Nocki said:
Could you tel me more about linemixers? I never found something that said: "Hi I'm you answer to all tonesucking FX!"
What should i use?
I have always had the philosophy that a guitar rig should be treated like a PA system. You would never plug a mic straight into a reverb unit and then into a channel on the PA. You plug the mic into the channel then use a send to get the mic's signal to the reverb unit and then the reverb unit goes into another strip on the mixer, then you blend the two and you never lose the strength of the original mic signal. It never gets mushy.
If you are running a preamp then it goes into chan 1 and 2 on the line mixer, use a send to go to the G Major and return the G-Major to chan 3 and 4 on the line mixer remember to run the G-Major full 100% wet NO DRY. If running stereo pan hard left and right on the channels, output of the mixer goes to your poweramp. This way you never lose that direct strong dry signal from the preamp..no more tone sucking.
Of course an even better solution is a loop switcher like a Bradshaw, GroundControl, Axxess Electronics, etc in conjunction with a line mixer, your signal stays clean and true. There will always be some special FX pedals that may rob you of a little tone that you may want to use in front of your guitar like a wah, phase 90, etc, but if you run your time based FX(reverbs, delays, choruses, etc) in your line mixer you will be far more satisfied with your tone. You will always have a dry strong signal in the "mix".
So go plug a mic into a reverb rack unit and then into a channel on a FOH mixer....it will SUCK!!!! LOL
Mark
