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Double Bass Focus 2R III and 2 8ohm cabs?

flatback

flatback

May 6, 2004
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I'm thinking about buying another 1x8 instead of a 2x8 and then having one on a stand or just stacked and aimed in slightly different directions. Will this run well if I take each of the speakon conectors on the focus III nd run to a different 8ohm cab? Will it be something to try or a "what's he doin' that for?" I seem to remember Tom B. saying that 2 1x8's (LDS) sounded about like a 2x8? Are their any phase issues at that end of the signal (as opposed to 2 signals)
And is there any way to run the focus like a solstice, isolating the pick up and mic to seperate speakers?( I dont think there is)
Thanks
 
#2
flatback said:
I'm thinking about buying another 1x8 instead of a 2x8 and then having one on a stand or just stacked and aimed in slightly different directions. Will this run well if I take each of the speakon conectors on the focus III nd run to a different 8ohm cab? Will it be something to try or a "what's he doin' that for?" I seem to remember Tom B. saying that 2 1x8's (LDS) sounded about like a 2x8? Are their any phase issues at that end of the signal (as opposed to 2 signals)
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I ran my Focus II like that a number of times, and it worked great: I had them both up on a stand with the upper one aiming towards me and the lower one atg the drummer. It worked great...like a directional 2x8! can't wait to try this with my new Focus III.

And is there any way to run the focus like a solstice, isolating the pick up and mic to seperate speakers?
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Not that I know of.
 
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flatback said:
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And is there any way to run the focus like a solstice, isolating the pick up and mic to seperate speakers?( I dont think there is)
Thanks
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Yes, if you have a series III Focus and use another power amp. Page 6 of the Series III Focus and Clarus manuals addresses stereo operation. You release the Ch 2 button and use the Effects Send jack from channel 2 to route it to a second amplifier.
 
#4
Hmmm...interesting.

One of the things I like about the Solstice operation is that you can take the microphone-only straight out, to feed to a PA for instance, while still feeding the combination of mic and pick-up to your amp.

This is ideal for my situation, and I would buy a Solstice except that I don't want to have to carry and set-up an extra piece of equipment. Is a similar function available from the new AI series? (I have my eye one one of the new combos, perhaps, once they are more available.)
 
#5
airbass said:
Hmmm...interesting.

One of the things I like about the Solstice operation is that you can take the microphone-only straight out, to feed to a PA for instance, while still feeding the combination of mic and pick-up to your amp.

This is ideal for my situation, and I would buy a Solstice except that I don't want to have to carry and set-up an extra piece of equipment. Is a similar function available from the new AI series? (I have my eye one one of the new combos, perhaps, once they are more available.)
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Yes. Both channel's effects loops are in parallel, not series, so you can take a line from one or both channels,with their original individual signals intact, and take them to other devices, exactly as you suggest. You'd still have the blended signal at the output of the AI (series III) head or combo.
 
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Bob Gollihur said:
Yes. Both channel's effects loops are in parallel, not series, so you can take a line from one or both channels,with their original individual signals intact, and take them to other devices, exactly as you suggest. You'd still have the blended signal at the output of the AI (series III) head or combo.
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Very cool...I didn't know this!
 
#7
wow, Thanks bob. I just tried that. I sent signal from the mic to a small PA and the mix to my cab. I really like having the mic coming from a different source. Would it over tax the amp to send the outs to two different 1x8 8ohm cabs and then that effects out to a powered PA...It shouldn't right?
 
#8
flatback said:
wow, Thanks bob. I just tried that. I sent signal from the mic to a small PA and the mix to my cab. I really like having the mic coming from a different source. Would it over tax the amp to send the outs to two different 1x8 8ohm cabs and then that effects out to a powered PA...It shouldn't right?
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Should not be any problem at all.
 
#9
flatback said:
wow, Thanks bob. I just tried that. I sent signal from the mic to a small PA and the mix to my cab. I really like having the mic coming from a different source. Would it over tax the amp to send the outs to two different 1x8 8ohm cabs and then that effects out to a powered PA...It shouldn't right?
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That's exactly the way I'd plan on using it...mic and pick-up mixed to 2 cabs (mine are 4 Ohm each, and work fine with my old series 1 Clarus) and a mic-only output to the PA.

Thanks for the info, Bob - but now I'm running out of excuses not to upgrade my amp :hmm:
 

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