Re: Effects drop out (was RE: Digitech GNX4)

[Tom Combs <tcombs@sep.com>]

I have the GNX3.  You can run it in stompbox mode - there is no 
perceivable delay with effects on/off changes made within a patch.  They 
have a neat control footswitch that can be assigned to automatically 
change 3 parameters simultaneously.  A lot can be made of that feature.

But, yes, patch to patch changes are a little gappy.



Jesse Lucas wrote:
> The way I understand it, the problem with this "seamless" patch changing 
> operation is that it would mean having two effects processors in one 
> box, but only using one at a time.  Which is a waste of money and parts 
> ~99% of the time.
> 
> The only time both would be used is when you're switching between 
> patches and you want the effect tails to carry over.
> 
> That said, I do remember hearing, a long time ago, about a processor 
> that did it.  However, I can't recall the make or model.
> 
> -J
> 
> 
> 
> Dennis Montgomery wrote:
> 
>>
>> In '98 I searched far and wide to find a seamless patch-change guitar 
>> processor.  I finally bought a Zoom 8080, which I still use.  The 
>> patch changes are seamless *IF* the patch you change from *AND* the 
>> one you change to both have an active  delay effect.  The delay from 
>> patch 1 carries over into patch 2.  It's not a perfect solution but 
>> it's liveable and addresses a problem that most effect processor mfgs 
>> seem to ignore.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
> 
> 

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