Nice Rack Canada
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This is a rack system I recently built for a client.
The signal flow was designed to maximize the functionality of all hardware & quality of tone. The rig allows the user to play virtually any type of music and have appropriate amps and effects combinations at the ready.
The signal flow is;
Guitar >> Piezo/Magnetic Split Box
Piezo >> Aura 16 >> DI
Magnetic >> Rack Wah >> Axe FX Input 1 >> Overdrive, Fuzz, Compression, "Q" Filters & Whammy effects blocks in Axe FX >> "Y" Split Routing in between Axe FX Blocks Output 1 >> FX Send Block Output >> Axe FX Output 2 >> Mesa Mark V Input >> Mark V Effects Send >> Axe FX Input 2 >> Axe FX Output 1 1/4" >> Mark V Effects Return >> Mark V Speaker Out >> 2x Mesa Thiele 1x12" Cabinets
+ "Y" Split Routing in between Axe FX Blocks Output 2 >> Amp Modeling >> Speaker Modeling >> Chorus, Delay, Reverb, EQ, Filters, Rotary >> Axe FX Output 1 XLR L&R >> Atomic Reactor 1x12" Active Cabinets L&R.
The signal at the Axe FX Output 1 1/4" + XLR Outputs is the same signal. To avoid amp modeling going into the Mark V's Effects Return the loop is kept closed. So why bother? For the occasional need for a totally different pre-amp voicing than the Mark V is capable of. By using an FX Send Block in the Axe FX and Only connecting the Right side of the Block and then disabling a few parameters on an amp model in the Axe FX, the "Pre-Amp" stage of the Amp Model can be used to drive the Mark V's power Amp Stage. You know in case you want a "Supro" or "Tweed Twin" sound via a Mark V's power amp.
Another Axe FX routing and processing dependent scenario involves using no amp and speaker modeling and only using the power Effects processing in combination with the Mark V.
If it's a wall of Wet & Dry Boogie you want, you can use the first mentioned signal flow with a Recto Model with all "Wet" effects into the Reactors and a "Dry" Mark V sound.
The routing and combinations of are almost infinite with this rig.
The RJM Connection is far deeper than the Amp Gizmo controlling the Mark V. Ron & I spent some quality time on the phone cajoling the Fractal MFC101 to allow part of the IA section to be configured to mimic part of a Mark V proprietary controller's switching behavior. This rig simply wouldn't be all that it is without Ron's knowledge and creativity. Much respect.
Nice Rack NYC
Custom Cables, Racks & Pedalboards
WEB: http://www.NiceRackNYC.com
EMAIL: info@NiceRackNYC.com
The signal flow was designed to maximize the functionality of all hardware & quality of tone. The rig allows the user to play virtually any type of music and have appropriate amps and effects combinations at the ready.
The signal flow is;
Guitar >> Piezo/Magnetic Split Box
Piezo >> Aura 16 >> DI
Magnetic >> Rack Wah >> Axe FX Input 1 >> Overdrive, Fuzz, Compression, "Q" Filters & Whammy effects blocks in Axe FX >> "Y" Split Routing in between Axe FX Blocks Output 1 >> FX Send Block Output >> Axe FX Output 2 >> Mesa Mark V Input >> Mark V Effects Send >> Axe FX Input 2 >> Axe FX Output 1 1/4" >> Mark V Effects Return >> Mark V Speaker Out >> 2x Mesa Thiele 1x12" Cabinets
+ "Y" Split Routing in between Axe FX Blocks Output 2 >> Amp Modeling >> Speaker Modeling >> Chorus, Delay, Reverb, EQ, Filters, Rotary >> Axe FX Output 1 XLR L&R >> Atomic Reactor 1x12" Active Cabinets L&R.
The signal at the Axe FX Output 1 1/4" + XLR Outputs is the same signal. To avoid amp modeling going into the Mark V's Effects Return the loop is kept closed. So why bother? For the occasional need for a totally different pre-amp voicing than the Mark V is capable of. By using an FX Send Block in the Axe FX and Only connecting the Right side of the Block and then disabling a few parameters on an amp model in the Axe FX, the "Pre-Amp" stage of the Amp Model can be used to drive the Mark V's power Amp Stage. You know in case you want a "Supro" or "Tweed Twin" sound via a Mark V's power amp.
Another Axe FX routing and processing dependent scenario involves using no amp and speaker modeling and only using the power Effects processing in combination with the Mark V.
If it's a wall of Wet & Dry Boogie you want, you can use the first mentioned signal flow with a Recto Model with all "Wet" effects into the Reactors and a "Dry" Mark V sound.
The routing and combinations of are almost infinite with this rig.
The RJM Connection is far deeper than the Amp Gizmo controlling the Mark V. Ron & I spent some quality time on the phone cajoling the Fractal MFC101 to allow part of the IA section to be configured to mimic part of a Mark V proprietary controller's switching behavior. This rig simply wouldn't be all that it is without Ron's knowledge and creativity. Much respect.
Nice Rack NYC
Custom Cables, Racks & Pedalboards
WEB: http://www.NiceRackNYC.com
EMAIL: info@NiceRackNYC.com
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