Rocktron Voodu Valve

I paid $695 through Musician's Friend.
Read several user reviews on the best overall processor for the bucks and I kept turning up Voodoo Valve.

The unit right out of the box sports a very pro look. Incorporates a real 12AX7 tube in the preamp stage that really works.
The 247 presets are good enough alone, but as you tweak the unit you discover a whole pallette of tweakable sonic landscapes.
Loud output. Plenty of headroom.

I cannot say anything I don't like about the unit. I would like to have seen a tuner built in and a footswitch come with the unit,(there is one availabel for very reasonable price @ Musicians Friend called "midi-mate".

Very excellent quality and unmatchable sound. Should last for a decade or two.

Rocktron has really turned out pro stuff in the past. Remember these guys once only sold to the big time pros, yet in the 90's began to offer their same dsp technology to the average consumer. While their gear is a little "pricy" for the average joe, remember you really do get what you pay for a Rocktron delivers!

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preamp with effect section. in my opinion it lacks an effects loop, otherwise it is more than enough for 90% of use.

UTILIZATION

the grip is little boring at first, especially for the use of equa pre and post, but got used to it quickly. We just rely on some factory sounds in order to develop his ...

SOUNDS

it can make very good clear sound with reverb and delay all toutime, crunch sound nice but are not his strong (but there's a trick) against by the (large) distortion are really nice, it just spent some time on the SETTINGS, and everything is possible ...

OVERALL OPINION

I have around 7 years, and after having various stuff (boss 700, vf1, gainiac, etc ...) that has me glued to the ceiling. I play an ESP with EMG 81 and 85 are, and I put him behind / a peavey 50 50 (which plays very well with the role are voodu) and a true speaker, a mesa 4 * 12 (j previously had a peavey with shieffield, rendering frequencies was really not the height, it is imperative to have a more than correct speaker to realize the capacity of voodu) sounds are really very good quality, and if like me What you find some point it lacks THE je ne sais quoi, add him an OD pedal as input, a boss bd, ibanez ts or other (I chose zw44 MXR), the day and night.
Many current e materials are better quality (better sampling) or have greater # of connectors, but frankly, it is already very comprehensive and allows you to explore bcp style, provided to him a good power amp lamp has preferably, and especially (especially!!) a good speaker, a real one, not that of a combo 300 euro new ...
price where you can currently find Cygnus, it must be gener!

we know already nothing to add

UTILIZATION

configuration:
1st First it is far from the boss or digitech ergonomics, with a little patience and approx brain goes badly

manual:
yes in French available on the net can be used for ca picky settings

good sound easy:
I do not know too much because of okaz bought for barely a hundred Euros on a sound caught my attention, "metallica", "delay edutainment", "leslie" and "lead 1" I'm the type to take a base and has changed my sauce. So I summarized by: "waip"

SOUNDS

music style:
progressive metal (dream theater) / rock (satriani etc ....)

type of sound:
j get a dry, clean, precise and flawless thanks to the return of my bandit 112 and c is time better by what is to c what I want! fau it be that the hot lamps for ca begins to feel.

guitar:
esp m2/jpmp3/jpmp1/jem7vdy/RG7420/rg 550

favorite sounds?!
quality distos already available, some are very original sounds like "leslie"

OVERALL OPINION

on the bottom I have the last 15 days, as I worked day rue de Douai in paris for 5 years and I peeled VV in any combinations to be tested with customers, and honest with you ca not sell below 6,000 francs (almost 1,000 th)

j loved this gas plant (j hesitated with digitech 2120) I spent my time to ring with presets for sale in my clientele, today I've had for a meager hundred euro and being a fervent multi gas plant of any kind (j got a boss gt5 / a GX700 / a boss gt 3 / Zoom 8080 / quadra verb and one day on the way) i have easy hand on this kind of machine although rocktron was always "the inaccessible" for my budget at the time.

I have plugged in the return of a recovered bandit 112 for the power amp, and the result is well above my expectations, sound, light that emerges through one of combos it's still nice (I'm not agree with those who say "the lamp is useless") because in the config it has a real impact on the dynamics of my sound and what I wanted for my bandit 112 is a transistor)

I immediately (re) focused on programming a sound, a slight blow to the quarter of an hour for the (re) grip and made with a little patience and understanding it folds quickly to the method rocktron. missing that one engl z12 or Midimate led to all this, but it's going to be a little complicated and will be a different story

Ana logic technology lamps for preamp with DSP effects and numeric
The effects are those of the Intelliflex and they are very very very good quality but like all purpose one must know not to abuse it!

The connection: impeccable! stereo output jack 6.35 asymmetrical and even a kind with 2 XLR balanced stereo output setting with a more independent! Full MIDI implementation more etc etc ...

Model 19''rack

UTILIZATION

Setup is super simple and everything is close at hand.
only need the manual for the implementation noon: besides a g bp for the dump / load patch with my computer, but it must come from the isis fucking shit!!

SOUNDS

The preamp in itself much color the sound (it's why they put him on a lamp) and that's good!
The multi effect him Revenge is very neutral ...

And with the two (pre and post) parametric EQ full (with Q !!!!!!!) and all you can do anything.
Even the simulator Hp and sensible, yet I'm not simulation!!

OVERALL OPINION

Buy I love everything about him in October and I do separates more!
I just try to tear it off and I hesitate with the ADA and now it remains for me to buy Mesa to get a quality follow !!!!!
And I purchase a 2200fr (330euros) !!!!!!!!!

While the quality comparable to Mesa 330 euros: report qualitprix Not bad, eh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will redeem even 2 !!!!!