New hybrid rig

[mircop31]

Hi guys! I’m building my new rig (I’ve been using a Kemper for years and, although it gave me a lot of satisfaction, I wanted to change my setup).Right now I have a Victory V40 Deluxe Mk1 head, a Red Seven Amp Central Evo, two pedals (JHS Morning Glory and Warm Audio Klon), and an FM3.

The idea is to use the rig depending on the context I’m called to play in: either simulating the amp with the Fractal and going straight into the mixer, or (if the situation allows it) bringing the head along with the Red Seven and still using the Fractal as a multi‑effects unit, with the two pedals added in.

In this second case, I’d like to run into the two overdrives first and then into the Fractal, using it both for pre‑effects and post‑effects (the Red Seven even allows a stereo send/return), and then go into the head and consequently into the Red Seven loadbox.

My question is whether there could be issues with too many AD/DA conversions, and if anyone has already dealt with this kind of hybrid rig. Thanks!

 

[laxu]

whether there could be issues with too many AD/DA conversions

No.

 

[Whizzinby]

That doesn’t seem like an excessive amount of AD/DA conversions to me. You see dudes all the time running series pedalboards with a huge amount of digital pedals resulting in 37 conversions before it even leaves the amp.

Actually sounds like a killer setup.

 

[mircop31]

thanks for all your replies!

 

[metropolis_4]

For your second case, do you mean the signal path would go like this:

pedals -> Fractal -> amp -> Red Seven

Or like this:

pedals -> Fractal -> amp in -> effects loop send to Fractal -> Fractal out to effects loop return -> Red Seven

Both should be fine, but for the second there’s a chance you might need some humbuster cables if you run into noise.

I’ve used the FM3 for effects either an amp before and it worked well, but personally I didn’t like what it did to the tone when it was in the signal chain that way. I think it will end up working and sounding it’s best in your first scenario