MXR Rockman Pedal

Securb said:
I think we all want one. It is a great tone, iconic in every way. At $229, I question how much capturing my youth is worth and how often I will want that nostalgia. I will say one thing: They probably just killed the used market for Rockman gear.
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Yeah, I'd imagine so. And actual Rockmans are a little more versatile than the pedal here. Who knows, maybe we will see a digital re-creation of the whole Rockman rack setup some day...although they should get on that quickly as those who lusted over those in the early 80s are getting older.

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Satriani has kemper or tonex profile on whatever platform he was using

I saw him putting out a video about it

It may be AxeFX I'm not sure
 
ehdwuld said:
Satriani has kemper or tonex profile on whatever platform he was using

I saw him putting out a video about it

It may be AxeFX I'm not sure
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Yeah, most high end modelers these days can model a Rockman pretty well if you can create a profile or ToneMatch with them. But I'd imagine most people with those devices aren't after Rockman rigs, but I bet they exist.
 
Mincer said:
Yeah, I'd imagine so. And actual Rockmans are a little more versatile than the pedal here. Who knows, maybe we will see a digital re-creation of the whole Rockman rack setup some day...although they should get on that quickly as those who lusted over those in the early 80s are getting older.

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I had a chance to play a full system multiple times at a music store and the staff were very enthusiastic about how versatile it was. The EQ, distortion, and compressor could mimic many styles accessible by the midi switching.
 
Securb said:
I think we all want one. It is a great tone, iconic in every way. At $229, I question how much capturing my youth is worth and how often I will want that nostalgia. I will say one thing: They probably just killed the used market for Rockman gear.
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I’m probably an outlier here but nostalgia is not the only reason I want one. The third link I posted is for a channel that does ambient post-rock kinda stuff and it was this type of demo I was actually most interested in. I wanted to see if the pedal could be used in ways other than just playing Def Leppard riffs. I found the results encouraging. I’m more excited than ever for getting one now. :)
 
idsnowdog said:
I had a chance to play a full system multiple times at a music store and the staff were very enthusiastic about how versatile it was. The EQ, distortion, and compressor could mimic many styles accessible by the midi switching.
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Remember anything about it? It might have sounded amazing at the time, but my guess is that, like a lot of rack effects then, they don't sound that great now.

Yes, nostalgia is the #1 reason people will buy this, but I think if they would have come out with it 25 years ago, they would have sold more.
 
I own the XP100 (the one depicted above the Rockmodules in the picture above) and a very modest Rockmodule setup. They sound good, but what really makes them flexible is the post-preamp EQ. The XP100 is far more limited in this regard, since it is an all-in-one box, and thus also has more of the Rockman sound.
 
The headphone amp was a full on modeler

The guy from Dunlop talking at NAMM to the Andertons folks said straight into a board
he said any amp would color it a bit

Effects return or PA
Straight to DAW
 
I think that most people who ran it into an amp for distortion used one of the Rockmodules, either the Sustainor or the Distortion Generator, rather than this. There was a rackmount unit for the headphone amp that added a footswitch, but I think most people either used that as a standalone rig or as an extra clean channel alongside a Marshall or something.
 
Securb said:
Unless you are in a Def Leppard tribute band, this sound is of little use. I
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*Ahem*

I could use that pedal for like 1/3 of our set.

That said, I have no trouble generating Hysteria tone with pretty much every amp/pedal combo I have.
- Cube 30: 5150, Chorus, Delay
- Mesa Stiletto: Tight Gain, CHorus, Delay, Reverb from Zoom G3N (Literally a patch called Hysteria)
- POD Go comes with a press for Deaf Cat or something
- Marshall VS100: OD2 + Delay & chorus du Jour

I'd be into that pedal if it had a version with echo on it, instead of just chorus. The C1 C2 Edge Distortion and Chorus echo ones were able to craft some nice non-Boston sounds.
 
I know the original Rockman had Clean 1 and Clean 2. What was the difference? I hadn't used one for years.
 
Mincer said:
I know the original Rockman had Clean 1 and Clean 2. What was the difference? I hadn't used one for years.
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Clean 2 is a more basic clean, whereas clean 1 has some sort of EQ applied to it to work as a hyper-clean guitar tone. I find that it has more top-end sheen.
 
Mincer said:
Is the pedal a full-on amp modeler, or is it a regular effect pedal? I didn't read that much into it.
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I feel like MXR is failing a little bit in regards to making this clear. If this pedal is designed to use as a DI box like the original Rockman, their info on the website doesn’t say so. In fact, it even mentions “going to your amplifier”. I predict a lot of confusion stemming from this.

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