Hello All :
This my 1st. post here
I am a pro musician , I have recorded and played with rock-n-roll - rock-a-billys , blues & jazz and c/w heavys in the music biz . I play bass , electric and acoustic guitars , keyboard , drums , trumpet and diatonic and chromatic harmonicas and I sing a tad too .
I have a GNX4 Digitech it's out of production ( sadness ) but there are many available in music stores online and off . I paid $ 500.00 for it -- Now don't flip out cause this is a one stop do it all DAW besides a digital FX possessor .
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10 really super stomps including a Ibanez Tube Screamer ( with the exact IC Chipset that Ibanez used ) and 9 other essential stomps .
FX engine has Lexicon reverbs plus all the other ones that modern Rockers have to have PLUS it has a single XLR w/phantom power for mics that need it for serious vocal & acoustic guitar and other instruments like violins and diatonic & chromatic harmonicas .
It's a stand alone two channel at once recorder ( or one at a time ) and up to 4 channels at once via the USB and a pc/mac .
It has the ability to actually mix down to a final two channel .wav from the 8 channels . It can bounce a set of channels to one or two channels so you can to keep on recording more if you need more channels and then export it to a computer to finish it in a mp3 or ......
I use a 2 gig CF memory card , that's the biggest it can recognize . I can record with the mic input an entire practice session or a live gig with it in mono for 6 plus hours or 3 plus hours in stereo .
This only a small portion of what this unit can do .
I have been super happy with this unit too as far as it's workmanship and the service for this bad boy no matter what the .... is wrong , worse case scenario is $75.00 no matter if they have to gut it and replace everything to get it to it's original working condition !
I have a Carvin 60 watt tube with great tone but not every tone I want over all . The amp & cabinet modeling it has is something awesome to work with for example :
I have a love affair with the sound of a electric bass guitar played through a Ampeg SVT tube amp and cabinet :
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I can get that super sounding model of that sound out of my GNX4 I love it and can push it in stereo . This is again only a small part of it's ability .
For a one man solo ( I have been doing this now for about two years ) it's a hard act to beat .
It's a mixer too for live work . I plug into it from it's stereo line inputs and take the output from my Roland GR33 guitar synthesizer and I plug into a 500 watt stereo power amp and wow ....... vocal , electric bass guitar or electric guitar or both as well as all the midi synthesizer sounds all at once can be thrown down on live and looped ! I have not mentioned the midi drum machine , it's too extensive to write about .
Yes I can loop live alone , or use it live with a band , speaking of bands and practicing/jamming performing , I do it this Thursday with my friend " Chan Romero , do a google on this legendary rock-a-billy .
I'm going to "pitch " a few songs I have taken down and will take only my harps and harp mic , bass and electric guitars and plug directly into the P . A . because this unit has separate stereo outs :
two for guitar amps
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two XLR mic outs so I can plug right into the P . A . Talk about traveling light !
When I do a show with him or others I do the same and add my guitar amps to the equation . I play with a tube amp ( Carvin X-60 ) and a x-tor amp ( Yamaha 50 watt ) , I usually don't play electric bass live but if I do , I use the 500 watt solid state stereo amp and X2 Peavy single 15" Black Widows and blow the roof off I love the bass I get crazy on it
There are similar units out there but to be honest they cost more and offer less than this unit , close but no cigar
If you want a really great DAW plus FX and more these units are selling ( get them while there are some left ) for $ 400.00 shipped from MusiciansFriend -Sweerwater to name only two , on Craig's list or Ebay they are selling too . I just got a Samson largeC01 condenser mic that needs phantom power to do it's thing I'm excited to record !
Sincerely :
Hurricane Ramon