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That’s kind of a great price tbh. Only $100 more than a PowerStage 200, but full stereo and with all the other impedance bells and whistles.
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That’s kind of a great price tbh. Only $100 more than a PowerStage 200, but full stereo and with all the other impedance bells and whistles.
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That is quite reasonable
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Seems like that's exactly what the Pedalhead is going for.
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My plan is FM9, Pedalhead, and a pair of 1x12s.
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Stereo is glorius, I know nobody likes it for live but it sure is fun.
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It depends on the PA, but I always run stereo with my band. However, the keyboard player and I have our own ‘secondary’ PA that we run my guitar and all three of his keyboards through. It’s not a crazy, Pink Floyd type of stereo where things get freaky, though. Typically just dual delays to give the guitar a bit of width.
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Going to be interesting using it for videos around here. I’ll have it stereo out to 2 cabs and have all modellers, loadbox out and plugin out of daw, patchable to the wampler input.
But yeah the thought of something the size of a qc mini, pedal head and a 2x12 is so appealing for band practice
But yeah the thought of something the size of a qc mini, pedal head and a 2x12 is so appealing for band practice
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I am not a huge effects guy when I play but a stereo reverb or just a nice wide split is enougy most of the time.
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@politoleo How do the power amp “models” compare to those in the Friedman IR pedals and the Synergy 20IR? Is there shared technology with the Wampler or is this completely different?
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Dimehead NAM Player ~ 0.5ms latency
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Wampler PedalHead ~ 0.4ms latency
= Sounds like a good time to me.
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Wampler PedalHead ~ 0.4ms latency
= Sounds like a good time to me.
It's completely different under the hood as the new model is based on currents instead of voltage, but with similar aim.
Pedalhead/IR Load are almost as good as they can get (still within margin of improvements) when a speaker is connected, and they are more accurate when no speaker is connected.
So, am I right in understanding that when I play through something like Fractal/Helix, the model doesn't 'see' the load? (i.e. it is only responding to an input signal and on the output side, responding to a fixed speaker impedance curve? The input signal and the SIC form the 'bookends' so to speak)
But here, the power amp model on the Pedalhead is dynamically reacting to actual speaker loads from the guitar cabinet? If so great - but how do 6 power amp models cover the vast range of power amps painstakingly modeled in something like the AxeFX3? Are 6 archetypes sufficient?
And if we do wish to use the power amp models on the Fractal, how do we get them to 'see'/interact with the load?
I may be getting this all wrong but would appreciate any clarity anyone can provide. Thanks!
But here, the power amp model on the Pedalhead is dynamically reacting to actual speaker loads from the guitar cabinet? If so great - but how do 6 power amp models cover the vast range of power amps painstakingly modeled in something like the AxeFX3? Are 6 archetypes sufficient?
And if we do wish to use the power amp models on the Fractal, how do we get them to 'see'/interact with the load?
I may be getting this all wrong but would appreciate any clarity anyone can provide. Thanks!
Yes that's right, modelers in general have no way to see the real speaker current.
Pedalhead will include 5 power amp models (not yet sure which one), plus one dedicated to modelers where poweramp sim is included.
The last one being a a more hifi ish tube amp, similar to what the IR Load is when reactance is at zero.
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I have mostly just been thinking about using it as an amp for a modeler, but does this imply that I could use a SYN-1 + Pedalhead to get power amp flavour for a pure direct scenario using the balanced outs? I wasn’t sure if that was possible given the real-time current monitoring of the speaker load.
I’m looking forward to trying out both the Pedalhead and IR Load. Thanks for answering all our questions!
Yes that is totally possible, plus it would give you the option to go with a cabinet if you ever need! Thank you!!
I am looking forward to pairing this with one or more preamp pedals (say the Tone King Imperial or Royalist) or my old standby, the Ethos Clean Fusion Deluxe in an easy in/out board package. Paired with one of my shop built smallish STEREO cabs, in A Swart or Forte 3D or Barefaced replica style and it should be a nice compact package with great tones.
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