Just to share “a way” to do it. No new gear…just putting what I own together differently..
Not sure if this belongs here…or in the amp section…or in the racksection
Coming from a medium sized board loaded with 2 preamps I love, 2 great compressor/eq/boost pedals, a Gt core, es5 to control stuff, 100w as poweramp stuck underneath. Love that board…so I am doing compromises. Thing is…most of my gigs are at a venue where I use a cab and a combo..I used to take the board, and the laney studio as a poweamp(don’t like ss power), I’d like to have to take only 1 unit. The stage is small..so the board takes up valuable space.
I don’t like playing multiple rigs, rather have one I know well…so I’m aiming to make this my main rig.
If 15w is not enough (twice a year atm)…I’ll skip the laney powersection (doesn’t need load)…and plug this into returns if combos.
Basically it’s a 4cm setup, pedals on a drawer…in a rack. The orange unit is a loop switcher/relay switcher, which also send power to the midicontroller via 7 pin din.
I think I get a lot out of the laney using multiple cleanboosts/cuts in the GT, so maybe worth sharing how that works together with the controler:
Knob 1: selects GT preset
Knob 1 2nd push: adds a 6db boost post gain as a solo boost
Knob 2…does nothing yet
Knob 3: has the switcher select the clean channel on the Laney, adds a 6db pre gain boost, and a -10db cut to mitigate the volume increase. Reason for this is: the clean channel needs to be hot hard to come to life…this way I can use it close to breakup.
knob3 2nd push: adds A compressor.
Knob4: selects cleanchannel, puts the overdrive pedal in the chain, and adds a -10db cut. Allows me to hit the laney preamp hard with the overdrive pedal
Knob4 2nd push: adds a 6 db pre pedal boost, increases the gain from the pedal.
Knob5: Switches the Laney to thé Leadchannel
knob5 2nd push: switches to laneys pre gain boost on to get more gain.
knob 6: tuner
I will add 2 expressionpedals to control wah/volume/wet&dry level.
I hope I can find a way to control the Halo (no midi ;()….
So far it actually sounds great
Leaving for its maiden gig in 30 minutes
…jazz gig..so easy on the switching/overdrive sounds
Not sure if this belongs here…or in the amp section…or in the racksection
Coming from a medium sized board loaded with 2 preamps I love, 2 great compressor/eq/boost pedals, a Gt core, es5 to control stuff, 100w as poweramp stuck underneath. Love that board…so I am doing compromises. Thing is…most of my gigs are at a venue where I use a cab and a combo..I used to take the board, and the laney studio as a poweamp(don’t like ss power), I’d like to have to take only 1 unit. The stage is small..so the board takes up valuable space.
I don’t like playing multiple rigs, rather have one I know well…so I’m aiming to make this my main rig.
If 15w is not enough (twice a year atm)…I’ll skip the laney powersection (doesn’t need load)…and plug this into returns if combos.
Basically it’s a 4cm setup, pedals on a drawer…in a rack. The orange unit is a loop switcher/relay switcher, which also send power to the midicontroller via 7 pin din.
I think I get a lot out of the laney using multiple cleanboosts/cuts in the GT, so maybe worth sharing how that works together with the controler:
Knob 1: selects GT preset
Knob 1 2nd push: adds a 6db boost post gain as a solo boost
Knob 2…does nothing yet
Knob 3: has the switcher select the clean channel on the Laney, adds a 6db pre gain boost, and a -10db cut to mitigate the volume increase. Reason for this is: the clean channel needs to be hot hard to come to life…this way I can use it close to breakup.
knob3 2nd push: adds A compressor.
Knob4: selects cleanchannel, puts the overdrive pedal in the chain, and adds a -10db cut. Allows me to hit the laney preamp hard with the overdrive pedal
Knob4 2nd push: adds a 6 db pre pedal boost, increases the gain from the pedal.
Knob5: Switches the Laney to thé Leadchannel
knob5 2nd push: switches to laneys pre gain boost on to get more gain.
knob 6: tuner
I will add 2 expressionpedals to control wah/volume/wet&dry level.
I hope I can find a way to control the Halo (no midi ;()….
So far it actually sounds great
Leaving for its maiden gig in 30 minutes
…jazz gig..so easy on the switching/overdrive sounds
