Re: [Harp-L] Digitech RP360/Line6 Amplifi FX100

[Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@xxxxxxxxx>]

So why not any of POD HD family? It seems more interesting and no need to
have iOS device to programm it. Anyway I'm not a big fan of Line6 amp
models, but I appreciate effects and effect chain flexability, really cool
to make sound design (e.g. I like clean tone with frequency shifted delay
trails). Possible you can choose and tune them properly, but all attempts
to get an overdriven "Chicago"/"Jason Ricci" tone fails, any models for me
sounded much worse than LoneWolf HarpAttack.


2014-04-16 20:30 GMT+04:00 Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm working steadily towards the release of a patch set for the Digitech
> RP360/360XP, and expect to have it completed soon.  In the meantime, if you
> want my latest take on this device, check out:
>
> http://www.hunterharp.com/digitech-rp360xp-or-rp500-heres-how-i-make-up-my-mind/
>
> I had the opportunity to use the 360XP in a recording session and
> performance last week.  It doesn't have the enormous array of footswitches
> that the RP500 has, which makes it less flexible in performance, but
> players who (unlike myself) aren't changing up their sounds 3 or 4 times
> per song should find it a pretty handy device.  For recording, the thing is
> terrific.  The sound is very similar to the RP500, with the extended EQ
> control that's common to the 500 and the 1000, and when it goes to hard
> disk in a studio it just seems to glow.
>
> On a related topic, Line6 has just announced the Amplifi X100, a
> floor-mounted version of the electronics in their new Amplifi series of
> amplifiers.  The price point is $300 at retail, about the same as their
> 300HD, which puts it at about $100 above the RP360XP.  Like the RP360XP, it
> allows you to chain FX in any order you like; unlike the RP, it apparently
> allows you to put multiple modulation FX (for example, a pitch shifter or
> two plus a rotary speaker effect) in the chain.  That's very cool, because
> it opens up the potential to do things like emulating a horn section or an
> organ.  The Zoom G3 (for which I continue to threaten the release of a
> patch set) does the same at a price point of $200 (for the version with a
> pedal controller), but the quality of the FX in the Zoom is somewhat
> variable (and it has no rotary speaker effect--WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?).
>  I intend to check out the Amplifi X100 as soon as it's available.
>
> As always, what I look for in these devices is price for performance, also
> known as bang for the buck: what features does the thing deliver, how
> well-suited to a harp player's needs are those features, and what do you
> pay?  Line6's devices have always been priced higher than Digitech's, and I
> haven't seen the point in paying 1.5-2X more for a device that doesn't
> deliver much more in the way of usable features for harp players when the
> basic amp models and FX in the Digitech RPs are so good.  But these devices
> evolve rapidly, with significant improvements appearing every 2-3 years,
> and I like to stay on top of that evolution.  So stay tuned for my report
> on whether this year's model is indeed irresistable.
>
> Regards, Richard Hunter
>
> author, "Jazz Harp" (Oak Publications, NYC)
> Latest mp3s and harmonica blog at http://hunterharp.com
> Vids at http://www.youtube.com/user/lightninrick
> Twitter: lightninrick
>



-- 
Thanks, Boris Plotnikov
http://borisplotnikov.ru