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Aug 15 2007, 12:11 AM |
Thanks for asking!!
Well,I've had Prophecy since 2001 I think.Before 2:90 I had Two Fifty Mesa power amp,also in use with Prophesy. Great one as well but I just needed more watts,that's all. About rack system,I think much important stuff is to have Midi option while storing presets etc. Prophesy is Tube preamp with FXs and has great Midi support. I wanted to have TriAxis as well but I found it hard to use with expression(as general unit's output volume) pedal routed via Midi. Prophesy does that job with 127 moves while Triaxis has only 20,with is not what I was looking for. Maybe I'll take TriAxis and G-Force(which I had few years ago) in near future,just as a another rack setup... Tube heads are ok but you're limited with sound options. Again,it still depends of what you're going to play... Hope this helps a bit -------------------- Youtube
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Aug 15 2007, 04:03 AM |
Thanks for asking!! Well,I've had Prophecy since 2001 I think.Before 2:90 I had Two Fifty Mesa power amp,also in use with Prophesy. Great one as well but I just needed more watts,that's all. About rack system,I think much important stuff is to have Midi option while storing presets etc. Prophesy is Tube preamp with FXs and has great Midi support. I wanted to have TriAxis as well but I found it hard to use with expression(as general unit's output volume) pedal routed via Midi. Prophesy does that job with 127 moves while Triaxis has only 20,with is not what I was looking for. Maybe I'll take TriAxis and G-Force(which I had few years ago) in near future,just as a another rack setup... Tube heads are ok but you're limited with sound options. Again,it still depends of what you're going to play... Hope this helps a bit Interesting ... I'm thinking for the future now, but one thing I want to build into one of my tube amps is some midi support so you can switch presets without compromising the tone at all - I was pondering this on the way to a meeting this morning and have a few ideas. But for interest, what would you want in the midi support? My gizmo would allow you to store a number of presets, each preset consisting of exact positions for all the knobs and switches - after that I'm not sure what else you would need. Don;t some tube amps have this? -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Aug 15 2007, 11:34 PM |
Interesting ... I'm thinking for the future now, but one thing I want to build into one of my tube amps is some midi support so you can switch presets without compromising the tone at all - I was pondering this on the way to a meeting this morning and have a few ideas. But for interest, what would you want in the midi support? My gizmo would allow you to store a number of presets, each preset consisting of exact positions for all the knobs and switches - after that I'm not sure what else you would need. Don;t some tube amps have this? Thank you Andrew My Hughes and Kettner Switchblade has this exactly, 128 presets including digital effects that's added anaolg to the signal... somehow. Select a MIDI preset and it remembers all the knob settings and indicates their value with a led (if you turn the knob it will lit up when you reach the spot) It has a master volume and and a separate master volume for the preset, meaning that the MIDI preset sound has also a set volume which stands in relation to the other presets. Then a master master that you can adjust to bedroom or arena rock volumes while the MIDI preset master still keeps the volume-relation. -------------------- My bands homepage
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Aug 16 2007, 12:03 AM |
Thank you Andrew My Hughes and Kettner Switchblade has this exactly, 128 presets including digital effects that's added anaolg to the signal... somehow. Select a MIDI preset and it remembers all the knob settings and indicates their value with a led (if you turn the knob it will lit up when you reach the spot) It has a master volume and and a separate master volume for the preset, meaning that the MIDI preset sound has also a set volume which stands in relation to the other presets. Then a master master that you can adjust to bedroom or arena rock volumes while the MIDI preset master still keeps the volume-relation. SOUnds very cool - couple of good ideas to use there - I like the LED lighting up when you get to the spot -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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