Tips For The New RP-7 User

1) Remember that too much effect is just plain too much!

Always put in the least amount of effect as possible. Too much effect tends to turn

your sound into mud (mud means unrecognizable notes)

2) When creating a new sound, there are two(2) good ways to do so:

1) Take a previously created sound and go through each of the effects

changing the types, levels, and amounts of each, one at a time until

you have the desired sound. Remember each time you change an

effect, the other effects will probable require more fine tunning as well.

2) To create a sound from scratch, set all of the effects down to Zero,

and slowly add in the amounts and levels for each.

NOTE: Once you have completed your patch, walk away from the unit, or

listen to some unrelated sounds, like your stereo or TV, then go

back to the unit listen to the patch you have created and fine tune it

some more. When you play with the settings for a long period of time

your ears tend to play tricks on you and some how trick you into

thinking the sound you have created is the actual sound you wanted.

3) Don't be afraid to imitate your favorite artists sounds. Usually in the process of

duplicating their sounds you tend to create your own new and exciting sounds!

4) Don't feel as though you have to use all of the effects available in the unit. There

are some effects available in the unit that I don't like nor have a need for.

5) When creating your effects do so under the same conditions that you would

normally play them through. Eg.. If you play the system form one guitar to a particular

amp, don't create the effects through the headphone jack. The effect is going to sound

totally different form one to the other.

6) When playing, try not to put the RP's output volume too high, if you need more volume

use your amps volume instead. I like to play with the RP volume at one half of its overall

volume.

7) Effects Explained:

1) Compressor

Low is good for that muddy grudge sound

High is good for soloing, pronouncing each individual note

2) Pre Amp

Clean 1-Mid Bright clean tube sound

Clean 2-Very Bright clean tube sound

Blue-Dirty Blues sound

Saturated-Excellent lead guitar sound, each note is sounded out

Grudge-Chunky distortion sound (Metallica etc..)

Odr-Classic rock overdrive, good for subtle amount of distortion

Hstn-Don't know, don't like, don't care!!!!!!

Fuzz-Jimi Hendrix would be proud

3) Equalizer

Used for fine tunning the overall tone.

If you are not comfortable adjusting this effect, and your low notes clip

or sound like their being maxed out, adjust the first setting (low) and bring

it down, or vice versa if your sound isn't Basie enough.

4) Noise Gate

Good effect to use if you tend to fuck up the first note of your riffs, it slowly

fads in the volume and sound.

5) Expression Pedal

Useful as a volume pedal, Wah Wah pedal, or for controlling some of the effects

parameters, e.g. The speed, or rate of your Chorus or Flanger ect....

6) Modulator/Pitch

Chorus-Multiple speaker emulator

Flanger-up down sweeping sound

Phaser-Similar to flanger but a whole different type of sweep

Tremolo-Also know as a vibrato

Panning-Stereo effect that projects your sound left and right

Pitch Shift-Like two guitars playing the same thing but in different Pitches.

Creates cool dual leads with one guitar.

Whammy/Bend-Simulates pre and post string bends

Harmonizer-A newer version of the Pitch Shift

7) Delay-7 types ranging from mono to 3 slap back delay

8) Reverb-Simulates different room sounds

9)Speaker Cab-Simulates different types of amplifiers from Cab1 (Bright) to

Cab9 (a whole hell of a lot less brighter than cab1)