philcan
05-11-2008, 08:33 PM
I have had my Gt8 for about 3 years & LOVE it. I use 2 amps & a ton of the featuers it has. I'm really thinking about upgrading to the 10.
I have 3 questions:
1 is an assumption on my part as I think I can But... Can I model an acoustic on one side & an electric on the other. This will be awesome as I am in a 3 piece band & we cover things like Tom Petty Matchbox 20 lots of tunes where having a clean acoustic on one side & a dirty electric on the other delayed a little would be great.
2 I use the synth sounds in the GT8 but they are a pain & I have problems with them . Currently when going from one patch to a synth patch I have to stop all the strings from ringing once I change to the synth patch or I get no sound. Then I have that phantom note problem when moving from one not to another I will get an extra note that I did not play between the 2 I did play. Has this issue be imporved on.
3 This question perhaps is a matter of taste. But have they improved the sound for the amp models. I recently bought a POD XTLive mainly for the bass amp models to use for recording. I felt Line 6 really had better sounding amp models. However, Boss has better effects & all the different options the GT8 allows me Boss wins hands down in a side by side.
Let me know what your thougfht are on any or all of my questions.
Here is my 2 cents as to why My GT8 is better than Line 6 xt live so won't be upgrading the line 6 but will for the Boss. With Boss the things that are better is 1 the solo ability to kick in for a lead sending it over the top all I can do with l6 is hit a distortion box. The multiple control options Boss gives me are a sub expression pedal, control switch, expression switch & pedal. I can control any paramiter with Boss. L6 I have 1 or 2 control options & only a handfull of things I can change. Boss has many more effects that I can use at the same time. L6 gives me reverb & 2 other effects thats it. The L6 synths can't even compare with the Boss sounds. Boss lets me delay the amp models I am using really giving me a fat sound.
I have 3 questions:
1 is an assumption on my part as I think I can But... Can I model an acoustic on one side & an electric on the other. This will be awesome as I am in a 3 piece band & we cover things like Tom Petty Matchbox 20 lots of tunes where having a clean acoustic on one side & a dirty electric on the other delayed a little would be great.
2 I use the synth sounds in the GT8 but they are a pain & I have problems with them . Currently when going from one patch to a synth patch I have to stop all the strings from ringing once I change to the synth patch or I get no sound. Then I have that phantom note problem when moving from one not to another I will get an extra note that I did not play between the 2 I did play. Has this issue be imporved on.
3 This question perhaps is a matter of taste. But have they improved the sound for the amp models. I recently bought a POD XTLive mainly for the bass amp models to use for recording. I felt Line 6 really had better sounding amp models. However, Boss has better effects & all the different options the GT8 allows me Boss wins hands down in a side by side.
Let me know what your thougfht are on any or all of my questions.
Here is my 2 cents as to why My GT8 is better than Line 6 xt live so won't be upgrading the line 6 but will for the Boss. With Boss the things that are better is 1 the solo ability to kick in for a lead sending it over the top all I can do with l6 is hit a distortion box. The multiple control options Boss gives me are a sub expression pedal, control switch, expression switch & pedal. I can control any paramiter with Boss. L6 I have 1 or 2 control options & only a handfull of things I can change. Boss has many more effects that I can use at the same time. L6 gives me reverb & 2 other effects thats it. The L6 synths can't even compare with the Boss sounds. Boss lets me delay the amp models I am using really giving me a fat sound.