Draelyc
Member
Okay, so I've been messing around with my rig again, like y' do, and I decided to try running my Speed Twin just on the dirty channel as if it were a single channel amp with no extra bells & whistles type switching (no channel switching, no switchable master volumes, no fx loop switching in & out, etc.).
Basically, I replaced the amp's built in od-boost on the dirty channel with an od pedal set up as a boost (vol. up, gain down on the pedal), and I threw an MXR Microamp at the end of my fx loop chain (after chorus & delay) to replace the switchable master volumes for a volume boost for leads. Works great.
The thing is, I've got two od pedals I'm wanting to use, a Bad Monkey and an MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe. The BM has an edgier, "harder" sound that's perfect for old-school metal, while the BBD is warmer & fuller for a more hard rock (rather than metal) high gain & it's great for leads. But that makes for a lot of tap dancing, especially when you figure in the Microamp to boost the volume for leads...
So what I'm wondering is this: how complicated (and more importantly, how expensive) would it be to hook my pedals together with some sort of MIDI switcher so that I could get any combination of pedals at the touch of, say, one footswitch? I know it's possible, but I don't know how much work & how much $$$ it would take. Or, conversely, is there a way to do the same thing without going the MIDI route?
It would be really cool, I think, to be able to go from an edgy metal rhythm using the Bad Monkey to a thick lead using the BBD+Delay+Microamp for a solo just by hitting one switch, but I don't have the duckets to call in Bob Bradshaw, especially not just for an experiment as I'm playing around with my rig... I know there are some gurus on here; somebody drop some knowledge on me.
Chris
Basically, I replaced the amp's built in od-boost on the dirty channel with an od pedal set up as a boost (vol. up, gain down on the pedal), and I threw an MXR Microamp at the end of my fx loop chain (after chorus & delay) to replace the switchable master volumes for a volume boost for leads. Works great.
The thing is, I've got two od pedals I'm wanting to use, a Bad Monkey and an MI Audio Blue Boy Deluxe. The BM has an edgier, "harder" sound that's perfect for old-school metal, while the BBD is warmer & fuller for a more hard rock (rather than metal) high gain & it's great for leads. But that makes for a lot of tap dancing, especially when you figure in the Microamp to boost the volume for leads...
So what I'm wondering is this: how complicated (and more importantly, how expensive) would it be to hook my pedals together with some sort of MIDI switcher so that I could get any combination of pedals at the touch of, say, one footswitch? I know it's possible, but I don't know how much work & how much $$$ it would take. Or, conversely, is there a way to do the same thing without going the MIDI route?
It would be really cool, I think, to be able to go from an edgy metal rhythm using the Bad Monkey to a thick lead using the BBD+Delay+Microamp for a solo just by hitting one switch, but I don't have the duckets to call in Bob Bradshaw, especially not just for an experiment as I'm playing around with my rig... I know there are some gurus on here; somebody drop some knowledge on me.
Chris
). But, I am planning on using my existing foot controller to get the test rolling too.
