Josh Demolar
Well-Known Member
I'm playing with a W/D/W setup, which isn't new necessarily but I've only more recently been playing often with three outputs. I'm going from the PBC 10's OUT 5-6 to a Goodwood Audio Isolator, which I can mute with a function switch on the PBC. This sends the dry signal back into loops 7-10 before going out to the dry amp and allows me to mute the dry amp separately from the dry signal running through the line mixer when I want to.
To make this work, I have the Dry Mix turned off and locked on the Audio tab of the editor when running three amps (I unlock it when only running two amps in stereo, so I only have to make that one global change in the editor when changing between stereo and W/D or W/D/W). I use Fn Switch 3 to *actually* kill dry on certain presets where I have any wet-only sounds.
The problem comes when I turn off my dry signal and turn it back on. I admit it's being done in a weird way - I have a macro that mutes my Isolator via Fn Switch 3 AND turns off the dry signal, and I know that turning off the dry signal doesn't (or shouldn't) do anything when it's already locked in the off state on the global audio settings. Yet when I turn it off and back on again, the dry signal actually does get louder even though the indicator on the PBC's screen shows the "D" block remaining off through the whole off-and-on-again process. It sounds as if the dry signal is being re-introduced to the line mixer even though the indicator remains in the "off" state. I have also tried this without my macro, using only the PBC's dry signal off feature and removing the Isolator/Fn Switch 3 from the equation. The issue is reproducible in this scenario too, so it definitely seems to be something with the PBC. Is this behavior by design or is there something going on where it allows the Dry signal to be turned back on even when it's locked in the "off" state?
To make this work, I have the Dry Mix turned off and locked on the Audio tab of the editor when running three amps (I unlock it when only running two amps in stereo, so I only have to make that one global change in the editor when changing between stereo and W/D or W/D/W). I use Fn Switch 3 to *actually* kill dry on certain presets where I have any wet-only sounds.
The problem comes when I turn off my dry signal and turn it back on. I admit it's being done in a weird way - I have a macro that mutes my Isolator via Fn Switch 3 AND turns off the dry signal, and I know that turning off the dry signal doesn't (or shouldn't) do anything when it's already locked in the off state on the global audio settings. Yet when I turn it off and back on again, the dry signal actually does get louder even though the indicator on the PBC's screen shows the "D" block remaining off through the whole off-and-on-again process. It sounds as if the dry signal is being re-introduced to the line mixer even though the indicator remains in the "off" state. I have also tried this without my macro, using only the PBC's dry signal off feature and removing the Isolator/Fn Switch 3 from the equation. The issue is reproducible in this scenario too, so it definitely seems to be something with the PBC. Is this behavior by design or is there something going on where it allows the Dry signal to be turned back on even when it's locked in the "off" state?
