RP350 vs. RP500????

DetunedLoon

OK.......assuming the RP500 will run us approx. $299.95 (at the GNX3000 price point), and the RP350 is at $199.95, what do you guys think the justification will be for spending the extra $100.00 on the RP500??

RP350 vs. RP500.........????? Pros and Cons. :roll: :?:

I'll be running through A2031A's and really do like the looks of the RP500.

Thanks for your thoughts........(to bad I can't afford a GNX4)

GuitarKidd

I just saw the RP500. Intresting..

We have to assume that it's using the same audio engion and DNA as the 350 and the DSP1101..

Pro's from what I read are

- Control of signal chain
- True Bypass

I'm not doing a direct comparisson on effects and stompboxes but it appears to be loaded with some good stuff..

I like it..

Those that want true bypass to run infront of an amp are going to get with an array of effects or a complete modeling solution..

Looks like it is also getting packaged with Cubase LE..

guitar3456

The difference between the RP500 and the GSP1101 is the amount of proc chips, functional usage and output assigns. The RP500 has 1 adna proc, and the GSP has 2. From a performance point, I'd say the GSP probably is faster and more dynamic. How much so is yet to be seen.

RP500 vs 350? as for sound.. not much. In options? Yes. RP500 has a modeling bypass for effects only use. Not sure if it requires a 4cm application ( which most people think is a pita) or not. I don't think so by the looks of things so far. Once the manual is available, users can determine.


I once suggested a cool 16 track option with dual mic inputs. basically having the same function as the GNX4 on board recorder with a Track Shift key for tracks 9-16. Media option USB Flash Drives with Support of 8 GB or more. Then users can define which size to use. 8 GB @ 16 track is a lot of recording space for a portable box!

For the Drum machine, I suggested map-able arrangements. IOW a user can map out songs using pre defined patterns like the zoom recorders, amd other drum machines.

Unfort, pricing that hardware prob would make the item not so economic friendly so I don't think we'll ever see something like that. Workstation type devices are of the table afaik.

iliace

I thought RP350 offers true bypass too, or is that just for everything, not effects-only applications?

Mickster

Not terribly informative but...

http://www.gearwire.com/digitech-rp500.html

Mickster

GuitarKidd

Mike,

Is the RP500 \"True Bypass\"... Because it uses this phrase \"Amp/Cabinet Bypass defeats internal amp and cabinet effects in all programs \"...

Is the signal still going through the circuitry or is it true bypass.. Many \"tone snobs\" out there will still hate this unit if it is not true bypass.

I would think that Digitech would be smart enough to have true bypass just based on the fact that many purists out there who want units for effects only want true bypass...

But ya never know..

dcunning30

What alot of manufacturers are doing these days is offering \"true bypass\" by having FET switching that causes the circutry to totally bypass the \"guts\" of the processor. Now, there are purists that will only accept mechanical switching as true bypass. To me, FET switching actually accomplishes the bypass without the drawbacks of a mechanical switch.

But here's the thing, do you *really* want true bypass for a multifx processor? If so, then you get nothing when you bypass it. To me, turning off the amp/cabinet is sufficient.

guitar3456

True bypass means you signal at the input to output is unaffected when selected to operate that way.

Bypass means a component or \"part of the effects\" block or preamp are bypassed. If you look at the routing diagrams of any multieffects, you'll often see the scheme of what happens to your signal ie input>stomp>pitch>pickup sim> etc etc.

Many of those blocks affect the signal and come before the preamp model. In that case even when the preamp model is bypassed, signals still must pass other blocks on their way out. Just so you know the difference of \"block bypass\" and \"true bypass\".

Commonly line mixers and rack effects indicate \"true bypass\" when they really mean \"effects bypass\" or channel strip bypass. The signal is still routed and will experience circuitry that colors or degrades in one form or another.

Best example of True bypass is an Insert on a mixer channel. It's routed just like your outlets at home. One is hard wired to the other via a switch on the jack so your signal is pure and can be used as an insert for other outboard gear.

I've not seen an RP500 to say really how the source is routed in \"bypass\" mode. I would mostly assume \"can be used as effects device\" since the bypass is for preamp model. As long as the signal still passes through the chains internally, some additives may be tagging along on your signal. How audible that is?? That's the real question