Digitech RP150 Patches/Settings Files

Greg Wisecup · Post by **Greg Wisecup** » 23 Jul 2010 10:37 am

He must not of liked that answer when I gave it to him!

................................just kidding

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 24 Jul 2010 5:20 am

Back in the box...

Sorry I had posted that, before you Skyped me...

And I knew Steve would have the answer.

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 31 Aug 2010 2:50 pm

I have a question for you Digitech users.

If you were running it with an amp that didn't have an effects loop....

Where to you put your vol pedal? before the RP150? After it? Or do you plug the VP into the control input jack?

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 31 Aug 2010 4:12 pm

Tom, I'm using mine after the Volume Pedal.

Steel/VP/RP150/NV112

In---INPUT

Out--LEFT(mono)Output

Mixer Button In

But I'm always open to try something else...

I also use the effects sparingly w/a very little amp reverb(on 1). I like it.

Greg Wisecup · Post by **Greg Wisecup** » 1 Sep 2010 3:56 am

Just like Dick. Into the High gain. No effects loop. I'm not open for change!

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 1 Sep 2010 6:03 am

Have any of you guys tried programming a reso-sounding patch? I think the eq section of the unit has only 5 bands, so there may not be enough there to work with.

Greg Wisecup · Post by **Greg Wisecup** » 1 Sep 2010 6:05 am

I would really like to have a good dobro patch!!!!!

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 1 Sep 2010 6:30 am

a Dobro patch would be super. You probably need 6 or 7 bands to pull off the comb-filter trick. But maybe we could figure out how to hold the wah in a certain fixed position - some of the wah settings sound real similar to a Boss GE7 with the comb-filter settings (which is what I presently use for dobro sounds).

Steve English · Post by **Steve English** » 1 Sep 2010 8:54 am

In regards to Tom's question on where do you put the effects in the signal chain:

One of the drawbacks to a “multi-effects device” is that:

Time based effects (reverbs, delays, chorus, flange) typically work best with the volume pedal before the effect. (example; the reverb is not cut off by the volume pedal)

Signal altering effects (eq, distortion, cabinet modeling, compression, limiting) typically work best with the volume pedal after the effect. (example; the distortion maintains a constant value regardless of the volume pedal position)

Connecting in through the effects loop generally places the effects before the volume pedal.

I design my overdrive and distortion patches to operate after the volume pedal, since that’s where mine is placed in the signal chain. What that means is that with less volume pedal applied, I get a cleaner sound. The more the volume pedal is depressed, the more distortion is applied. Setting the output volume and amp volume is critical to this equation and takes some experimentation. Having done this for so long, I’m happy with this method as it gives me a wide range of the degree of overdriven sound, controlled by my volume pedal.

Since these pedals are designed for guitar players, they rarely have to consider these options as many don’t use volume pedals in the same manner as us

Greg Wisecup · Post by **Greg Wisecup** » 1 Sep 2010 9:08 am

Steve! I'm still in the RP 150 club but........... I have an rv3 that I like as well. Can I hook the both up after the pedal (which is what I do now) and be able to switch back and forth at will. They both have bypass. I miss not having all of the options when I'm not using the RP. This would give me the best of both worlds. What's the hook up? Thanks!

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 1 Sep 2010 9:12 am

Steve - Are you plugging your VP into that "control" input jack on the back of the RP ?

Steve English · Post by **Steve English** » 1 Sep 2010 9:15 am

Tom,

I have the old, fossilized, RP-150. It only has one input.

Oooops..... I see which one you mean....No, I don't...standard input.

Steve English · Post by **Steve English** » 1 Sep 2010 9:25 am

Greg,

Yup....you just have to decide which one you prefer before the other, if you use them both at the same time.

I might place the rp before the pedal and use it for the signal altering stuff and the RV3 after the pedal for the reverb/delays.

Lots of options there...

George Seymour · Post by **George Seymour** » 2 Sep 2010 4:01 pm

Hey all,
Just got the RP155, and seems the files for the Rp150 are not recognized with the 155. Like to try the Emmons preset but won't open.
Thanks,
George

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 2 Sep 2010 4:29 pm

George,

Garry Simpson on the first page wrote:

Thanks for the files. I've got an RP155. There may be an easier way but to use the 150 presets (files) on a 155, I changed the file extention from .rp150 to .rp155 then opened the files with notepad and changed the first and last line in the file from 150 to 155. I think these RP's are great little gadgets.

Might try that...

George Seymour · Post by **George Seymour** » 2 Sep 2010 4:33 pm

Thanks!! Should have seen that...

Steve Becker · Post by **Steve Becker** » 4 Sep 2010 6:51 am

Being somewhat techno challenged- I would love it if one of you guys would take the time to list the settings for some of these patches, so I can set them manually.ex:
amp...DC cab..TR gain..45 level..80
EQ...MB B-4 M.-10 T.+3
Rev...40...40...35
delay..AD 35...30...22

etc.
I would really appreciate it! Thanks

George Seymour · Post by **George Seymour** » 4 Sep 2010 7:53 am

Steve,

Being very new to the Rp155 myself, I did download the X-Edit program from Digitech and found this interface to be quite easy to use. You could select any one of the fifty "user" settings and enable the "effects" you wish to use and then in the effects block make the individual changes to the eq,delay etc and then "save the preset". I can't say it would be that easy to do it from the device itself and I probably won't have the patience to figure that out but the software interface is really easy to use!
George

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 4 Sep 2010 9:17 am

I'm slow, that's a given, but I have just discovered the headset out of my RP150. This is a great tool for working on blocking and intonation. If your like me and have some hearing loss, the head set allows me to hear my blocking and intonation better then just using the amp at a low volume. If you have not tried it, please do.

Also makes tuning by ear or making slight adjustments to your existing tuning easy.

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 5 Sep 2010 4:56 pm

I wanted to thank Steve English for sending me a Dobro Patch for the RP150/155. I haven't tried it yet, but will soon.

I have up loaded it to my Skydrive. It can be found here:

http://cid-594320d13092d8fb.office.live ... tches?uc=1

Thanks Steve... Have any others, send them and I will up load for the forum RP users to download.

Dick Sexton

Steve English · Post by **Steve English** » 5 Sep 2010 5:40 pm

The Dobro patch was just a quickie I did for playing the intro to "Good Directions".

With only 3 band eq, it's a stretch, but works okay on the lower wound strings...

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 5 Sep 2010 7:25 pm

Thanks for the Dobro patch, Steve. I'm going to try using my ceramic tone bar, which has just a little bit less sustain than my BJS steel bar.

I'll be using this patch on Alan Jackson's "Country Boy".

Lee

Tom Wolverton · Post by **Tom Wolverton** » 15 Sep 2010 7:14 am

Steve English wrote:The Dobro patch was just a quickie I did for playing the intro to "Good Directions".

With only 3 band eq, it's a stretch, but works okay on the lower wound strings...

Steve - Did you ever try to park the flanger at zero speed? to get a dobro-ish sound? It sorta works good for some of the strings.

Dick Sexton · Post by **Dick Sexton** » 15 Sep 2010 8:14 am

Works Ok Steve... I also tried it up around fret 10 on the higher strings w/a large sharpie and it gives a passable banjo effect. Usable in a pinch. Have to lay off the pedals...

Steve English · Post by **Steve English** » 15 Sep 2010 10:44 am

Tom,
I did something with the wah, but can't remember what...I'll look at the flanger section when I get home tonight.

Dick,
I used to do that with a plastic comb

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