Mark 4 lead and clean channel switching at gigs

[Great Ant]

I've just recently got a mark 4 and I'm super happy with it.
I'm playing my first gig where I'm going to have to switch between lead and clean.
Now I don't have a working foot switch (but could build one easily enough) so I haven't really played around with switching between channels once or twice and what I did notice was that the volumes were all over the shop as to how I had my lead settings.
My questions are:

Is there a way these two channels can work together?
I want to keep my lead channel with the settings that I have now but when i did switch to clean in my past experiences it wasn't good.

What do I need to do in order to do this if it's possible?

Cheers

 

[swbo101]

Since the lead and clean have their own gain, bass, mid and treble controls, once you set your master, a volume setting of say 4 on lead will not equal a 4 on clean. If that's what your getting at. You have to set them by ear. I find that the lead is always running higher than the clean channel. Most likely b/c of the gain and drive settings pushing the volume. You can set your master a bit higher and then keep the lead channel volume lower to compensate. This way you can drive the clean volume (& gain) higher to match.

I hope I am understanding your question.

 

[topcat0399]

Since the lead and clean have their own gain, bass, mid and treble controls, once you set your master, a volume setting of say 4 on lead will not equal a 4 on clean. If that's what your getting at. You have to set them by ear. I find that the lead is always running higher than the clean channel. Most likely b/c of the gain and drive settings pushing the volume. You can set your master a bit higher and then keep the lead channel volume lower to compensate. This way you can drive the clean volume (& gain) higher to match.

I hope I am understanding your question.

I do it essentially the same way.

Its a balancing act between the the 3 channel masters and the master output.

I usually set up the amp on channel R2 against the master output first and then dial in R1 and LD.

Makes R2 much more usable that way.

 

[sduck]

You should also go ahead and buy a footswitch from Mesa - they still sell them, brand new.