trying to wrap my head around integrating the H90 into a dawless rig

[sleewell]

recently got a h90. so far i really like it but it is very complicated and kind of like learning a new language hahahaha. its starting to come together but what i cant yet wrap my pin sized brain around is how to start to integrate it into a rig with a drum machine (erica synths lxr-02) , synth (microfreak), sampler (akai mpc live), and drone noise box (soma lyra 4).

what i would love to be able to do is apply stuff from the h90 to each one on command, obviously without swapping out cables each time. is a mixer the answer? im thinking like a guitar modeler here but would i be able to put the H90 in a loop of the mixer and then choose which path (drum machine, synth, sampler, or noise) gets the H90? or since the h90 has 4 inputs do you just go from each unit into it and sort out the signal paths in whatever program you setup in the h90?


im not even there yet but taking it a step further would you then be able to to use one effect from the h90 on say the drum machine and then the other effect from the h90 on the synth? it'd be so cool is some stuff would get both effects and then some stuff you could split and assign it whatever box/instrument you wanted if that makes any sense at all to anyone lol.



thanks!!!!

 

[Aleksi]

It's been a while since i sold my H90 so I don't remember the details, but I often used it as two separate fx processors. Look into routing signals in the H90 and how you can have it as two separate stereo signal paths. It's pretty simple once you get your head around it!

For a simple setup, look into mixers with AUX sends (they are usually mono out and you can return to a stereo channel on the mixer, and a lot of mixers have only one send). They allow you to send the signal from the channels you want into the H90. I have so much gear in my setup that I use patchbays for signal routing, which allow me to plug any of my synths into any of my fx pedals and route them in any order I want to.

 

[Enchilada Jones]

Morningstar ML10X can do that for you

 

[Aleksi]

Morningstar ML10X can do that for you

Only one input, though. @sleewell needs at least 4, not to mention that the setup may well grow (ask me how I know )

 

[Enchilada Jones]

The Input is ring, tip, sleeve just like the other jacks. So there are two inputs there.
All the jacks are ring, tip, sleeve.

Using the Advanced setting you can input to any of the 10 mono ‘input’ jacks and route from there to any other location. All of that routing is switchable and stored as a preset.
You could have numerous presets that have anything connected to a mono or stereo loop routed internally to any other location. Not necessarily all one signal path.

I haven’t tried it yet but it seems you could have two completely separate mono pedal boards feeding the instrument input and effects loops of two different amplifiers. Pre and Post effects to each amp and then switch, via presets, to send numerous different combinations of all connected pedals to either of those two amps.

Then use a midi controller to call up those presets. Or switch it on the unit itself.

 

[Aleksi]

The Input is ring, tip, sleeve just like the other jacks. So there are two inputs there.
All the jacks are ring, tip, sleeve.

Using the Advanced setting you can input to any of the 10 mono ‘input’ jacks and route from there to any other location. All of that routing is switchable and stored as a preset.
You could have numerous presets that have anything connected to a mono or stereo loop routed internally to any other location. Not necessarily all one signal path.

I haven’t tried it yet but it seems you could have two completely separate mono pedal boards feeding the instrument input and effects loops of two different amplifiers. Pre and Post effects to each amp and then switch, via presets, to send numerous different combinations of all connected pedals to either of those two amps.

Then use a midi controller to call up those presets. Or switch it on the unit itself.

Looking into it, it's more versatile than I thought at first and could certainly work. Two pairs of stereo IO on the H90 eats up 2 pairs of send/return. MPC eats up anything up to 3 stereo inputs, LXR can use up to 2 stereo inputs and Lyra and Microfreak together will use one trs in.

Let's say 1 trs in for lyra and micro combined, 1 for lxr and 1 for mpc. 2 trs ins for h90. You have one left for a stereo instrument or pedal.