Digitech RP500 in front of a tube amp replacing stompboxes

This is the 3rd and last part of my RP500 instructional....this time I am showing the ins and outs how to use it in front of a tube amp. There is not a lot of music in here but it is a quickstart what you must do and which options you have when you want to you it and not fight or replace the tone of your beloved tube amp.

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Music

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• Digitech
• RP500
• Tubeamp
• Stompboxes
• Ralf
• Jung

[MCchuckers]

lol dude you got me to buy one of these. i love them. but kinda complicated to understand for me. When i bypass it to amp, the delay doesnt work very well, along with all the effects. I can only here the delayed note after i quit playing or after i kill the note if that makes sense. am i mixing it wrong?

[ralfjung]

@MCchuckers This has something to do where the delay is placed in the signal chain and evtl with a parameter called ducking in the delay program itself.

If not playing completeley clean a delay wants to live after the preamp/distortion in the signal chain...that way you can choose the delay level better and the notes come out clearer. Ducking means that the delay signal will be ducked until you stop playing or your signal falls under a certain level (threshold)

[awesomejohnnet]

excellent demo thank you very much. Good work brother.

[ralfjung]

@awesomejohnnet I appreciate your comment

[timborocksloud]

Your demos of these pedals are just great. I hope Digitech is paying you well for these :) . One question that the folks at guitar center couldn't answer. I have a Marshall JVM 410 that I love. I have 4 channels so I can get the clean/distorted tones I want. I really want this for the wah/fuzz and all the effects it has that I don't even know about yet. What changes if I connect this to the effects send and return ports and what are the pros and cons of that? Thanks!

[ralfjung]

@timborocksloud for that Marshall you need to upgarde to the RP1000...that way you can use the effects sitting in front of your amp like wah fuzz etc then you delete the modelling amps and cabs out of the signal path and use the delay and reverbs into your marshalls loop...that is called the four cable method,....that does not work on the RP500....with that unit you need to decide loop or oin front of amp

[ozzvaldito]

@delacruzneili

The cabinet simulation is used for direct recording. That means that you can have a Cabinet sound without using one. You plug your guitar to your MultiFX, your MultiFX to your PC and that's it.

You can also plug you multiFX to a P.A. system (that's where the singers connect the microphone) using the cabinet simulation.

But it's better to deactivate the simulation if you are using an actual cabinet.

Basically, you can avoid using an amp.

[delacruzneili]

hello, can anybody explain to me the concept of amp effects? I mean the randall/marshall/mezaboogie/ cabinet included in a multi-effects? please, I'm having real hard times understanding it. If i have a Laney cabinet, why do i still have to use the Marshall cabinet amp embeded in the multi-effect guitar processor? please, I am so green with those concepts. hope you understand..

[Marathonmarch]

Did you run that into your effects return or are you using the 4 cable method or just straight into the amp input? And if you are does it suck your tone on your amp quite a bit?

[BiavaStratTele]

Hi ralf, you're a very good guitar player and your demos are so good. I wanted to ask you if i can get good sounds using the rp500 with the amp simulation on through a solid state amp. What do you think?

Compliments again for your demos and playing ;)

[bsabbath55]

I only use it in pedal board mode. Do you know how I would use fuzz and a tube screamer at the same time? Or flanger and chorus?

[NthEastern]

It's cool that you took the time to post this! Nice to get a product review from someone who loves music...rather than just trying to make a sale!

[singtotheking]

I have a question - I see that you've used a flanger in this video. Is it really ideal to be placing the effects before the amplifier? I was under the impression that this wouldn't work well.