Blackstar IDX floor modellers

[Sascha Franck]

What information would it need to display, other than patch number?

Well, the display is quite small. Might turn invisible under bright stage lights.

Anyhow, I think this thing is decent, especially given the asking price, but I'd possibly still go for a Valeton GP-200 in this price bracket. The IDX tones all come across a tad too "generic" for my taste.

 

[Lysander]

Well, the display is quite small. Might turn invisible under bright stage lights.

Fair, but for reading patch numbers, or maybe using the tuner, you don't need a bigger screen. The thing has a fixed, limited signal chain with leds all over the place telling you exactly what's going on at any time.

The display is small but OLED, similar to what the HX One and Helix Stadium XL use.

Anyhow, I think this thing is decent, especially given the asking price, but I'd possibly still go for a Valeton GP-200 in this price bracket.

Interesting - i've had the Floor One on my shopping cart for a week now and itching to pull the trigger, precisely because it's not a "full" modeller like the Valetons/Hotones/Mooers of the world.

 

[Sascha Franck]

The display is small but OLED, similar to what the HX One and Helix Stadium XL use.

I could possibly live with that, but judging from whatever videos, the switch LEDs seem pretty darn small, too - whereas the Valeton switches have nice kinda bright and colored LED rings which should be visible under all conditions.
The thing I kinda like is the dedicated FX button row, but then, the GP-200 offers almost freely configurable switches, which is pretty stunning for such a low priced unit.

 

[timbuck3]

Yeah, but don't forget that TB has been 'almost' ready to release the AmpX for about 25 years at this point. His prototype is now old tech.

People would argue that the tech is actually not old but that the unit looks old like something from the 1990s
And that little flappy lift up with that little screen and the shiny material behind it just seems cheap

 

[nofocus]

Would that sound good in the "power amp in" of the boss katana ?

I like the simplicity of the device. I don't want to deal with a phone or a tablet or having to hook it up to a computer to have access to all the features. Everything is there on the device. I like the format.

 

[timbuck3]

Fair, but for reading patch numbers, or maybe using the tuner, you don't need a bigger screen. The thing has a fixed, limited signal chain with leds all over the place telling you exactly what's going on at any time.

The display is small but OLED, similar to what the HX One and Helix Stadium XL use.



Interesting - i've had the Floor One on my shopping cart for a week now and itching to pull the trigger, precisely because it's not a "full" modeller like the Valetons/Hotones/Mooers of the world.

On the floor1 no jack to hook up extension pedal though

 

[timbuck3]

Would that sound good in the "power amp in" of the boss katana ?

I like the simplicity of the device. I don't want to deal with a phone or a tablet or having to hook it up to a computer to have access to all the features. Everything is there on the device. I like the format.

It would work but only you can know if it will sound ok

 

[timbuck3]

Whomever uses this now hows the latency switching between patches? Any delay at all? Is there spillover?