Hi Guys,
I'm currently running a Quad with a 20/20 in my rack, and I'm totally digging the sound of all channels. Unfortunately there's 2 flaws that make me want to lose the Quad. (at least as it is currently situated in my rack, since I might keep it for fun)
- 3 rack spaces (i'm a no-hassle kind of guy, so I want to keep my rack as small as possible, preferrably 6 HE max.)
- Shared controls on Rhy1 and Ld1.
I can easily combine settings on the Mk III module of the amp. Yet I can't combine a good clean sound with a good lead from the Mk II bit. I've got a lead sound coming from Ld1 that sound exactly how i want, but since I have to put the master on 7 or 8, that means my clean channel goes in overdrive. Really unfortunate, since that's pretty much the only concession i've had to make with the Quad. And I really love this piece of equipment.
Now what I'm having in mind is to switch to a Triaxis. I've played one, but not intensely. I've read a lot about it. And it seems that the Triaxis has the ability to get very close to the tone of a Mk II or III (on top of lots of other features) so I would think it would be possible to get a similar tone on the triaxis that i can on the Quad. The thing that worries me though, is the Dynamic Voice option. I have no way to control the actual EQ per preset like i can with the 5-band EQ correct? Apart from that, I really like what the Triaxis has to offer, but I'm mainly wondering how close the Triaxis gets to the amps the models are copied from and how I can tweak the EQ on those presets. There seemed to be some opinions on both sides of the fence in a recent topic here, but it's hard for me to conclude whether the Triaxis is right for me.
As for testing, I think it took me about a month to get a good feel for what knobs to turn for what sound on the Quad. This will probably be worse on the Triaxis, meaning I probably wouldn't be able to get an idea of what the Triaxis can and can not do like a long-time user could.
Hope you can help.
Greetings,
Ralf
I'm currently running a Quad with a 20/20 in my rack, and I'm totally digging the sound of all channels. Unfortunately there's 2 flaws that make me want to lose the Quad. (at least as it is currently situated in my rack, since I might keep it for fun)
- 3 rack spaces (i'm a no-hassle kind of guy, so I want to keep my rack as small as possible, preferrably 6 HE max.)
- Shared controls on Rhy1 and Ld1.
I can easily combine settings on the Mk III module of the amp. Yet I can't combine a good clean sound with a good lead from the Mk II bit. I've got a lead sound coming from Ld1 that sound exactly how i want, but since I have to put the master on 7 or 8, that means my clean channel goes in overdrive. Really unfortunate, since that's pretty much the only concession i've had to make with the Quad. And I really love this piece of equipment.
Now what I'm having in mind is to switch to a Triaxis. I've played one, but not intensely. I've read a lot about it. And it seems that the Triaxis has the ability to get very close to the tone of a Mk II or III (on top of lots of other features) so I would think it would be possible to get a similar tone on the triaxis that i can on the Quad. The thing that worries me though, is the Dynamic Voice option. I have no way to control the actual EQ per preset like i can with the 5-band EQ correct? Apart from that, I really like what the Triaxis has to offer, but I'm mainly wondering how close the Triaxis gets to the amps the models are copied from and how I can tweak the EQ on those presets. There seemed to be some opinions on both sides of the fence in a recent topic here, but it's hard for me to conclude whether the Triaxis is right for me.
As for testing, I think it took me about a month to get a good feel for what knobs to turn for what sound on the Quad. This will probably be worse on the Triaxis, meaning I probably wouldn't be able to get an idea of what the Triaxis can and can not do like a long-time user could.
Hope you can help.
Greetings,
Ralf