The Rack Thread

[Eagle]

I don't have my notes in front of me but when I measured the frequency response of my 2290 dry it wasn't flat; it actually boosted the highs from around 8-10khz by a few dB.

The preamp in old DDL based delays often double up as a nice crunch into a semi dirty amp too.

I sold mine years ago but it never made me think it needed to be in a mixer.

 

[OrganicZed]

That's great stuff. Do you use the axe in to the 2/90/2?

I mostly play the Axe through studio monitors or IEMs. When I use it with a stereo pair of cabinets I have them powered with a QSC PLX3102 (550W @ 8 Ohms per side, class H topology, switch mode power supply). I do intend to try the Axe through the 2/90/2 one of these days, but I very rarely have the house to myself and the wife doesn't tolerate much volume so it is low on the priority list.

 

[Blix]

Ok tried the Gigrig wetter box as an option for analog dry through in my X88ir loop.
It's going back.
In is clearly designed for blending stomp boxes in parallel and has the FX loop capability as an afterthought.
I don't like the sound of the buffer in the dry side when turned on. I don't know but even when in true bypass operation this only applies to the overall bypass and still puts the buffer on when you turn on the pedal (causing a change in the dry side signal in operation ? Sounds like it to me anyway). Also the sweep of the mix control is not very useful blending to the dry signal (great to blend A+B but not B and dry). You also have to leave the A side empty to actually do this you can't make use of the connections (and a switch) to avoid the need of Y leads for stereo operation even though the pedal has a mono in stereo out set of mono jacks.
The configuration of the pedal is also all about putting it on a pedalboard and blending FX boxes not putting it in the back of a rack system.
You really wouldn't think a box that had mono send stereo return (three jacks) unitary gain ( to the FX loop ) and a mixable loop also stereo/mono send stereo return ( four jacks ) was that difficult to do.
The truth is if I put an analog dry though pedal in the series loop it sounds different to the same unit set kill dry through the Wetter box, and by different I mean worse. So for the £249 I am just getting a different shade of different to the overall sound compared to just putting the Axe in series. Neither manage the dry to sound and feel the same as the actual dry.
Years ago I used a Peavey (yes not a typo) Valvex rack mount tube mixer and it was totally transparent. It could do this perfectly but this had multiple channels and only switchable by manually pressing buttons on the front panel is 1u and total overkill for this application (and long discontinued).
The Lehle Parallel 2 may actually be the only compact solution of sufficient quality but this is still F###ing Y leads to do stereo.
A friend of mine uses a PSplit and two mini mix 2s for his rack but there is no loop at all on his preamp. This seems to be transparent but all mixing is on the units themselves and costs about £700.

I suspected the Gigirig box wouldn't be ideal. You still have the RJM and Red Seven mini mixers as options.

Back in the day I had the Triaxis/2:90 and finding effects transparent enough was a major PITA as I was broke after getting the preamp/poweramp lol. The good old Rocktron Intellifex was the economy solution that actually worked.

 

[Diary Of An Axeman]

What is the signal path and how are you controlling it?

An old Digitech RP-12 as the main controller an with the Ensoniq 2 input x 8 output KMX MIDI Merger, I am using an RP-1 as a second controller.

 

[Diary Of An Axeman]

Some stuff from this afternoon.
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WOW !!!!

 

[Diary Of An Axeman]

WOW !!!!

How many watts / dB do you crank that monster ?

 

[Eagle]

How many watts / dB do you crank that monster ?

It's a mesa 290 so pretty loud if you want it . It is set up to two mesa EV 1x12 cabs at the moment or miked up 4x12 in the basement blast room.

 

[EOengineer]

Simul Satellite got trashed and is on its way back to GC. Total bummer, it was basically loose in the box with 1 piece of bubble wrap.

I hate to say it but I think I’m in the market for a 2:90. Dammit.

Let me know if you see any good deals.

 

[Desertdweller]

How many watts / dB do you crank that monster ?

The great thing about 2:90s is they sound amazing even at whisper quiet volumes. Just because you can go loud does not mean you have to.

 

[Eagle]

The great thing about 2:90s is they sound amazing even at whisper quiet volumes. Just because you can go loud does not mean you have to.

Quality over volume but as long as Boogie is your tone it’s both.

 

[EOengineer]

I’m dying right now.

Just missed a Simul 2:90 at GC last week, and then found one in Denver on FB marketplace for a great price and the guy understandably doesn’t want to ship.

There was a period a couple years ago where you couldn’t give these away.