bi-amp/crossover

Does anyone know if there's any sort of stomp box that divides the signal into hi and lo frequencies? Or another cheap way of doing it before amping?

Thanks,

Mark

 

Thanks, Surfslave. But I think that's a passive crossover, that is used after the amplified signal and before the driver(s). What I want to do is an active crossover, and then bi-amp the 2 signals themselves. I know there are rack system active crossovers, but I don't want to have to do that, cause I don't have a rack system.

From what I read, putting in a passive crossover will work, though there is the potential of phase problems and a loss of signal because it's going through resistors and capacitors and such. This may be the route I take, however.

Basically, I want to extend the high frequencies of my B100-R combo amp. I don't know if there's even room to install even the smallest tweeter, or if I want to do that. So I was thinking with an active crossover, I could send lows and mids to the B100-R, and the highs to another smaller combo in which there's a tweeter, maybe only a tweeter.

Maybe I'm crazy with this. But I love the sound and look of my Ampeg, I just want some highs to go along with it....

Mark

 

I think I found an answer in Rolls...the SX21

http://www.rolls.com/new/frame2.html

I think I'll set the crossover to about 3K, and run lows to the B100-R, and the highs to something else, maybe the hatchet job I plan to do to my 10-watt combo, replace the speaker w/a Piezo tweeter. We'll see what happens, but I think I'm onto something here.

Mark

 

Slave:

Yes, this is fun to think about. Never considered myself an electronics techie, however. My grand plan is to buy some used crappy 20-watt (will this be enough power?) guitar amp or something, take the speaker out and replace it with a tweeter. I think I'll also cut it down so it's not so tall, maybe to about 8 inches tall or so. In it I'll place the Rolls crossover, and have jacks for input and two for output (hi and lo). I want to cover it in blue check Tolex if I can get some from Ampeg, and use the same grill cloth as my amp, corner pieces, etc. Basically, I want it to look like it's a matched set, vintage, but giving me the option of modern, somewhat hi-fi sound.

So the chain will be... bass-SansampDI-Rolls Crossover SX21-hi's (above 3Khz) to homemade thingy, lows to Ampeg B100R. I must be nuts.

I think this plan will be in planning for a while and in production a long time....

 

or, I think I could just use the line-out of the Ampeg, and into a modified guitar amp with the speaker replaced with a piezo tweeter. I understand that a piezo does not require a crossover. Course, then I would still be amplifying the lows in the homemade tweeter amp thing, which would probably screw up the sound of the tweeter amp.