Digitech GSP2101 Artist Pro review Short Attention Span Studio 

Great! Im looking for your patches for at least 4 years :-) thank you!

That Boston wow. Perfect What’s a ppc. Well whatever it is I don’t think I have it.

@@rokinrandy secondary processor in the form of a daughter card.

Can you please tell me where I can get the midi wizard program? I've searched all over the internet, but I can't find it anywhere.

@@kenanbeslagic9334 I still have a copy of the GSP2101 Midi wizard Editor I last used on window 7 64 Bit & was told at the time it works on windows 8.1 & 10. I can send you a copy ?

@@kenanbeslagic9334 I have a copy of the GSP2101 midi wizard for windows 7 64 bit & was told it's works for windows 10. I can send you a copy ?

gsp2101.infinityfreeapp.com/index.htm A archive site restore for you.

@@GlenHyden good man!! the internet is only great when people like yourself do stuff like that :-) thanks!

Hey I saw one but didn’t buy it looked so beat up lol

@@mthao1832 yes - some colours didn´t resist on the front plate. My gold Limited Edition looks like new, my 2 purple look al little bit worn. The cosmic blue looks real good. The chilly pepper have the problem that the colour did´nt left on the front panel properly. But all of them sound the same. My first one was the usual Studio Tube with PPc210- upgrade and it sounds the same too . It´s only a collector fetichism 🙂

Waaaaay overpriced. The black versions have issues when they're upgraded. Get any of the chrome colored editions. There's a golden plated one, chrome like in this video, and a purple one. The black versions have lower clocked crystals. When you upgrade the unit to dual disc and latest rom, you get pop noises. You'd need to upgrade the crystal oscillators as well. That means removing the motherboard, desoldering the crystals and installing the newer ones. Which I think are 20MHz series oscillator. There are some serious oversights to the menu that makes programming this thing a total nightmare. You also run out of ram and cpu space quickly if you're trying to get too creative with the algorithms. But if you're content with just tweaking the 80s-inspired pre-installed presets, you'd be alright and would rarely need to program it. The sysex implementation is total crap. Which means there aren't any software editors for it out there. I wouldn't even pay over $150 for the colored versions tbh. For $650 you could get an axe-fx I, or maybe II

Digitech was bought by Harmond Music. They distroyed the product. Ax8 is around $800 and Helix Go or Native is close. I have a video for those units.

@@GlenHyden To their credit, they did improve the UI with the sgs 2112 and vgs 2120. And there were PC editors that worked fine. They learned from their mistakes. I think samsung owns harman now. Crazy stuff eh?

I owned the gsp1101 for a few months. Could not get a good sound out of it.

​@@GlenHyden I know the disappointment all too well. I should add I didn't like either the 2112 or 2120 despite their usability improvements over the 2101. They just didn't sound right. I owned more digitech products than I should've had. And on the whole, they've been mostly crap.

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Using Impulse Responce in the DAW. The xlr speaker compensation is bad. Before IRs I used a Palmer speaker sim. Much better. But no match for IRs.

Can you explain that comment? Just bought this.... need help

@@ladirectorguy how so?

@@girtha1134 How do I run the XLR outs with the speaker compensation? running into an amp head with parallel and series loop.

@@ladirectorguy there is a button on the back by the XLR outputs. And I would run.....guitar-2101-xlr out-fx return on the amp. It will make your amp a power amp basically. Or google 4 cable method and do it that way

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Impulse responce was used. The speaker sim was crap.

@@GlenHyden thanks!

Running my mooer radar in the loop, it sounds stunning....

Only with an IR device like Mooer Radar between it and the Headrush.

With the last version of the firmware and the dual PPC it does seemless changing.

Nope.

Go newer. If all rack... you could go synergy and pick your favorite module and add a rack effects unit. The 2101 has great effects. You could event use a Revv pedal before the 2101 as the preamp. Many possibilities.

@@GlenHyden Thanks so much for the advice! Do you have a preference between Helix ,Axe fx iii or newer ones? I have read that the power amp and cabinets sims on the newer units would need to be turned off since I prefer to use the tube power amp and Mesa cabs. I have a Kemper and I have grown tired of the FRFR setup. Thanks again!

@@rontaylor9736 Yes. You would need to turn off the IRs or simms. I had the AX8. Still have the Helix. The Fractals are a bit closer to the real amps. But the fractals really nead software to be efficient at programming. By hand stinks on the AX8. Love the Helix easy on the fly use.

@@GlenHyden Thanks again! I really appreciate your advice.

Lookup whitehorse software. PC based editor. Still available on eBay or direct.

This was plugged into a rack power amp. If you plugged into the MG it would need to go into the FX return.

@@GlenHyden hi did but I cannot obtain a clear sound distorted

@@GlenHyden I am wondering which amp are you using.

@@gabrielebarbaraci3161 No amp. Goes into DAW then impulse response.

@@GlenHyden can you please clarify?

Yes. Buttons on the panel. Or midi control.

@@GlenHyden would it be able to be controlled with midi on my black spirit or would I have to have two midi controllers ? I would like to be able to just use the effects from the 2120 . For distortion and overdrives I'm using pedals . I guess I'm using the h&k mostly for its clean tone and di capabilities but would like a unit I could use for fx with out having to buy a bunch of expensive pedals with midi capabilities.

@@guittarwizzrd If the Black Spirit has compatible midi messages for the 2101 then yes.

@@GlenHyden this is some thing I will have to research further. Thanks for your time.

Should be. Crazy ability in that box.

@@GlenHyden Ok but can you confiirm if there is stereo inputs on the back? :)

IR's. The simulators are just rotten.

@@GlenHyden interesting. Some people say they are pretty good. I guess I'll find out myself pretty soon.

If you use the XLR outputs, you can switch on an analog cab sim that works surprisingly well in most situations. It's not as good as an IR, but might be good enough to get the job done.

I've been using the cab sims in the unit and they are cool for cheesy 80s guitar@@johanneschristopherstahle3395

If you know how to work the valve FX you can run the 2101 the same way. They sound the same except the tubes in the 2101.

Glen thank you for taking the time to inform me of the 2101 you must be acquainted with the digitech valvefx and if you were than you no what an awesome piece of equipment it was and if saying the 2101 does the same awesome workings than thank you so very much, just one more question back in the early 90s I paid like 150 for it so nowadays how much are they going for? I can only imagine now adays its gonna be obscene ,but as bad as I want to replace my beautiful sounding piece I guess I'm just gonna half to bite the big one, so if you would please let me no cost wise, and once again thank you for pointing me in the right direction, and as I'm sure your enjoying every minute of your 2101 . Sorry for writing a book but hey you now what it's like finding the perfect piece

Reverb.com has the 2101 from $250? To $500 US. Look for one with dual PPC210 option.

@@GlenHyden Glenn thank for taking the time for a complete stranger . Hopefully good karma headn your way

Glenn sorry to bother ya once again, but wondering if this model has the same type programs as the valve fx ya no like compose a little, stacks in hall phazzer ect ect and does it plug into my amp, no pedals I kind of realize I'm being a nonsense but ya got understand that digitech valvefx was like the best thing they made so you can imagine my heartbreak when I turned it on and the mfer was done I mean it wasalmist 30 but it worked and worked and now I'm just beside my self trying to find one that does what it did oh woo is me

Sold the unit. I have Helix, Tonex an Valeton GP100 now.

Had a website for 10 years fur that. It came down 2 years ago. I have nothing online now.

@@GlenHyden for a fee would you be willing to sell the patches again directly?

@@j.maxsering3728 I can send them to a email or google drive. Zero fee.

You'll want the midiwizard to upload patches to the 2101...It's listed on ebay copy/paste GIVE YOUR GSP-2101 A COMPLETE HEALTH CHECK with MIDIWIZARD (DIGITECH GSP2101)

I can email a zip file. But I can't help load and configure the software.

@@GlenHyden can you send a zip? Also happy to pay you to set one of these up...

@Craig Bernard I can send a zip file. However I can't set it up. I had 2 units In case one trashed out during the upload. I could then restore the unit. These units are dangerous to sysex upload download to. I would hate to trash your unit with no way to restore.

@@GlenHyden thanks Glen. so can I simply upload the patches to it? also is there better settings or a map of how best to use this with an amp head and cab in terms of wiring?

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@@jcalzada74 Johnson J12 was the best controller.

@GlenHyden that thing cost more than the Digitech now days

@@jcalzada74 Agreed. I sold mine for double what I paid.

Restored the site for shits and giggles. gsp2101.infinityfreeapp.com/index.htm

How did that work out?

@@ilmisxx2 well i got the 2101. I still haven’t hooked it up to the torpedo. Or an amp for that matter. Turns out I’m too busy for guitar all of the sudden . And manuals. I’ve played it through head phones and I can’t even get the pedal board programmed. Nothing like the units I remember. Gsp21 Gsp69 we’re so much easier than this digitech control one. Think I’m going to take a loss and sell it. I paid like 450 for the rack and the Board. 🤦‍♀️. I just can’t find my way around it and it’s just not the same as I’m used to. I like having a patch and leave it there like a pedal board. I don’t think This does that to well.