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THE ALL NEW ROCKTRON XPRESSION EFFECTS PROCESSOR
Xpress yourself with Rocktron’s exciting new Xpression™, the easy to use, yet professional, multi-Effects Processor where 100% of the processing power is dedicated to producing rich, lush effects and EQ for BOTH guitar and bass. Pre-Loaded with 128 professional presets custom designed for guitar and bass including a combination of vintage AND modern voiced effects based on our years of experience in signal processing. The vintage effects include many classic stomp box style effects like Flanger, Phaser, Rotary and Tremolo that were modeled after actual vintage products no longer available on the market today. Rocktron's multi-voiced Delay and Chorus are designed for Guitar and Bass for BOTH live and recording situations. A Tap Button for "Delay" and "Rate" control is on the front panel and is MIDI Programmable. Reverb, Multi-Pitch Shifting, Compressor and much more are included. The Xpression is designed to maximize EFFECTS to be used WITH your favorite preamp or amplifier, thus there are no distortion presets in the Xpression.

Rocktron's SIMbiotic™ 4-Band Parametric EQ offered in the Xpression is the ultimate tool for tonal shaping of your sound and it has also been designed specifically for Guitar and Bass. Separate Input and Output Level controls to accommodate all kinds of guitars and basses with active and passive pickups.

Speaker Simulator allows you to RECORD DIRECT using your favorite preamp or amplifier OR to connect directly to a PA System using your favorite preamp or amplifier – (leave that heavy cabinet at home)! Rocktron's unique Signal Routing which allows you to choose between an Analog Direct Feed, or full Effects Routing. With a MIDI Footswitch and expression pedal you can control virtually all effects parameters. (Optional Rocktron MIDI Mate or All Access footcontrollers are available. More about those below).

Other key features include: HUSH® Noise Reduction, Speaker Simulator and Speaker Modeling, Mic Position Modeling, Dynamic Tube Reactance Modeling, Hi-Pass Filter for Bass, Run up to 10 effects at once. 24-Bit Internal Processing via Motorola DSP Engine for Double precision 48 x 48-bit multiply with 96-bit result.

When you need to control your gear, choose one of the guitar world’s most commonly used MIDI Foot Controllers, The Rocktron MIDI Mate. The MIDI Mate has been designed with one concept in mind: allow the performing musician complete and easy control over their MIDI equipment. The MIDI Mate is an intelligent controller allowing you to send up to six preset changes on six different channels and five control changes while controlling one realtime parameter via a volume pedal ALL AT ONCE. Unlike other "dumb" foot controllers that send one MIDI command on one channel, the MIDI Mate lets you take full advantage of your MIDI gear in programming and most importantly, on stage.
A large seven character LED screen displays song titles while preset LEDs show which preset is recalled. This sturdy, compact unit houses EEPROMs for memory storage so presets will never be lost (like they can in simple battery-storage controllers).
The MIDI Mate also features a 7-pin MIDI connector, allowing phantom power to be used with a 7-pin MIDI cable, (such as Rocktron’s M7 cable, the RMM900), avoiding extra adaptor cables on stage. The MIDI Mate is the preferred choice for countless professionals. After many years on the road, the MIDI Mate has been proven the most reliable, problem-free foot controller on the market.
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ROCKTRON MIDIMATE CONTROLLER

ROCKTRON ALL ACCESS MIDI CONTROLLER

When you need to go pro, choose THE MOST professional stage foot controller, the Rocktron All Access®. This is the world’s most advanced controller, used on more pro tours than any other. Having evolved from the earlier "Rocktron/Bradshaw" units, the Rocktron All Access is the professional standard.
More rugged and more powerful, the All Access again proves that Rocktron is the leader in technology for guitar players. The All Access as a stand-alone foot controller can be completely customized for your gear requirements. It can be set up to your specs in three operating modes: Bank Mode, Song Mode and Remote Mode.
The Bank Mode has 120 presets and each instant switch can be set up global or per preset. Customize set-up as either 24 banks of 5 presets with 10 "instant" switches (effect on/off); or 12 banks of 10 presets with 5 instant switches (effect on/off); or 8 banks of 15 presets with no instant switches set up. All 15 access switches can also be set up to "instant", operating as a huge instant access "pedal board".
Song Mode allows up to 150 songs to be stored with 15 presets per song. The 10 sets allow placement of 50 songs per set.
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