wet/dry rig

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LukeW

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Hey Everyone,

I've heard some about wet/dry rigs but I still don't understand the concept totally. Is it putting one signal to one speaker that has no effects and then to another speaker with effects? Secondly, I just got a Line 6 POD 500 which I go direct into a PA system. Would it be easy to do such a setup with this pedal? What is the advantage of such a set up? Thanks.
 
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You could get a bit more separation in the effects and tone. Assuming the POD has a stereo or effect/dry out put you could plug them into separate channels and pan them to opposite sides of the PA. Sometimes it works great other times you might have an extremely dry signal coming out of one speaker and a delayed mess coming out of the other. It depends on the setting and your preference. I find chorus/flange works great in this application.
 
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Basically, we are talking about sending a signal with no fx to one side, and one with fx to the other.

Guitar (and distortion) to the left
Guitar (and distortion) with delay and chorus to the right

Like securb said - could be awesome or awful. Chorus usually sounds fantastic left/right with Wet/Dry.

Delay and reverb REALLY place a guitar on one side or the other. It sound "immediate" where the effect is missing. See VH for the reverb example.

It can really help make an effect clear. Kind of like running a clean tone and a distorted tone. Or, as mentioned, can be a big yucky unintelligible pile of crap...
 
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Wet/Dry isn't very common but Wet/Dry/Wet is pretty common.

The basic concept is that you've got your effects...flange, chorus, delay, etc running in a true stereo set up, that is a left and a right side but in the middle you've got a straight dry signal.

This was a VERY common set up in the 80's...check almost any 80's rocker with a rack rig as almost every one of them was running a Wet/Dry/Wet set up.
 
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Thanks. I'm not sure how I could do the wet/dry/wet with the equipment I have. Would putting the two signals together so they come out of each side (two mono signals basically) have any kind good effect? I might just have to go plug in and experiment.
 
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I heard of the concept but wasn't clear on exactly what it was. I also just got a hold of a Line 6 Pod Hd 500 and am having fun experimenting with it. Basically, I was wondering if it was something easy to do with the Pod. So far I have tried it with both channels panned hard left and right and also both in the middle, with two amp models and with one. It does sound pretty cool compared to just using one channel.
 
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At home I like to mic a dry amp and add effects via the PA. The results are huge even at a moderate volume. Something as simple as reverb can be manipulated is various ways....like adding a HUGE amount of bass to the reverb return in the 50-120 hz range. Now slather on some serious gain and play on the thin strings

E---12----
B---15----

and bend the D up to match the ringing E and listen to how much low frequency content occurs as the notes beat against each other as they come ever so close to being exactly the same pitch. This is why a subwoofer can be a nice addition to a guitar rig. Not just for demonic seven string mayhem but for the low stuff present as overtones work their magic all over the place.
 
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