On 2004-03-24, Jesch gave this Digitech Recording a 5...(8409)
Purchase: Bought this unit at Full Score Music in St. Clair Shores, MI. Paid $300.00 US
Pros: This unit is really amazing. The versitality for all of the inputs and outputs will let you do so much. The cabinet and amp modeling is cool and sounds right on. Included software is easy to use once you read the manual and is very clean sounding, you can even burn the songs to a CD. Really inspires you to make some songs.
Cons: Nothing really, i love this thing!!!
Quality: Great construction. Not too heavy, metal case, expression pedal has a good feel. All input and output jacks are solid and secure.
Summary: This unit is a great buy for someone who wants to have some fun recording or who wants tons of effects in a single package. For the money, it really cant be beat.
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On 2003-12-23, Paul Irvine gave this Digitech Recording a 5...(7059)
Purchase: $299 from GuitarCenter, Beaverton Oregon, USA
Pros: This is such a great recording unit for musicians who are not recording experts. If you have a computer, even a small laptop, it provides all of the amp modeling, effects processing, and preamps you need to really drive your recording to the next level. It comes with ProTracks - a variant of Cakewalk - which works superbly. You really can throw down a rhythm track, bass track, vocals, and drums in about an hour, mix it and burn it in about another hour. That is fast for a four to eight track recording for taking demos to my band. The sound quality is amazing! I took a 'two hour special' to an engineer friend of mine, and while he would have done more sound processing prior to a mixdown, his first comment was that he was amazed at the signal clarity. Once you have learned a little more about mixing, of course, Cakewalk/ProTracks allows you to do pretty much anything you like such as compression, reverb post effects, slicing and dicing, etc.
This box is the equivalent of buying an M-Box (or othe high quality outboard sound and preamp card) AND a PODXT (or other modeling unit). You also get XEdit librarian so you can catalog and tweak your personal programmed amp/effects setups on your computer (athough the basic editing on the unit with 40 factory presets, 40 artist presets and 40 user presets) is pretty good. You also get a pretty good sounding drum machine, a playalong capability, and it acts as a great stage amp direct to a PA!
For this money, there is absolutely nothing that compares. Digitech has put a lot into a small high quality bundle.
Cons: I had difficulty getting the Drum MIDI sounds onto a recorded Audio track, so went back to using my normal LeafDrums software package and importing audio drum tracks.
Like any multi-function do-it-all-and-then-some unit, learning the controls is half ofthe battle. The controls are multi-purpose and depend on modes of operation. It takes a bit of getting used to, but patience is rewarded.
Quality: Superior. The case is metal, and buttons are big and footworthy. This unit is as happy alongside my computer on a desktop, as it is on a stage. Everything is laid out well.
Summary: For a guitarist/bassist songwriter looking to get into home recording, who is computer literate, but doesnt want to spend $1000+ on a dedicated 8-track or 16-track, this unit is excellent.
It allows rapid development of song ideas to full blown produced demos. With a little care, it could probalby be used to create full production quality CD's. It does everything it says it does, and at a quality that exceeds expectations.
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