I need a new Practice and Recording tool. Help a newbie out

Rock-On!!

I hope this is the right area of the forum to ask if not, I will delete it and move it if needed.

I need a new practice tool.
Zoom G7, Line 6 XLT Live, Boss GT8, Digitech GNX4 or 3000

This is my first post so sorry for the long read, but I need some guidance, feedback, and opinions.

I have read reviews on all of these at some point, but my head is swimming from information overload. It would be nice to here from users of these products.

I have an in home office that I keep a guitar and Vox VT amp in for low volume practice.
Well I did have a Vox, but it died and has been chunked out, so I am looking for something else.

Several years ago I bought a Digitech RP2000 when they first came out and it was great silent practice with headphones and learning new material via aux in from the computer. For what ever reason I sold the Digitech and replaced it with the Vox Valvetronix amp . I thought it would be great for low volume practice as well as learning new material, but it didn’t work out that way. When I had the RP I would practice (silently with headphones) a couple of hours each night with very few distractions. After I got the Vox for some reason I hardly ever used it to learn new material, I would just jam along with MP3s’ which is fun, but not very productive and quite frankly it just gets old playing the same old [!#$#@].

Since the Vox died I am going to take this as an opportunity to go back something that I can use with headphones so I stay in the zone and get back to a good practice/learning routine. There have been a lot of advancements since my old RP2000, so I thought I would run this buy you guys that have had or are using a multi effects unit.

Budget? Not that big of a deal, I just want the best value.
There are a few things that are must haves in the unit;
1; Aux in
2; Headphone jack
3; Assignable expression pedal
4; A/B Amp switching capabilities
5; USB computer interface for recording and patch editing.
6; Can programed for silent practice as well as a grab and go pedal if needed live use
Tweekablity

Edit; A good Patch Library would be a Big Plus.

If you have made it this far, thanks for taking the time to read it all.
I am looking forward to hearing about your experiences with this type of setup.

partch

WOW Sounds like you need a GNX4 No bro seriously it does all you said & more. Comes with Recording Software striped down Sonar basically. But it works. CF card capability for quick dropping your ideas or use it as a looper for practice or layering 8) Man I'm telling you this thing GNX4 has been a God send to me I have a long way to go BUT: I would most deffinetly not be were i'm at today with out the GNX4 I'm telling you go for it buddy get a GNX4 & since money is no option get the MFX Supermodels disc & be amazed at the capability for practice, Live, Recording you name it you will have it. You will basically be limmitted only by you not with what this unit offers :P Nuff said this is how I feel & hope this helps?

Rock-On!!

Thanks for the recommendation partch,
Are the sims and processing capabilities in the GNX4 as good as the sims and processor in the newer GNX3000?
I guess what I am asking is, with the newer GNX3000 now available would buying a GNX4 be a step backwards in terms of technology?

Exutus

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partch

\Exutus\ wrote:

GNX3000 it just another presentation ..
a better version of the GNX3, more adapted
... but did not reach level 4 yet.

When i quit smoking it has been easy to save up for a GNX4
I'm glad of my purshase, even after 1½ year

Amen I only appreciate the GNX4 more & more as time goes on not the other way around As a total newb only had been playing seriously a couple of years & having little to know experience with much other than say a small 30W amp & some stompies there was a pretty big learning curve for me!! But the manuel & this forum got me thru 8) I would deffinetlt concur The GNX4 is not a step back from the GNX3K the only maybe improvement & that's debatable is in warmth of tone better distortion sounds? I'm telling you with supermodel disc & some know how you can get awsome tone out of the GNX4 so if the 3K is a little better tone wies?? Who cares the GNX4 is better in ALOT of other areas IMOP Bottom Line for what you state as your needs & applications don't be afraid of the GNX4 it realy sounds like that's what your looking for?