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Old 01-20-2009, 04:47 PM
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How goes the battle everyone? Looking for some advice about my rack set up. I have a Behringer V-Amp pro and a Trace Elliot AH300-7 amp. I recently purchased a Behringer Composer PRO-XL MDX2600 compressor and a BBE482i sonic maximizer and would appreciate any advice as to the order to set these items up. The Trace Elliot head has a send and return effects loop which I've heard may be where I run the BBE through but I'd rather get more feedback in order to make an informed decision! Thanks in advance for everyones help! "Up The Irons!" Tom M.
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:57 PM
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If the fx loop is series (not parallel, not blended/mixed) and if it has a suitable output level for driving the rack devices (this cannot be assumed) then both rack items should go in that loop. The BBE affects signal timing, so you would be better off running it last after any/all other tone shaping, per its instructions. So comp then BBE.

You still have to ask yourself which tone-shaping functions of the VAmp are important to you versus which tone-shaping functions on the Trace are important to you; and also whether you are using the VAmp to model a complete am rig tone.

What I'm getting at is you may want to bypass the preamp built into the Trace if you are getting all the amp modeling, tone shaping, and EQ you need from the VAmp. Putting two preamps in series can add noise and affect your tone negatively (sometimes). You would bypass the Trace pre by running

bass --> Vamp --> fx return jack on Trace

In that case you would fit the rack gear between the Vamp and the fx return jack.

Unsolicited opinion: Too much gadgetry, it will do more harm than good to your tone.
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Old 01-20-2009, 05:01 PM
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Thanks much. that certainly helps with the process for sure!
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Agreed. If you are going to do the bulk of your tone shaping with the Behringer, I would bypass the Trace Elliot pre-amp:

Behringer -> Compressor -> BBE -> FX return on the Trace.

If you want to take advantage of the Trace Elliot pre-amp, use the fx loop. I would recommend bypassing the "amp modeling" function in the V-Amp.
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