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2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher, eq
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 7:12 am
by greenevil777
Hey all, I would like to be able route 2 Mesa Triaxis preamps (with the ability to run together or separately hooked up through a Mesa High Gain switcher), with a TC Electronic fx processor in stereo, with an external eq through a loop (or in between the preamp and poweramp, poweramp is a stereo poweramp), while using an ISP Decimator for a gate. Any recommendations on the optimum setup would be greatly appreciated!
Re: 2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher,
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:27 am
by nyteowl
Unless you already own one, I'd forget about the Mesa High Gain Switcher since, to the best of my knowledge, it is a non-MIDI unit. Even if you do own one, I'd still consider going with one of the many newer and more versatile MIDI switching units that are available on the market today. A GCX with one board upgraded to stereo would work real well for you.
Do you plan to run the Triaxis preamps in mono or stereo? If you plan to run them both in stereo and will sometimes be running them both together, you're going to need a second power amp and cabinet(s) to do that. If you use one Triaxis just for your Left channel and the other Triaxis just for your right channel, you'll be okay with just a single stereo power amp.
You can route both Triaxis FX loops thru a switching unit (i.e, a GCX) and then run the TC effects unit and external EQ thru adjacent loops, which will position them between the preamp and power amp and give you the flexibility of having them added to or subtracted from your guitar signal chain by pressing a single button on your MIDI Foot Controller.
You didn't mention which ISP Decimator product you intend to use, so I can't advise you there. My own experiences with a GCX and ProRack were somewhat troublesome and I ended up going a different route, but there are others on this forum that are using them successfully.
Re: 2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher,
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:26 am
by greenevil777
Thanks for the quick reply! I actually do have the Mesa High Gain switcher. As for the Triaxis I want to use them mono (one left, one right), each unit per channel of the Boogie poweramp. As for the ISP Decimator, I have the rackmount ProRack G with stereo mod. I am really confused as to what goes where! haha When it comes to wiring this stuff up, admittedly I am a bit of a bonehead! ha
Re: 2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher,
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 11:15 am
by nyteowl
Apparently the amp switcher is a discontinued product and there is no info on Mesa's web site, not even a manual. Since it is not a MIDI device, how have you been controlling it?
Re: 2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher,
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:40 pm
by greenevil777
You can use foot switches to disable/enable each amp with the Mesa switcher, since I haven't been able to figure out how to connect it to work with the GCX, it's just been sitting in my rack haha I know it can be done though...
Re: 2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher,
Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:46 pm
by greenevil777
Re: 2 Triaxis, TC Electronic, ISP Decimator, Mesa Switcher,
Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 6:27 am
by nyteowl
Thanks for the link to the diagram.
I noticed the third sentence in the second paragraph says this unit was designed to work specifically with the switching jacks on a Triaxis. That being the case, you can use either the Amp Switcher+Triaxis method or the GCX alone to switch amps; you don't need to use both units simultaneously and trying to run the Amp Switcher via the GCX will needlessly complicate matters.
Let's take a second to walk through your rig backwards. You've got your Left and Right speaker cabinets that will get their signal from your stereo power amp. Your stereo power amp will get its Left channel signal from Triaxis One and its Right channel signal from Triaxis Two. What you want is the ability to have just the output of Triaxis One feed the power amp or just the output of Triaxis Two feed the power amp, plus the option of having them both feed the power amp together.
If you refer to the diagram on Page 9 of the GCX Manual, it will show you how to make your respective Triaxis connections using the GCX, thus eliminating the need for the Amp Switcher altogether. Your guitar will go into the GCX Front panel Guitar In and you'll use a short splitter ("Y" Cable) from the Rear panel Guitar Out to feed two loops. Then it's just a matter of editing the presets programmed into your MIDI foot controller with the two Triaxis loops On or Off as desired.