Amp head switcher

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harddriver said:
The KHE also have MIDI control according to their website.

https://www.khe-audioelectronics.com/shop/acs-4x4-fx
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You know I am looking at this unit and I don't see the ability to run the WET\DRY\WET?
My goal would be to run the SLO100 and the EVH dry and switch between them into one cabinet and then have my stereo amplifier push the two other cabinets with stereo based effects... all run by midi. All these Ideas I have been pondering over the past few weeks and still at a loss. especially since egnater ss4 is no where to be found.
 
alund said:
You know I am looking at this unit and I don't see the ability to run the WET\DRY\WET?
My goal would be to run the SLO100 and the EVH dry and switch between them into one cabinet and then have my stereo amplifier push the two other cabinets with stereo based effects... all run by midi. All these Ideas I have been pondering over the past few weeks and still at a loss. especially since egnater ss4 is no where to be found.
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I don't know if any of them provide a switchable line out jack separately signal that would feed your Wet cabinet stereo for both heads through the switcher. But I think I have found an answer to your dilemma......

If the switcher for the cabinet section allows the use of two cabinets simultaneously and I think the ampete said it would allow two cabs to be used at one time the first feeds your dry cabinet then that second cabinet jack would server as you source for you to tap your wet signal there with the Suhr Iso line out( or something like it) then that signal would go mono to your first stereo effect then it splits of Left and Right Stereo to each channel of your stereo power amp.

This would get your W/D/W that you are looking for and when you switch between the EVH or SLO the switched amp signals would be fed to both cabinet jacks simultaneously . So two amps able to be switched into two simultaneous cabinets output jacks in parallel. One cabinet jack feeds the dry cabinet then the other jack feeds the Suhr Iso line out mono which feeds your effects like a Eventide Pitchfactor which then splits the signal to stereo then stereo L/R to the Boss DD-500 which then feeds a Left and Right signal to your separate power amp to drive your two wet cabinets.

If you watch the Rockingchippy ampete video he selects two cabinets at one time so you know the Ampete can do this exact setup that I have laid out. I do not know if the KHE allows two cabinets to be used simultaneously at one time, you would have to ask them. But it look like the ampete would do it judging from that video.

I also had a thought could you use the effects loop send/out jack to feed your effects then stereo to your power amp? That might be a possibility as well if you don't want to the Shur on the second cabinet jack of the Ampete. I also had a thought that you could use the attenuator loop jack as a place that would also have the signal that you could feed the Suhr with if you got the KHE since I'm not sure if the KHE allow you to use two cabinets at one time like the Ampete. Anyway... some things for you to think about....

I run a standard W/D/W rig with the Eventide Pitchfactor and Boss DD-500 myself so I know why you want this setup!:2thumbsup::yes:
 
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PhilC said:
Looks like these 2 items would be the most direct, and economical ways of doing this.

2 amps into this - https://www.mesaboogie.com/tone-tools/switchers-routers/head-track-amp-fx-loop-switcher-router.html

Then the output of that passes through this on its way to the dry cab:
https://www.suhr.com/electronics/tone-tools/suhr-iso-line-out/
Line out of that to effects and stereo power amp.
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Yeah that would probably work just as well since he is only using two amp heads to the dry cabinet then the Suhr could be plugged into the cabinet out jack then using the speaker thru jack to continue to the cabinet.

It's not midi control but it would allow for switching between the two amp heads. Good suggestion!

He could also look for a used Ampete 221 or 222 models. The Mesa unit looks similar to the Ampete 221.
https://reverb.com/item/2472840-ampete-221-amp-cabinet-switcher
 
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