Originally posted by dystrust
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This whole thing is much easier to accomplish with PA speakers and IRs for the wet effects. I'm assuming that a rig like this pre dates IRs and self powered PA speakers. Its not clear if there would be any advantage to running wet effects through another stereo guitar rig? I'm assuming they did it this way because that's what they had.
I could set this up in about 15 minutes in my home studio using my MFX processor and 8" reference monitors set aside my amp. Just run out-1 to my guitar amp (pre effects), and out-2 (with effects and IR) to my monitors.
I'm left wondering... why? Separating the effects from the main amp signal could offer more punch as the guitar speakers aren't reproducing the effects. And this would only be an advantage at louder volumes. But the downside is that you would lose the directional aspect of a guitar cab that makes it sound like an instrument.
A creation like this has to be for the 80s touring guitarist who already had everything and is bored and experimenting with ways to improve sound.
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