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SV: second amp suggestions
Title: Meddelande
Hi,
I
would suggest a simple line out from your looping gear to the house PA system.
And make sure the PA is powerful enough to match your Rivera. If not you'll
have to turn the Rivera down. Of course you can have a "second amp" as
well, but it should be as sonically equal to a PA sound system as possible (not
a Marshall top+cabs). You are perfectly right that the second amp shouldn't
amplify your guitar signal - in fact you should turn the direct signal down on
your looping gear. That way you can keep loops as loud as your guitar and still
being able to play well by listening to your Rivera for the "playing monitoring"
and listening to the other for deciding where to cut loops etc. Could also be a
good idea to spread them a bit apart on stage.
Personally I have a Sovtek MIG60 (nice Russian tubes,
jum-jum) with Marhall cabinettes as well as a GK combo but I always leave them
at home for looping gigs. Instead I use a preamp with lined signals all the way.
Oh yes, I do love that tube amp sound, but in my experience there is never
enough sound check time or PA resources to get a good sounding balance between
instrument amplifyer and loops. With a rack I know the levels for all my stuff
and can simply provide a stereo out for the stage box. And I can soundcheck as
much as I need with headphones, not to forget ;-)
Best wishes
Per
Boysen
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Swedish Looping Festival
Fellow loopers, I'd like some suggestions regarding expanding my looping
rig to two (guitar) amps: one pre-loop and one post-loop, so I could process
my loops whilst playing guitar over them--you know how it goes...anyway,
currently I am using a Rivera 100 watt combo for my main guitar amp, sending
the signal via the effects loop into my looping gear, and then taking that
signal and sending it to a Roland 50 watt keyboard amp. Which, as you
may have guessed, sounds pretty weak, especially for live situations. My
question is this: would it be wise to match the power from my main amp (i.e.,
using another 100 watt tube amp), or is that unecessary, as my Rivera would
already be amplifying the guitar signal in the frist place? As you can
tell, amps are my weak subject, and any help would be wonderful.
Thanks,
jonathan
