Digitech GNX3000 recording

Digitech GNX3000 recording

Just bought the Digitech GNX3000 workstation and its been amazing.
Heck, even the 195 presets (65 user) sounded real good, and the built-
in drum machine was semi-workable. I was torn between that and the
Line 6 POD XT, but all in all, a pretty good buy. I had to trade my
old RP200(?) and an old Line POD 2.0 plus few bucks to get the 3000
(priced at GC at around $300). Its been worth it!

Anyways, I do have one question. I currently have my MIC (Shure
PGXLR) hooked into the mic port, my drum machine (DR3 Boss drum
machine) into one of the line-in port, my guitar (good old Fender
Strat) into the guitar input. The GNX3000 is output to my Line 6 212
Spider 2 amp. My question is, does the software that comes with the
GNX3000 (i believe it's called ProTracks), allow recording using the
USB port into my laptop with all inputs at the same time? What i mean
is will it record the drums, the vocals, and the guitar all in one
shot, into say ONE track? I want a quick but not dirty way to record
my practice sessions down in the basement.

I have always recorded music into separate tracks (using Cool Edit or
Cakewalk), and it's just a big pain in the rear arranging them all
together for the final mixdown. Too much time fiddling around just to
get the one song. Anyways, any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Digitech GNX3000 recording

Oh I forgot to add, I hate reading manuals, but i'll probably going to
have to if I use ProTracks. I'm just hoping someone can quickly
confirm and say YES...you can do it in one TRACK..... Then I'll dive
into the manual and learn the tool.

Thanks

Re: Digitech GNX3000 recording

GNX3000 has four mono USB recording channels. My first question for
you is, does DR3 have stereo mode? If so, you will probably want to
have it plugged into both line inputs.

For separate tracking:
Route your analog inputs according to what you want to track. So, (1)
make sure your mic and line are set to MIC DRY and LINE DRY,
respectively; (2) on the GNX or from X-Edit, select USB 1-2 Source to
be SUM+Mic; and (3) USB 3-4 Source to be Dry Line. Finally, in
ProTracks, insert three audio tracks. Set first two tracks to Mono.
First audio track's input source will be Digitech USB Audio 1-2 (Left)
or something along those lines. That will be your guitar track.
Second track will be 1-2 (Right), which is the mic signal. Third
track will be set to Stereo, and the input source will be Digitech USB
Audio 3-4 (Stereo). That is your drums.

For combined tracking (answering your question):
Set USB 1-2 Source to STEROALL, and record onto a single stereo track;
source will be Digitech USB Audio 1-2 (Stereo).

Hope that helps. And oh yeah, read the manual. It helps.


On Feb 23, 12:55 pm, "dodomaster" <bertvilo...@gmail . com > wrote:
> Just bought the Digitech GNX3000 workstation and its been amazing.
> Heck, even the 195 presets (65 user) sounded real good, and the built-
> in drum machine was semi-workable. I was torn between that and the
> Line 6 POD XT, but all in all, a pretty good buy. I had to trade my
> old RP200(?) and an old Line POD 2.0 plus few bucks to get the 3000
> (priced at GC at around $300). Its been worth it!
>
> Anyways, I do have one question. I currently have my MIC (Shure
> PGXLR) hooked into the mic port, my drum machine (DR3 Boss drum
> machine) into one of the line-in port, my guitar (good old Fender
> Strat) into the guitar input. The GNX3000 is output to my Line 6 212
> Spider 2 amp. My question is, does the software that comes with the
> GNX3000 (i believe it's called ProTracks), allow recording using the
> USB port into my laptop with all inputs at the same time? What i mean
> is will it record the drums, the vocals, and the guitar all in one
> shot, into say ONE track? I want a quick but not dirty way to record
> my practice sessions down in the basement.
>
> I have always recorded music into separate tracks (using Cool Edit or
> Cakewalk), and it's just a big pain in the rear arranging them all
> together for the final mixdown. Too much time fiddling around just to
> get the one song. Anyways, any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Re: Digitech GNX3000 recording

>
> For combined tracking (answering your question):
> Set USB 1-2 Source to STEROALL, and record onto a single stereo track;
> source will be Digitech USB Audio 1-2 (Stereo).
>
> Hope that helps. And oh yeah, read the manual. It helps.
>

Thanks iliace! Yes, it seems that I will have to read the manual
after all :(

I have already set the mic to MIC DRY and the line-in as LINE DRY.

One more question though, setting USB 1-2 Source to STEROALL will
record all three inputs (mic, guitar, and drums) into ONE track,
correct?

thanks again for all your help.

Re: Digitech GNX3000 recording

On Feb 24, 8:20 pm, "dodomaster" <bertvilo...@gmail . com > wrote:
> > For combined tracking (answering your question):
> > Set USB 1-2 Source to STEROALL, and record onto a single stereo track;
> > source will be Digitech USB Audio 1-2 (Stereo).
>
> > Hope that helps. And oh yeah, read the manual. It helps.
>
> Thanks iliace! Yes, it seems that I will have to read the manual
> after all :(
>
> I have already set the mic to MIC DRY and the line-in as LINE DRY.
>
> One more question though, setting USB 1-2 Source to STEROALL will
> record all three inputs (mic, guitar, and drums) into ONE track,
> correct?
>
> thanks again for all your help.

Yes, that's exactly the idea. All sources - whether running through
processing or not - show up on the STEROALL setting. This includes
line, mic, instrument, and (internal) drum machine.