good!

perfect sound van halen dist.good wah other wahs take away your sound i was very suprised

i would use this at a gig without backup any day good very reliable!

one of the best pedal boards that i have ever used i use it at all of my gigs everywhere if you dont have one get one!!!!!

For some reason I didn't receive the manual with the unit which would have been helpful, but after a few hours of tinkering it soon became pretty clear how to use it. The combination of the buttons and knobs to alter aspects of the patches is pretty nifty and makes the thing easy to understand. I imagine it would be a useful item for a beginner cos you can pretty much just plug in and get experimenting.

I'm using an Epiphone Les Paul Studio along with a Marshall JCM900 half stack and to be honest some of the effects are letting the team down. The wah is quite good but some of the others such as the flange just seem lost in my setup. The std chorus on patch A3 is really good but there is a surplus of dodgy distortion sounds. Having said that, there are plenty of other patches which offer less common sounds (such as "Talk" and "60's") which, even with their factory settings, give you a great sound. It also has to be said that while the drum machine is very useful indeed, the sampler really is a piece of unmitigated crap.

Now we come to the less reedeming feature of the unit. I am very wary about putting too much of my weight on it whilst operating the pedal as it is of a reasonably light-weight construction. This doesn't stop me using it live but it is surely a concern you can do without in a gig situation. Also, the input area for the AC adaptor could do with being a bit more robust as I have occasionally lost power when the unit has moved while practising.

Haven't needed it yet.

As a songwriter in a band I have found the unit very helpful in writing new material cos of the cool sounds you can create through it. As for other music I am into stuff like My Vitriol and REM and can certainly recreate some of their sounds through it. However I would have reservations about its durability and quality in the long-term. At the moment its a smart product and great value for (relatively little) money. But in later years it will need replacing with a more expensive, better quality FX pedal.

The sound is awesome. when I bought it, I wasn`t expecting it to be as good as it is. good presets distortions and compressors. the manual is really easy to use (friendly manual) I just had a hard time playing with the edit mode, but I solved that in a couple of days.

i am using a jackson ps4 through a marshal mg-15 amp. not big thing. a set for myself in my room. it kick ass. the sound of it is unbealiveable. most of the effects are good. of course, its weakness is some of the presets effects, that are not very usefull. but you can edit 30 of them and set your own. i play a lot of santana stuff, blues, jazz, and latin music. there is a patch that i edited that gives the sound of black magic woman exactly as you hear it on the record. i would recommend that you read the manual first, and then edit your own patches to get real good effects.

i would use it for live performance without a problem.

never had a problem with it.

I play latin jazz in my band mixed with a little bit of distortion. the sound i get from it is acceptable. i`ve been playing for 9 years and this is a good pedal, of course with more money you could get something better allways. i own a washburn bt2 and a rythm track machine plus a track recorder. i do have a lot of fun when i am playing and editing at home with all the gear. if the pedal were lost i would replace it (if i had the same budget when i bought it)i love the fuzz-comp wha effect. this effect gives a real close effect to hendrix voodo chile slight return wah pedal. i got no complaints. i am very happy with it.

Pretty easy to use when you first get it. Radio Shack had an AC adapter that cost me $8. Zoom wants $20+. The manual seems pretty complete. If you just want to bump around in some of the 60 preset patches, it's very quick to get underway.

If you want to do a lot of modifications, you're much better off reading the manual first. RTFM!

Here's where it gets good. I'm running an Ibanez Acoustic Amp (Troubadour TA25) and a Epi Les Paul Classic Ltd Edition. The LP was a late addition, prior to that I was only using 2 Ovations and playing through the acoustic amp. The Les Paul sounded pretty good thru that amp with it's fully adjustable chorus and reverb. But I wanted to play around with some distortion and FX (metal to jazz/blues). This 707 does a nice job of that. I'm very happy so far. It's the best of both worlds.

I haven't had it long enough to comment.

Ditto

I'm having a blast playing around with this thing. True what others have said about some useless patches, but you can modify 30 of them if you choose.

It sounds great through my high quality Sony headphones as well. The sound I get out of the Zoom in by-pass mode is nearly the exact sound I get out of my acoustic amp with no reverb or chorus. I'm hearing the Les Paul's "true" sound.

The Zoom and the Ibanez Acoustic Amp are great together. Not a bad combo for less than $350.

THe sound I get out of this Pedal is badass i dont know what your all talking about its sound great. EAsy to use after ounce you mess with it for a while i figured it all out after 2 days of having it.

I use a Ibanez AX120. Not noisy at all with the block on that gets rid of the Hum sound. I use the distortion on the pedal its very nice for my type of music It gives out a good low sound witch i like. I use a G100rcd Marhsall head with a 4'12 cabnet.

I dont know i think ill break it some day cause its plastic so im carefull with it.

I got it off of ZZsounds.

ITS BADASS PEDAL GO BUY IT!.

Le GFX-707 est plutot facile a utiliser. Certains effets se reglent tres rapidement, sans complications. Mais la plupart du temps, il faut suivre le manuel pour bien faire les ajustements. Par contre, l'ajustement de l'EQ est plutot compliquee a maitriser.

La qualite des sons est plutot moyenne. Pour le prix de l'appareil, on ne peut pas souhaiter les sons des pedales Roland. Les sons "presets" sont bon en general. J'aime bien le son "Van Halen". Aussi le son "emulation d'une guitare 12 cordes" est tres bien. Je suis par contre decu des distortions et surtout de l'overdrive. Les sons ne sont pas "clean". Quand on joue avec les controles pour se faire un son, on dirait que ce n'est jamais satisfaisant. Les "presets" sonnent toujours mieux.

J'aime bien la pedale en generale, surtout que c'est mon premier multi-effet. Je crois qu'on peut s'y fier. Les 30 "patchs user" sont suffisants pour preparer d'avance tous les sons necessaires a un spectacle pour les acceder en sequence.

Pas eu besoin de support.

Pedale honnete pour un prix plus que resonnable.
Je la recommenderais.
Par contre, si joulais investir plus $, je penserais au VG-8 de Roland.

Easy, read the manual, play a few of the patches, edit them to see how they work, ditch the presets and make your own noises, work from the bottom up.

Setup: Yamaha 1511ms -> GFX-707 -> Award-Session Sessionette 75.
No noise - great humbuckers on guitar, good cables, remember to play around with the ZNR noise reduction level, it's like dolby, gets rid of the hiss, but muffles the sound a bit, so must be used in conjunction with the EQ.
Effects mainly useful, too many distortions which sound the same.
I don't try to emulate artists - too specific, remember there are millions of pedal/rack combinations which the real guitarists use, so I don't get hung up on trying to sound exactly like them.
I like the chorus, compression, delay, (hate digital reverb), Jam play is unusable.
REMEMBER, BEFORE YOU BLINDLY TRASH THIS UNIT - THE PRESET PATCHES NEED TO BE EDITED TO SUIT YOUR OWN SET UP

Seems fine, it is plastic, but that tough ABS plastic, strong enough for me. Had it 3 months, no worries. Oh yeah, invest in the mains adapter.

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I play a very eclectic mix of folk, alternative, and like alternifying pop songs... so this set up suits me well, lots of things to play with. I won't use 70% of the settings, but I don't care, the settings I create and use will be used all of the time.
I would buy another one, it's so cheap and cheerful.
Loves and Hates? I love the wide range of sounds to experiment with, and hate the ill informed trashings given by some of the other reviewers, sorry guys but did you actually try to use it properly?
I didn't need to compare this with other units, this had the features and the price - enough said.
Anything I wish it had? Less distortions and some synth modes like the Bass version.