goth_fiend Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 i have a rocktron chameleon(the original one not the 2000 or online) and i was wondering if it was possible to have it modified to have an effects loop? if so does anybody know of any company that does this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedoctor Posted March 19, 2005 Report Share Posted March 19, 2005 I gotta ask, where whould you want the loop to be in the signal-path? I haven't even SEEN one of these before but, after spending 20 minutes looking at it online, I am somewhat impressed. There would be a bunch of different places to put in an effects loop and I would have trouble deciding where. Had to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 well im going to be showing my dumbness here, but im always used to my amps having an effects loop, so i freaked when i saw that this preamp doesnt have one, i like the ability to put all of my effects in the loop then throwing my wah, whammy and volume in front of the amp and off i go, i know i can put all of my effects in front of my amp but theres always the "tone" debate saying otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 What do you usually run in you loop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 well with my old setup i used my ds-1 as a booster, a chorus pedal (kinda useless now that i have a intellifex on the way) my wah, volume and whammy, as well as an eq pedal (again useless as i have an eq on the way as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 OK, help me get this all straight - you had a booster, a chorus and an EQ in the F/X loop - since the Chameleon has all those built in and programmable, why do you need an F/X loop? The whole point of buying a rackmount MIDI preamp is to make a patch for each of your sounds that includes all of the stuff you want in it, so you only have to press the right button, and the sound magically appears. Get rid of all that stuff except the volume, Whammy and wah, and use the preamp - you paid for it, no sense in wasting the functionality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goth_fiend Posted March 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 thats pretty much what i have done, but what am i going to do when i have to hook up the intellifex and eq that i have comming, like i said im a newb to rack stuff, are they both going to go thru the midi ports on the preamp? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovekraft Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 I put my EQ between my preamp and my power amp (back when I was still using an EQ - ditto for my BBE). As for the Intellifex, it's kinda redundant, unless you need more functionailty than the Chameleon has to offer, but you can also put it after the preamp (but before the EQ). I'm not sure why you need both - unless you're doing covers that range from Pink Floyd and Meshuggah to BR549 and Yanni, the Chameleon will more than likely do anything you'll ever need once you learn how to program it. At some point, maximum flexibiity becomes uncontrollable chaos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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