crguti
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I have been assembling this gear for the last couple of months, and finally I've got something that I'm very happy with.
The heart of my gear is the Rocktron Patchmate Loop 8. This midi looper is in charge of switching the pedals/preamps I'm gonna use. So each pedal & preamp is connected to its respective loop and all pedals are placed in a rack shelf.
Let me explain you how is the signal path. First the guitar is connected to the active input of Rocktron Patchmate. I use the active input (or buffer) because I've got some high-end loss running all those long cables from Patchmate to the pedals. Then the guitar signal is splitted into 2. One signal goes to the pedals and the other one goes to the TC Polytune which is always on (a nice feature btw). The pedals and preamps are connected in series, which are as follow:
loop 1) Compressor: T-Rex Comp Nova
loop 2) OD/DS: TC Nova Drive (midi controlled)
loop 3) OD/Fuzz: Way Huge Pork Loin
loop 4) Preamp 1: Engl Tube Preamp E530
loop 5) Preamp 2: Engl Thunder 50 Drive E322 (preamp section)
loop 6) Chorus/Flanger: T-Rex Twister
loop 7) Delay: T-Rex Replica
loop 8) Reverb: T-Rex Tonebug Reverb
Then the signal goes to the FX Loop Return (set to wet) of the Engl Thunder amp. From here the signal is sent to the 1x12" open-back cab and 1x12" closed-back cab connected in series.
When I dig a sound, I save the pedals/preamp combination in a preset. Then I recall the presets using the Midi Foot Controller Ground Control (the old controller).... sweet.... :14:
What would be cool is to have a midi amp switcher ... yeah, but I don't 'really' need it.
The heart of my gear is the Rocktron Patchmate Loop 8. This midi looper is in charge of switching the pedals/preamps I'm gonna use. So each pedal & preamp is connected to its respective loop and all pedals are placed in a rack shelf.
Let me explain you how is the signal path. First the guitar is connected to the active input of Rocktron Patchmate. I use the active input (or buffer) because I've got some high-end loss running all those long cables from Patchmate to the pedals. Then the guitar signal is splitted into 2. One signal goes to the pedals and the other one goes to the TC Polytune which is always on (a nice feature btw). The pedals and preamps are connected in series, which are as follow:
loop 1) Compressor: T-Rex Comp Nova
loop 2) OD/DS: TC Nova Drive (midi controlled)
loop 3) OD/Fuzz: Way Huge Pork Loin
loop 4) Preamp 1: Engl Tube Preamp E530
loop 5) Preamp 2: Engl Thunder 50 Drive E322 (preamp section)
loop 6) Chorus/Flanger: T-Rex Twister
loop 7) Delay: T-Rex Replica
loop 8) Reverb: T-Rex Tonebug Reverb
Then the signal goes to the FX Loop Return (set to wet) of the Engl Thunder amp. From here the signal is sent to the 1x12" open-back cab and 1x12" closed-back cab connected in series.
When I dig a sound, I save the pedals/preamp combination in a preset. Then I recall the presets using the Midi Foot Controller Ground Control (the old controller).... sweet.... :14:
What would be cool is to have a midi amp switcher ... yeah, but I don't 'really' need it.
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, and L.R. Baggs piezos.
