Hey everyone,
New to the board and new to the RG-16. I have just completed my rig setup and so far am blown away by what the RG-16 has allowed me to do.
I do however have a clarification question, and a bit of a problem. I'll start with the question.
Attached is a diagram of my setup. I am using the 4-cable method with the Boss GT-5 processor. Now, as I understand it, when I enable loop 4, I am placing the Boss GT5 in front of the 5150II's preamp, and when I enable loop 5, I am placing the Boss GT5 after the 5150II's preamp. When I enable both loops 4 and 5, the Boss GT5 is placed both before AND after the 5150II's preamp. Is this correct?
If so, is enabling loop 4 and thus putting the GT5 in front of the amp's preamp the same as me going from:
Guitar--->GT5 input--->GT5 output----> 5150II input ?
Or is it different, and if so, how is it different? I notice the sounds are not entirely the same in the two setups, so I'm wondering what the difference is, because it would be nice to get the same sounds I obtained when I used the guitar straight in to the gt5 and out to the 5150II's input (before I had the rg16).
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The technical issue I'm having has to do with when I switch effects or channels on the GT5.
Currently I am using a voodoo labs ground control as the main controller to send change messages to both the gt5 and the rg16. I am not using the 4 presets per bank function, but rather the 10 presets per bank. Not sure if that affects things as far as this problem goes.
Whenever the GT5 is enabled, with many of the effects, there seems to be some sort of a latency issue, especially with reverb or delay based patches. For instance, sometimes there is a very slight pop when going from a clean channel with GT5 delay
to the lead channel patch with reverb. Sometimes with other effects, (mostly delay-based) I will switch patches with the ground control and some of the last affected sound will follow over when the new one is engaged. This can make switching sounds seamlessly difficult, if not impossible.
After perusing the forums the only things I can possibly guess at would be DC leakage (which I have no idea how to fix) or some sort of midi latency.
Anyone?? I am so close to being completely satisfied with this setup, and any help would be appreciated. :-(
EDIT: Better Diagram
p.s. I noticed a typo in the "4 pedals and a floor-based effects processor connected using the "4 cable" method" http://www.rjmmusic.com/wiring/RG-16/RG-16_4Cable.pdf diagram. At the bottom whenever it says loop 4, I believe you are referring to loop 5, and where it says loop 5, I think it's supposed to be loop 6. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this confused me for a bit when I was setting up.
New to the board and new to the RG-16. I have just completed my rig setup and so far am blown away by what the RG-16 has allowed me to do.
I do however have a clarification question, and a bit of a problem. I'll start with the question.
Attached is a diagram of my setup. I am using the 4-cable method with the Boss GT-5 processor. Now, as I understand it, when I enable loop 4, I am placing the Boss GT5 in front of the 5150II's preamp, and when I enable loop 5, I am placing the Boss GT5 after the 5150II's preamp. When I enable both loops 4 and 5, the Boss GT5 is placed both before AND after the 5150II's preamp. Is this correct?
If so, is enabling loop 4 and thus putting the GT5 in front of the amp's preamp the same as me going from:
Guitar--->GT5 input--->GT5 output----> 5150II input ?
Or is it different, and if so, how is it different? I notice the sounds are not entirely the same in the two setups, so I'm wondering what the difference is, because it would be nice to get the same sounds I obtained when I used the guitar straight in to the gt5 and out to the 5150II's input (before I had the rg16).
--------
The technical issue I'm having has to do with when I switch effects or channels on the GT5.
Currently I am using a voodoo labs ground control as the main controller to send change messages to both the gt5 and the rg16. I am not using the 4 presets per bank function, but rather the 10 presets per bank. Not sure if that affects things as far as this problem goes.
Whenever the GT5 is enabled, with many of the effects, there seems to be some sort of a latency issue, especially with reverb or delay based patches. For instance, sometimes there is a very slight pop when going from a clean channel with GT5 delay
to the lead channel patch with reverb. Sometimes with other effects, (mostly delay-based) I will switch patches with the ground control and some of the last affected sound will follow over when the new one is engaged. This can make switching sounds seamlessly difficult, if not impossible.
After perusing the forums the only things I can possibly guess at would be DC leakage (which I have no idea how to fix) or some sort of midi latency.
Anyone?? I am so close to being completely satisfied with this setup, and any help would be appreciated. :-(
EDIT: Better Diagram
p.s. I noticed a typo in the "4 pedals and a floor-based effects processor connected using the "4 cable" method" http://www.rjmmusic.com/wiring/RG-16/RG-16_4Cable.pdf diagram. At the bottom whenever it says loop 4, I believe you are referring to loop 5, and where it says loop 5, I think it's supposed to be loop 6. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this confused me for a bit when I was setting up.