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MGR/Chuck Rogers « Johnson J-Station »
Published on 01/10/03 at 15:00I paid $149.00 for the unit after renting two others at various times from a local vendor.
I was trying to get the POD on the cheap and of course loved the price. You can get some great sounds from it. The factory patches are all very over-done (too much FX - too much compression). It's very easy to hook-up to the PC and use the software included. With the unit I rented I had a foot controller with integrated 2 multi-function pedal for a while and it was great for live situations.
I've never read a review that stated this, but I will, IT'S THE SOUND ! At first I thought "cool - this thing's great"... I got lots of nice crunchy sounds from it... just don't try to get a nice clean acoustic sound. Even with no effects (on all three units I've used) there is what I call an "aftersound" - a distorted low level hum that lasts just a few milliseconds after each note you hit. After I figured this out I noticed it was there on the crunchy sounds too. Like I said - I've used three of these and have had the same issue with all three. I know for sure I never want to record anything with this unit - it may be OK for live situations - but I'm going to have to buy a POD.
Construction is good - you can probably get away with dropping it once or twice. Why don't they make these things rack mountable (is that a word? - it should be) ? Why does the manufacturer of both the POD and this unit think that having a device shaped like a space ship is better than making it rack-able ?
BOTTOM LINE - If you can't save up more than $ 149, buy it.... But I wouldn't do any serious recording with it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
I was trying to get the POD on the cheap and of course loved the price. You can get some great sounds from it. The factory patches are all very over-done (too much FX - too much compression). It's very easy to hook-up to the PC and use the software included. With the unit I rented I had a foot controller with integrated 2 multi-function pedal for a while and it was great for live situations.
I've never read a review that stated this, but I will, IT'S THE SOUND ! At first I thought "cool - this thing's great"... I got lots of nice crunchy sounds from it... just don't try to get a nice clean acoustic sound. Even with no effects (on all three units I've used) there is what I call an "aftersound" - a distorted low level hum that lasts just a few milliseconds after each note you hit. After I figured this out I noticed it was there on the crunchy sounds too. Like I said - I've used three of these and have had the same issue with all three. I know for sure I never want to record anything with this unit - it may be OK for live situations - but I'm going to have to buy a POD.
Construction is good - you can probably get away with dropping it once or twice. Why don't they make these things rack mountable (is that a word? - it should be) ? Why does the manufacturer of both the POD and this unit think that having a device shaped like a space ship is better than making it rack-able ?
BOTTOM LINE - If you can't save up more than $ 149, buy it.... But I wouldn't do any serious recording with it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com