roscoe5 Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I was jamming to some tracks the last couple of days, and a lot of the artists I am into (Alter Bridge, Evanescence, etc.) have a full sound with doubled guitar tracks. I woke up this morning on a mission to do this for myself. Using Evanescence Going Under as a go-by, I messed around with dual signal paths with delays, phasing, etc. I just wasn't getting what I wanted. It just didn't feel or sound like true double-tracked guitar. Then I though about my poor, lonely Variax JTV-59. I setup a Helix preset, taking advantage of the ever-so-slight time/phase difference between Variax Mags and Models, each as an input on separate, but identical signal paths. This was exactly what I was going for! Now I'm sure the preset masters Line 6, Glenn D., Fremen, etc. probably have this in their packs somewhere, but I wanted to do this for myself. This is one take with only footswitch Snapshots in the preset. Helix Preset on Custom Tone using Helix Cabs, no IR's https://line6.com/customtone/tone/3755436/ https://www.dropbox.com/s/3jwpnf9687kf9sf/Hlx Vax Dbl Trk.JPG?dl=0 Here is a simple, dry scratch guitar track (with a few oops's) of Evanescence Going Under just to get the idea. Verse - Variax Mags signal Path Chorus - Variax Mags & Variax Model paths panned L & R Solo - Variax Mags & Variax Model paths panned L & R, wah toe switch engages both wahs and Teemah! distortion blocks on both paths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest abonica Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Love it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toasterdude Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Try it with different amps or at least different cabs on each side. Also 20-30ms 100% wet on one side. All my patches are like that but play mostly clean. i use different amps, cabs, reverbs and delays on each side. If I use a phaser or chorus also different on each side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Have you tried the Double Take effect? I myself don't know how well it works. But it may help although, the method you came up with works VERY well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arislaf Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Double take is my go to for every patch i am doing. Usually goes like this: amp sent to dual path, one path is double track, dry 0 wet 100, hard pan 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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