The Digitech GSP1101 thread.

[Lern2swim]

Originally Posted by op1e

What is everyone's favorite boost in the Dist. block? I mostly use the Pre EQ but seems to me the DoD 250 is easiest to dial in, and the regular screamer is my go to so far as well. Anybody try running one of the pedals into a lower gain amp for something really unique?

I come back time and time again to the Sparkledrive for some reason

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by djpharoah

All this talk about awesome patches with no downloadable links is useless

I need a good Mark iV patch but everything I've done makes it sounds weak, thin and crappy. My high gain patch is based off the 5150.

Have you tried using the para-EQ to simulate the graphic EQ on the real amp? Boost a little @ 80hz, cut a little @ 750, play around with the highs.

Set the amp EQ with very little bass, and a good amount of mids and highs.

[Lern2swim]

New firmware is live. I'm updating now so I obviously haven't tried it out yet. 10 user spots for impulses as cab sims

[Bevo]

Cool, I take it this is from the Beta site?
What is new about this update?

[Toshiro]

Nice. Hope this filters down to the RP1K/500.

[Lern2swim]

Originally Posted by Bevo

Cool, I take it this is from the Beta site?
What is new about this update?

There's something wrong with the link to the release notes so I'm not sure exactly what's in there but, from the looks of things:

Impulses
Tuner fix
Harmonizer fix (to some degree. There's been a change to the panning functions to accommodate this)

Not sure what else is in there yet.

Originally Posted by Toshiro

Nice. Hope this filters down to the RP1K/500.

I'd doubt it, considering this barely got done for the GSP

[Toshiro]

Originally Posted by Lern2swim

I'd doubt it, considering this barely got done for the GSP

Yeah, I do too, but it would be nice. Maybe the next version of the RP1K will have some improvements like these.

[Dehumanize]

Does anybody got some good clips of the GSP1101 doing the kind of thick, high-gain distortion you would find in death metal? I'm looking for something to use in my campus apartment and record direct, and the POD X3 and GSP1101 look like the cheapest routes. It would be great to be able to leave my heavy rig at the band practice space and come home to a small computer setup.

[Moro]

I'll wait a little bit for the next version, since I'm still learning to use the unit.

But for the looks of things, it seems we can now upload our own impulses to the GSP. Epic stuff... This is about to get so awesome!

[djpharoah]

W00t - user impulses FTW . This thing has become insane now - downloading beta as I type.

[djpharoah]

Anyone else have the impulse loader abort? I've tried like 5 different impulses to have the software always abort.

[Universe74]

I heard its only mono impulses.

[Mordacain]

AMS has the B-Stock units on sale for $349 for the weekend:

DigiTech GSP1101 Rackmount Guitar Preamp/Effects Processor at AmericanMusical.com

Just ordered mine. The ability to add user impulses was the last thing I needed to pull the trigger on this. I'm pretty psyched. Hopefully this is good enough to warrant getting rid of some of my excess gear. Would love to have a stripped-down, simple setup.

[Sang-Drax]

Yesterday I recorded with the unit. Sounds sick, even with stock cab models. How better does it sound with impulses anyway?

[tatkovladko]

Hey, anyone care to plop a recording with the new impulses?

BTW, I'd think that if someone wants to run the stretch, he could record one track with the IR loaded on the GSP and another track with the same IR loaded at DAW level. This way we'll know if the 128-tap limit degrades the sound quality significantly.
I'd do that myself, but I only got an RP1000...

Did you notice this on mustbebeta.com:

...
This was needed to be able to create two completely separate signal paths (left and right).

Sooo, dual paths, custom IR loading...

Anyone care to report, pretty please?

[Zugster]

OK I feel really stupid asking... What the heck are impulses?

[Demeyes]

Originally Posted by Zugster

OK I feel really stupid asking... What the heck are impulses?

Basically they are cab models. People use them a lot when recording preamps and amps without using a mic and the results are really good. They model the entire chain after the preamp, so you can get poweramp, cab and mic position loaded into the file. The net has loads of them for free so you can have all sorts of options if you can load your own.

[TimTomTum]

Okay,.... impulses... i want this unit!!!!! Im searching for a decent used deal here in germany now for months.

In fact that would mean, that u can get great tones using the unit live direct into the pa, right? Would be very AxeFx´ish.
GAS!!

Anyoneever used the 1101 live directly into the pa?

greetings
tim

[tatkovladko]

I think you are overestimating the addition of custom loaded impulse responses. The unit was already using impulse responses to simulate cabinets. The new thing is that users can load their own. Keep in mind those will be limited to 128 taps. Compared to the AxeFx's 1024 taps, this may or may not significantly degrade their quality. Just food for thought. That's why I was requesting a comparison between recordings made using impulses loaded in the GSP and impulses applied using a DAW plugin.

I have seen a good number of guitarists vouching that they are already using GSP1101 directly plugged into PA with good to great results. Then, there are those who are not so happy with that. Don't expect of the GSP1101 to blast you to the moon the way an AxeFx probably would, but comparing the cost, the Digitechs are great value undoubtedly.

On a sidenote, having both an RP250 and an RP1000 and having listened to hundreds of recordings of Digitech units on the internet, I can tell you that you can get a very good impression of what to expect of Digitech by hearing ANY unit that has the DNA2 chip. If you like what you heard, you're probably gonna like any of those units. Try testing any of those (RP25x, RP35x, RP500, RP1000, GSP1101).

Of course the longer you can test - the better. When I got my Digitechs, I was initially blown away by the RP250 and consequently bought the RP1000 and when I got it I was not blown away. And the more I live with them, the more I'm struggling with the tonal character, specifically the general buzziness of the distortion/OD/amp gain sound. But that's another very long thread I guess. On a sidenote, from my admittedly inextensive use of the other effects (comps, mods, delays, reverbs) the RP1000 is great value even only for its stompbox and pedalboard capabilities.

Greets from Bulgaria
Rock on!

PS. Gotta love booklet-sized posts, eh?

[jaretthale78]

can somone tell me how to use the impulse uploader? its just saying :
gain in db (-6==1/2) cabinet position (1 to 10)
(options / changing numbers and shit)

(little check mark thingy) make permanent cabinet


wtf does this shit mean? i dont even know what im doin...

[tatkovladko]

Release notes (hopefully with instructions) will be available shortly it seems.

[Metalman X]

Originally Posted by Dehumanize

Does anybody got some good clips of the GSP1101 doing the kind of thick, high-gain distortion you would find in death metal? I'm looking for something to use in my campus apartment and record direct, and the POD X3 and GSP1101 look like the cheapest routes. It would be great to be able to leave my heavy rig at the band practice space and come home to a small computer setup.

This track has the 1101 allover it....more doom metal, but you'll get the idea.

[jaretthale78]

not really gsp realated but since theres impulses involved...
does anyone know where i can download guitarhack impulses? ive been looking and trying but nothings working.

[Lern2swim]

Originally Posted by jaretthale78

can somone tell me how to use the impulse uploader? its just saying :
gain in db (-6==1/2) cabinet position (1 to 10)
(options / changing numbers and shit)

(little check mark thingy) make permanent cabinet


wtf does this shit mean? i dont even know what im doin...

The "cabinet position" I assume, is which slot on the unit that you'd like that particular impulse to be stored in. The gain option I'm really not sure about; although, it's likely to have something to do with the volume level added by the impulse. The permanent cab option, I'd assume, assigns that impulse as a global cab on the unit.

[rimisrandma]

I have a Fractal Ultra and was thinking of selling it and buying one of these. I find it isn't really the thing to get a Pantera tone out of which is somewhat similar to what I use for a rhythm tone most of the time. I think metal bands make the best of using shitty equip and having good luck getting good sounds and a 2000 dollar processor is just an overkill. I think it would be great for someone in a cover band that is trying to get the tones of yesterday.