Digitech Rp500 Patch List
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The Simplicity of a Stompbox. The Control of an Effect Switching System.The RP500 takes the complexity of an effect switching system and combines it with the simplicity of stompboxes. Full arsenals of tones are at your disposal, all easily controlled. If you're a player who takes command of their tone by turning individual pedals on and off, enable the Pedalboard Mode button and instantly use the 5 footswitches to turn the RP500's stompboxes and effects on and off within a program. If you are tired with the effect tap-dance and want to concentrate on playing, the RP500's Preset Mode gives you instant access to 5 totally different sounds with the single press of a footswitch (100 presets total across 20 different banks).
Now the RP500 features a 20-second looper. Simply play, loop, change tones then overdub. It's that easy.No matter how you like to control your sound, the RP500 has a solution for you.All specifications subject to change. DigiTech, X-Edit, Production Modeling, Grunge, Death Metal, Jimi Hendrix™ Artist Series Pedal, DOD, Gonkulator, DigiTech Whammy, Multi Chorus, Auto Ya, YaYa, Synth Talk, Lexicon, Johnson Amplification and AudioDNA are trademarks of Harman International Industries Inc.Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with DigiTech or Harman International Industries, Inc. The RP500 Volume Pedal is not functioningPerform the Expression Pedal Calibration Procedure:1.
Press and hold the Bypass Footswitch until PEDALCAL appears in the display (BYPASS,TUNER, and EXIT will be displayed before PEDALCAL is accessed, after about 5 seconds.)2. When the Display prompts you with TOE DowN, rock the Expression Pedal forward (toedown) and press Footswitch 5 (Reverb).3. Frets on fire music pack torrent. When the Display prompts you with TOE UP, rock the Expression Pedal back (toe up) andpress Footswitch 5 (Reverb).4. The Display now prompts you to calibrate the V-Switch sensitivity (VSWitchxxx), whereXXX is the current V-Switch threshold.
Rock the Expression Pedal forward and press firmlyon the toe once to turn the V-Switch on (WAH ON), and again to turn the V-Switch off (WAHOFF).5. If the V-Switch is too sensitive, press the Up Footswitch to raise the threshold (range is0-199). The Down Footswitch decreases sensitivity.
Keep testing the V-Switch sensitivity andadjust the threshold until it only engages when you want it to (too sensitive a setting will leadto the V-Switch falsely triggering on or off when using the Expression Pedal).6. When the V-Switch sensitivity is set to your satisfaction, press Footswitch 5 (Reverb) toexit.Note: If the Display shows error, an error has occurred and steps 2 through 5should be repeated.
RP500 Factory Reset:Caution: All user presets will be set back to default.1. Press and hold the Store button while powering up the RP500.2. When the display prompts you with FACt RST, release the Store button, which is nowflashing.3. Press and hold the flashing Store button for 3 seconds until ReSTOReD appears in thedisplay and release. The Restore procedure takes several seconds to complete; during theprocedure, the display will count up. After the Restore procedure is complete, the Expression Pedal calibration procedure will begin. DigiTech, Grunge, Death Metal, DOD, Gonkulator, DigiTech Whammy, Multi Chorus, Auto Ya, YaYa, Synth Talk, Lexicon, Johnson Amplification and AudioDNA are trademarks of Harman International Industries, Incorporated, registered in the United States and/or other countries.Other product names modeled in this product are trademarks of their respective companies that do not endorse and are not associated or affiliated with DigiTech or Harman International Industries, Inc.
There’s no more economical way for a harp player to add a huge assortment of high-quality sounds to a stage or studio setup than a Digitech RP with Huntersounds patches in it! Start with a half dozen each of great reverbs and great delays—as good or better than dedicated reverb or delay units costing as much or more than an RP device. Add amplifier and cabinet modeling based on dozens of well-known amplifiers, pitch and modulation effects, distortions, and more. You get the picture: this thing rocks.
But out of the box, it’s set up for guitar, not harmonica, and it’s not easy to figure out how to make it work for harp. That’s where we come in. You get dozens of “patches” (pre-configured sound setups) for your Digitech RP 150, 155, 250, 255, 350, 355, 500, 1000, or 360/360XP in both single patch and bulk load format, ready for loading into your RP via a USB connection to your computer. (Note: the RP200/200A have no USB connection, so patches have to be entered by hand; we supply a spreadsheet that contains all the settings.) These are EXACTLY the same sounds used by Richard Hunter on his recordings and performances, and they cover everything from simple reverbs and delays only to massive amped blues and rock sounds, with and without a range of ear-catching effects like vibrato, rotary speaker, and pitch-shifting. The emphasis in our patch sets is on sounds that harmonica players can use immediately in a wide range of styles, and we’ve tweaked every patch over and over to yield the maximum volume and tone without feedback. The result is a big batch of loud, bold, beautiful sounds for harp that sound at home in both traditional and very modern styles. There are amped-up Chicago blues setups, big low octave doubles that transform the harp’s sound and weight, organ-style patches with reverb and rotary speaker or vibrato FX, envelope filters and wah-wahs for tons of waka-waka fun, smooth, sweet reverbs and delays, and more, all of it immediately usable on stage and in the studio.
Each patch set ships with a full set of documentation that describes every patch in the bulk load set, with single patches organized by sound category (such as FX, Blues, Clean, Pitch, and so on). All sets ship with a full set of instructions that tell you how to load the patches into your RP and set the RP up for performance. The entire collection of patch files weighs in at less than a megabyte, so it will download easily even on a dial-up Internet connection.
All buyers also get a year of FREE updates to the patch set, meaning that every time we add or update a patch in the base set during your first year as a licensee, we send it to you. Finally, we provide email support for our users.
Our goal is to get you up and running with your RP, making great music, as quickly and easily as possible. Q: Which Digitech device should I buy? A: First, note that whatever device you buy, you can certainly buy it used, which will save money without necessarily increasing your risk. All of these devices are readily available on the second-hand market; kids (or their parents) buy them, try them, can’t figure them out, and get rid of them, so there are plenty out there for sale in good-to-great condition (and I’m here to help you figure them out). We own one of every device we make patches for, almost all of them were bought as factory seconds or used, and they’ve all been working fine for years. (We got the RP150 from Guitar Center for $25 shipped, as opposed to the original price of $100.) So when you’ve figured out your budget, by all means check eBay and Guitar Center to see what’s on offer there.
Look for dealers with good feedback who offer warranties, even short ones. In terms of functions and features, the RP1000 is the biggest and baddest device Digitech makes. However, it’s also Digitech’s largest and heaviest (10 pounds, 19.5 inches wide), least portable, and most expensive device, and its output is extremely hot, meaning that you need to be careful about setting the master volume level when you connect to an amp or PA. We’ve addressed the output level issues in our v18 patch set for the RP1000, and there’s no question that the RP1000 sounds great. However, the RP500 and RP360/360XP sound very much like the 1000, they’re more portable and lower-priced, and they have the same amp models and FX as the RP1000. If you don’t need the amp loop or FX loop hardware functions the RP1000 offers, our recommendation to harp players is to buy either the RP360/360XP or RP500.
(see for a discussion of the relative merits of the RP500 and RP355, and for a discussion of how we choose between the RP500 and RP360.) We definitely recommend the RP500 or RP360/360XP, followed by the RP355, above the RP255 and lower models, because:. The RP360/360XP is Digitech’s latest amp modeler, and it definitely sounds better than any other RP–more colorful, more detailed, more ear-catching. But the RP500 is very close in terms of sound quality, with little or no audible difference most of the time, and all the same amp models, FX, and programmable parameters. The 500′s many dedicated footswitches make it better suited for live performance than the RP360/360XP, particularly if you (like us) find yourself changing tones frequently, especially in the middle of a song. If you have the space onstage and the money for an RP500, that’s what we’d go with; in fact, it’s what we do go with whenever we can. Buying used from a reputable dealer helps reduce the cost difference too.
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Our third choice would be an RP355 or a used RP350, which has almost all the features of the RP355. Both devices sound very good, and they offer a lot of amp models and FX that you don’t find in the lower models. RP350s have been discontinued by Digitech, but can still be serviced by Digitech dealers. Sound-wise, they’re identical to the RP355, except for the few additional amp and cabinet models in the 355. If money is short and you want almost everything you can get in a 355, a used 350 offers lots of bang for the buck. However, with used 355s going for less than $100 as of this writing, I’d probably look there first, knowing that the device would be at least a few years newer than a 350. If money or space onstage is REALLY tight, we recommend an RP150 or 155.
Those devices don’t have an expression pedal, but the sound engine is the same as the one in the RP255 and RP355, and it’s got all the amp models and cabinets we use for the vast majority of our patches, PLUS all the reverbs and delays we use most often. We really love the sound of the 150/155! It works every bit as well as the bigger devices as a computer audio interface too, and we’ve seen them on guitarcenter.com selling in good condition for $25. However, if you want to change sounds frequently in your songs, you’re really better off with a 255 at least–that two-digit display in the 155 doesn’t tell you much about the nature of the sound you’re about to switch to. (And did we mention that the 150/155 don’t have an expression pedal, but the 255 does? You can do a lot of very cool stuff with that pedal.).
Finally, if you’ve got an RP200 lying around and you want to make use of it, go for it. It has no USB connection, so you have to enter the patch data by hand (which takes an hour or so), but it certainly sounds good (except for the reverbs, which are just barely good enough for live work).
Just keep in mind that if the thing breaks (which happens sometimes with a chip-based device that went out of production over ten years ago), you’re going to have to re-enter your patch data by hand into another RP200 if you want to keep using those sounds. Trust us when we say that the USB connection with the newer RPs pays for itself fast if you’re in that kind of situation. A microphone. We recommend the Audix Fireball V for use with this set. You’ll get the most out of the effects in your RP with a Fireball V.
However, many of our customers get very good results for blues and rock with bullet-type mics, and we like the sounds we get with our Shure 545 stick-type vocal mic and our Bottle o’ Blues mic too. In other words, lots of mics will give you good sounds with the RP–though of course different mics sound different, just as they would with any amp. As an example, don’t you think?.
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An amplifier of some sort to amplify the output from the RP. If you’re using the FX-only version of the patches (no amp modeling), then this is your favorite harp amp. If you’re using the patches with amp modeling, you’ll get the best results with a clean amp like a PA system or keyboard amp. We also recommend an amp with at least a 10″ speaker in order to reproduce the bass frequencies the RP puts out. Our current favorite amp for pairing with an RP is the Peavey KB2, which has a nice set of features (like a built in 3 channel mixer), enough power to play a lot of gigs (and a line out for those gigs where you need to bring the PA into the picture), weighs around 35 pounds, and costs around $250 new. You can read our review of it.
If you can’t find a KB-2 or other keyboard amp you like, there are plenty of other options. We’ve played through powered PA speakers from Mackie, Peavey, and others that sound great. Peavey offers a powered PA speaker with a 12″ woofer, 100 watts of power, and three inputs with individual volume controls for about $340. Mackie offers a very nice speaker with similar specs for about $300. Again, look for something with at least a 10″ speaker and 100 watts of power.
A powered PA speaker (or two for a stereo setup) and an RP is a powerful, versatile, and lightweight setup for most gigs. Access to a computer so you can load the patches. A PC running Windows XP or Windows 7, or a Mac running OSX, is required. Please NOTE: Mac OSX Lion and later are NOT supported by Digitech.
If your Mac is running OSX Lion or a later Mac OS, you will need access to a different computer in order to install our patch sets. See for more info. We supply both bulk load and individual patches in both PC and Mac formats. PLEASE NOTE: in order to use our patch sets, you will need to extract the patches from a ZIP file, and download and install the X-Edit2 application and the drivers for your RP device from Digitech.com. (No drivers are required for the Mac–it just recognizes the device.) If you’ve ever installed any kind of software on your computer before, then you probably know how to do this.
If not, then you need to get someone to help you. Anyone who’s moderately skilled in using their computer should be able to guide you through the process, which takes less than 10 minutes if you know what you’re doing.
WE DO NOT PROVIDE BASIC COMPUTER SUPPORT. Q: Can the patches be converted to work with other Digitech devices, like the RP80, RP200, or Vocal 300? A: Unfortunately, no. Digitech’s devices are pretty feature-specific, and there’s no automated way to convert from the RP150/155/250/255/350/355/500/1000 to other devices they offer. It is possible to convert patches from one of these devices to another, by hand or by using Digitech’s utility program, but there are three good reasons not to: 1) It’s a violation of your license to use the patches, which is specific to the device you ordered the patches for. 2) You won’t get your year of free updates for the other device, so you’ll have to do conversions every time we send out a patch update. 3) There is no way to do an automated bulk load conversion from one device to another, so you’ve got to do the conversion patch by patch, which takes lots of time.
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If you’d like to do a crossgrade from one device to another, contact us. Q: What styles of music will this patch set work for? A: You name it. We supply patches in this set for just about every purpose, and we have played rock, folk, acoustic, blues, jazz, and wedding gigs with these patches. For most gigs, all you’ll need to do is bring the RP, your mic, and a couple of cables, and plug straight into the PA. It’s great for musicians who travel on planes–you can throw your entire rig into a shoulder bag and know EXACTLY what you’re going to sound like when you get to the gig.