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Jad Freer Audio - CAPO multiple preamp

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can someone give me a hand figuring out how to wire up my Capo Tim Lefebvre edition. If I want to have a pedal fx loop that is switchable with the LOOP switch, that alternates with the preamp sound (not adds efx to the preamp sound) that feeds one of the XLR's, and I want a second 1/4 output that is FX and preamp, in addition to the output 1/4", is that possible?

When using the loop on the right side of the pedal (parallel out send and loop pre return), I can use the loop button to toggle fx off and on, but the preamp still turns off and on with the preamp switch.. And in this config, the Tim button kills all the sound. As opposed to what I thought it was supposed to do, which is toggle between the preamp being on or bypassed with the loop is engaged.

If I use the post return, just to troubleshoot, bad sounds happen...

TIA
 
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J.Wolf said:
can someone give me a hand figuring out how to wire up my Capo Tim Lefebvre edition. If I want to have a pedal fx loop that is switchable with the LOOP switch, that alternates with the preamp sound (not adds efx to the preamp sound) that feeds one of the XLR's, and I want a second 1/4 output that is FX and preamp, in addition to the output 1/4", is that possible?

When using the loop on the right side of the pedal (parallel out send and loop pre return), I can use the loop button to toggle fx off and on, but the preamp still turns off and on with the preamp switch.. And in this config, the Tim button kills all the sound. As opposed to what I thought it was supposed to do, which is toggle between the preamp being on or bypassed with the loop is engaged.

If I use the post return, just to troubleshoot, bad sounds happen...

TIA
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Probably best to wait for @Andrea Lo to chime in. I have the TLE of the Capo as well and I know what you mean. I have effects pre loop and in the post loop. TIM switch off, hitting the loop switch brings everything on pre loop in. Doesn't matter if the pre amp is on or off. With the Tim switch on, hitting the loop switch will swap between bringing the preamp side in with the pre side. Again doesn't matter if the pre amp is on or not. Now the funny thing is, this wasn't the case a few weeks back. With the Tim switch on, and the loop side engage , preamp switch red, i would get no sound.. Since then, i changed my setup,. i have pre loop effect and i added a H90 in pre and post routing. now it works. I don't know what else i did besides that. it shouldn't change anything but it did. The TLE capo is amazing but a bit of a confusing beast. I still haven't figured out what the "link A side" switch does!
 
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J.Wolf said:
can someone give me a hand figuring out how to wire up my Capo Tim Lefebvre edition. If I want to have a pedal fx loop that is switchable with the LOOP switch, that alternates with the preamp sound (not adds efx to the preamp sound) that feeds one of the XLR's, and I want a second 1/4 output that is FX and preamp, in addition to the output 1/4", is that possible?

When using the loop on the right side of the pedal (parallel out send and loop pre return), I can use the loop button to toggle fx off and on, but the preamp still turns off and on with the preamp switch.. And in this config, the Tim button kills all the sound. As opposed to what I thought it was supposed to do, which is toggle between the preamp being on or bypassed with the loop is engaged.

If I use the post return, just to troubleshoot, bad sounds happen...

TIA
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I think I ll need a video because I m not sure whats happening. As for outputs there is only one 1/4" out of the preamp at the end of the chain. All loops are in series. In Tim mode the main output alternates between whats in the loop pre and whats in the A side (preamp -if on- and loop post).
 
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Andrea Lo said:
It links pedals in the post loop to the A side switch, so loop post becomes active only when the preamp is on. Isn t it written in the manual?
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Ah I see. The TLE edition doesn't have A or B side switch. Just Preamp and Loop. The regular Capo has a A/B side. This is what it says in the manual "Post loop is always active, but can be linked to the Preamp Footswitch pushing the Link A side switch. " Does this mean if Link A side is pushed, the Post Loop is only linked to Preamp switch and is only active when the preamp switch is on? And if the Link A side is not pushed, then Post Loop is active regardless of whether Preamp switch is on or off?
 
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OK I think i have it working now.. Not sure what I did differently but it seems to all be working properly. I can totally see now why this was a desired mod for Tim, if I put a suboctave in the pre loop.

Last question: I think that if I dont use the post loop, the post send (line out send) will function as a parallel output with all the same preamp and FX as the main 1/4" output. is that correct?
 
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Man, this is a remarkably great sounding preamp pedal with killer functionality. I finally got it set up right (not sure where the brain fart was there) but i completely get why TL wanted this version, it makes the "dry" sound and the FX sound really tweakable against each other, as opposed to stacking FX on top of the preamp sound. And the line out of the post loop drives the sushi box and darkglass for my ears mix.

Really excited to take this board out this weekend. Will be very curious what the sound guy has to say about the DI signal. He's got great ears and has mixed me with a half dozen top-of-the-line preamp/DI boxes over the last couple years.

Signal flow: tuner, comp, signal filter, overdrive preamp, capo (pre loop: octabvre, Doom2, corona, carbon copy bright, Flint) output to amp. post send from capo: underground accelerator, harmonic booster (to iem pack to mix with band mix)


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J.Wolf said:
OK I think i have it working now.. Not sure what I did differently but it seems to all be working properly. I can totally see now why this was a desired mod for Tim, if I put a suboctave in the pre loop.

Last question: I think that if I dont use the post loop, the post send (line out send) will function as a parallel output with all the same preamp and FX as the main 1/4" output. is that correct?
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Yes
 
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gtirard said:
When the blend knob is dimed, you have 100% of the A Channel saturation. When you reduce the blend, you bring back some clean sound.
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Thats it. The special touch is that the clean sound is not the raw bass but a studio quality clean preamp with fixed gain.
 
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Snake101st said:
In case you were wondering, the Capo still rules :)

Wondering what Jad Freer has up their sleeve to release next? Maybe the single stomp version like what was posted a while back?

I'd be in for one, since it'd help squeeze a different heavier dirt or an octaver on my small board

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Are you using either of the loops? If so, signal flow?
 
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projectapollo said:
Are you using either of the loops? If so, signal flow?
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Yup! Bass - tuner - comp - in of capo... Post send to chorus - noise suppressor - reverb to post return

Out to amp via 1/4" and direct out via either xlr or both, depending on what's going on.

If I needed a totally clean pre everything di, I could put the comp in the pre loop, but I haven't needed to go that far since I like being able to set my own comp even for the clean/pre di out.
 

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