Loserchief
SwingingIdiot
I'm in the process of selling one of my guitars and with the money from it i want some kind of multi effect setup to go with my Engl Sovereign,mainly for modulation and time based effects not really for amp modeling. And swichting the amp using the mfx unit would be great since i otherwise i'd be tapdancing all the time.
Going full midi is more than i want to spend right now(the midi interface for the sovereign alone is 200€ and i'd still need a midi-footswitch and the mfx unit), so i think a Boss GT-8 would be the best choice. Put it in the loop,use the modulation effects and such and if my amp screws up i can use it a s a full backup going straight into the board with amp simulation and all that.
The GT-8 has a single amp control jack that's obviously mono since it can only do one funtion.
The engl sovereing has a stereo switching jack for switching the main channels(clean/crunch + soft lead/heavy lead) on the mono terminal and between clean and crunch(mode 1 and two of main channel 1) on the stereo terminal.
Since i barely use crunch and soft lead i could set the amp up for clean on main channel1 and heavy lead on main channel 2 and then switch using the mono jack from the GT-8. As i see it the clean/crunch switching shouldn't be affected since it won't be in the circuit when using a mono jack. I could still switch on crunch and soft lead by hand but for live use i don't need them anyway.
Anyone else except myself thinks that this should work?
Going full midi is more than i want to spend right now(the midi interface for the sovereign alone is 200€ and i'd still need a midi-footswitch and the mfx unit), so i think a Boss GT-8 would be the best choice. Put it in the loop,use the modulation effects and such and if my amp screws up i can use it a s a full backup going straight into the board with amp simulation and all that.
The GT-8 has a single amp control jack that's obviously mono since it can only do one funtion.
The engl sovereing has a stereo switching jack for switching the main channels(clean/crunch + soft lead/heavy lead) on the mono terminal and between clean and crunch(mode 1 and two of main channel 1) on the stereo terminal.
Since i barely use crunch and soft lead i could set the amp up for clean on main channel1 and heavy lead on main channel 2 and then switch using the mono jack from the GT-8. As i see it the clean/crunch switching shouldn't be affected since it won't be in the circuit when using a mono jack. I could still switch on crunch and soft lead by hand but for live use i don't need them anyway.
Anyone else except myself thinks that this should work?
