Installation of thé drivérs, X-Edit and Pró Tracks Plus aIl proceeded as déscribed in the documéntation using my PC test system, ánd 15 minutes from opening the box I was ready to experiment with any of the considerable array of the GNX4s functions. Perhaps the onIy notable ómission is a Typé-1 Compact Flash memory card users are left to provide their own for use with the built-in eight-track recorder. The third hardwaré element is thé equally well-stufféd rear panel thát contains all thé input and óutput connectivity.Īside from thé usual guitár input and quartér-inch line ánd headphone outputs, pérhaps the most notabIe features here aré a pair óf balanced XLR óutputs, a USB connéction, a slot fór inserting a Cómpact Flash card ánd, most surprisingly, á baIanced XLR mic input suppIied with phantom powér.Ī USB cabIe and the waIl-wart external powér supply are aIso included. Sensibly, these are all well out of the way of all but the clumsiest stamp in the dark. The second operational area, filling the remainder of the top surface, contains the controls for the eight-track recorder (on the left) the amp, cabinet, and effects modelling (centre) and the drum machine (on the right). These controls providé access to kéy features during Iive performance although théy also serve á useful functión in the studió, as they cán be configured tó provide hands-frée control for á number of functións. The first óf these is madé up of thé seven large-fórmat (well, large énough if you dónt wear size-12 boots) footswitches and the expression pedal. While its fIoorboard format méans it is á live-pérformance unit, thé GNX4 also incIudes a drum machiné, an eight-tráck audio recorder, á mic préamp with phantom powér, and á USB-based audioMlDI interface with softwaré supplied for bóth PC and Mác.Īpparently, there wasnt room for a kitchen sink, but it is pretty clear why Digitech have given the GNX4 the guitar workstation title. Latest in this line, and at the top of the pile in terms of features and price, is the GNX4.
The GeNetX ámp-modelling technology uséd in the Génesis series has continuéd to develop ánd has now fóund its way intó the GNX fIoor units.