MXR Rockman out on 23 January

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stonevibestonevibe Frets: 7598
edited January 23 in FX
We found some leaked info on it and a price of $229




One for all you '80s rock fans?
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  • sgosdensgosden Frets: 2020
    That's exciting. makes me hot, sticky sweet, from my head to my feet.
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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3587
    edited January 8
    I had more than a feeling that this would come out and if it's good, Armageddon one!
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  • daveyhdaveyh Frets: 706
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
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  • hollywoodroxhollywoodrox Frets: 4894
    edited January 8
    I’ve got my JHS rockbox  wrapped up in bubble wrap at the moment  one was used to record hysteria tracked one string at a time if I remember . There’s a big write up from the engineer on a forum somewhere I’m not sure if he’s passed a while ago now .

    heres a video from BWM5150  who is bloody awesome and is on this forum
    https://youtu.be/W86UEwvCNo4?si=Cmxlx--atFzravAW
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  • english_bobenglish_bob Frets: 5379
    daveyh said:
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
    You say that, but there's no Helix model of the Rockman. I don't know about any of the other modelling "ecosystems"

    Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.

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  • KebabkidKebabkid Frets: 3587
    edited January 25
    The old ADA MP1 rack preamp had a Rockman option in it that was pretty decent.

    I have a cheap Zoom G1xON (cost me £25) and that has a preset in it called 'Big Rack' that's absolutely fantastic and does that LA/AOR 80s studio clean so well and sounds so expensive and classy with its delays, micro-pitch, chorus, reverb, compression - think 'Hysteria', Dream Theater's intro on 'Pull Me Under'. Whilst it sounds great direct through a PA and absolutely fantastic on headphones, and I'm sure it would work well for recording, it doesn't transfer so well to being used on a board with other pedals for live and through an amp, and so if this pedal could achieve 'that sound' and be pedalboard and amp friendly, I'll be happy. If the ODs have that character, but are improved with a little more distortion, even better but my interest is really in the cleans.

    Back in the day, I had the JHS Rock Box. It was ok and the Chorused-Delay Clean sound was its strong point, but I also tried the Rockman and that was better in that department.

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  • longshinslongshins Frets: 264
    The Satriani pack on Amplitube has one if you want a software option
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  • rossyamaharossyamaha Frets: 2532
    daveyh said:
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
    You say that, but there's no Helix model of the Rockman. I don't know about any of the other modelling "ecosystems"
    No Helix doesn't despite me pestering for one. I did however create a "Hysteria" preset that pretty much nails it. I'll get round to demoing and selling at some point. 

    I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.

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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 26673
    daveyh said:
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
    You say that, but there's no Helix model of the Rockman. I don't know about any of the other modelling "ecosystems"
    No Helix doesn't despite me pestering for one. I did however create a "Hysteria" preset that pretty much nails it. I'll get round to demoing and selling at some point. 
    Is it actually worth selling presets?

    Is there enough money coming in to make it economical to deal with a tax return for it?
    "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
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  • rossyamaharossyamaha Frets: 2532
    daveyh said:
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
    You say that, but there's no Helix model of the Rockman. I don't know about any of the other modelling "ecosystems"
    No Helix doesn't despite me pestering for one. I did however create a "Hysteria" preset that pretty much nails it. I'll get round to demoing and selling at some point. 
    Is it actually worth selling presets?

    Is there enough money coming in to make it economical to deal with a tax return for it?
    Honestly at the moment I don't know. It's new territory for me but obviously now being self employed, it's just another revenue stream that I can do. Plenty do it so may as well join in and have a go. 

    I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.

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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 26673
    daveyh said:
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
    You say that, but there's no Helix model of the Rockman. I don't know about any of the other modelling "ecosystems"
    No Helix doesn't despite me pestering for one. I did however create a "Hysteria" preset that pretty much nails it. I'll get round to demoing and selling at some point. 
    Is it actually worth selling presets?

    Is there enough money coming in to make it economical to deal with a tax return for it?
    Honestly at the moment I don't know. It's new territory for me but obviously now being self employed, it's just another revenue stream that I can do. Plenty do it so may as well join in and have a go. 
    I thought about doing it for bass patches as I did a badly recorded Tone Test vid on youtube and I got a few people asking me for some of the patches.

    All I was doing was a quick and dirty click through to see how they sounded after the YT system had affected them.
    But of course the customer pool for bass is a lot smaller so it's probably not worth the hassle.
    "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
    Attributed to Albert Camus

    Fancy a laugh: the unofficial King of Tone waiting list calculator: 

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  • rossyamaharossyamaha Frets: 2532
    daveyh said:
    Coincidentally I was talking about the Rockman with a mate at work yesterday, wondering if you could still get one.

    I’d but a proper reissue headphone thing but this seems a bit pointless in a world of modelling. 
    You say that, but there's no Helix model of the Rockman. I don't know about any of the other modelling "ecosystems"
    No Helix doesn't despite me pestering for one. I did however create a "Hysteria" preset that pretty much nails it. I'll get round to demoing and selling at some point. 
    Is it actually worth selling presets?

    Is there enough money coming in to make it economical to deal with a tax return for it?
    Honestly at the moment I don't know. It's new territory for me but obviously now being self employed, it's just another revenue stream that I can do. Plenty do it so may as well join in and have a go. 
    I thought about doing it for bass patches as I did a badly recorded Tone Test vid on youtube and I got a few people asking me for some of the patches.

    All I was doing was a quick and dirty click through to see how they sounded after the YT system had affected them.
    But of course the customer pool for bass is a lot smaller so it's probably not worth the hassle.
    You would be surprised. Mainly cause not as many people do bass patches but there are plenty of bass players using Helix. Set up a Gumroad or something and see what happens. 

    I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.

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  • fretmeisterfretmeister Frets: 26673
    I might have a look at that.

    Do they host the patches or would I just email them out when people have paid?

    @JohnCordy I see you have an account - how does it work?
    "Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
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    Fancy a laugh: the unofficial King of Tone waiting list calculator: 

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  • BarquentineBarquentine Frets: 338
    I had one on loan for a while way back when they were first around. The distortion sound was absolutely terrible.
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  • digitalkettledigitalkettle Frets: 3861
    I had one on loan for a while way back when they were first around. The distortion sound was absolutely terrible.

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  • Switch625Switch625 Frets: 616
    Probably going to be limited availability and sell out instantly?
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  • HootsmonHootsmon Frets: 16513
    I had the Rockman rack and the chorus was FAB
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 76501
    I had one on loan for a while way back when they were first around. The distortion sound was absolutely terrible.
    I had one briefly in the very late 80s or early 90s too.

    It was an object lesson in understanding that the great tones on records are largely down to what you can achieve with professional-quality recording studio equipment and an engineer who knows how to use it, rather than the guitar gear.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

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  • Danny1969Danny1969 Frets: 11469
    I had a borrowed JHS Rockbox in 88 ish and as a direct recording device it was great. I had a Yamaha 4 track and a Alesis SR16 and had a great time home recording. 

    www.2020studios.co.uk 
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  • I’ve posted this before, but if you want the Rockman sound and have a line 6 helix then this guy reverse engineers the rockman from the schematics.

    It uses multiple gain stages and custom IR’s (all free).
    https://youtu.be/Jqg62Afb9To?si=K0gGouqd-YDR4MYB


    https://line6.com/customtone/search/?submitted=1&family=ALL+PRODUCTS&search_term=x100+lonniewest

    I’d like one the pedals, tho, just to try out sticking in front of an a la the lead sound on Megadeth’s ‘Peace Sells’ album.
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