Hey gang - I've been playing a 2 amp set-up for years (one dirty and one clean) and I pan between them. I also use a HUGE pedalboard (and am thinking of going to an effects processor) I've been thinking of adding a 3rd amp head to my set-up and I want the options of picking the cleans/dirty from each amp as I choose - so I've thought about MIDI. Questions, ideas and thoughts: I'd like to take my MarkIV, Mesa Racktifier and another rackmounted amp for cleans and pick and choose which dirty amp I wanted (depending on the song). I know this is possible by MIDI patches. But could I still pan between an amp for dirty and an amp for clean (and have patches with effects for each selection)?? EXAMPLE: Clean with phase/chorus panned to a nice dry distortion. All suggestions would be great. Thanks.
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http://www.rjmmusic.com/rg16.php That's quite impressive but it's not clear (to me) whether it provides the response to CC messages that you need to accomplish real-time effects mix. ART used to call this feature 'Performance MIDI' and one could set a single pedal to do exactly what you ask for. Doing it with separate amps and fx pedals.....potentially complicated.
Hey looklikemeband, Your idea could be accomplished, but I would hate to have haul all of those amp heads rackmounted in a large, heavy rack. You might want to consider the Mesa Boogie Tri-Axis preamp, an effects processor, and a stereo tube power amp along with a MIDI controller pedalboard to run the whole thing. Much easier to control all that stuff. Huge Racks Inc. website ( www.hugeracksinc.com) has a lot of information on that type of setup. I own and use 3 different guitar rack rigs myself so I can relate to what you have in mind. Guitar George
That's true - I didn't catch the "panned" part. If you really need to pan instead of instantaneously switch between amps, you'll need something like a Switchblade by Sound Sculpture.
Thank you for the responses everyone.!!! I'm registered at HRI forum - I should have asked there. My bad. Would I be able to PAN with the Triaxis???
dont forget the software upgrade! so that you can cc effects out of the patch. really nice. i havent saved the $ for the GL yet
Hey lookslikemeband, I would recommend the Switchblade by Sound Sculpture for being able to pan between amps & effects. It's a combination audio switching system & line mixer with the ability to program different combinations of the two. It's a very cutting edge device. Guitar George
