steelstringer Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Hello all. Is there a difference in tone between these two approaches to using dual cabs after the amp block? Approach one: simply use the dual cab block. Approach two: split the cabs using an A/B split path. I swear that the built in dual cab block sounds better, but I don’t understand why. Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullMotion Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 I believe the dual cab block automatically pans the A cab left and the B cab right. This should be the only difference verses using two split cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenjim Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Splitting them provides the flexibility to choose the cab models. I find it useful to choose various combinations such as 1 1x12 mixed in with a 4x12. With various mic setups I dial in the tone by sliding the A/B balance toward of of the two cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 Splitting them provides the flexibility to choose the cab models. I find it useful to choose various combinations such as 1 1x12 mixed in with a 4x12. With various mic setups I dial in the tone by sliding the A/B balance toward of of the two cabs. You actually can select different cabs in the dual cab block. See page 28 of the manual. You don't have to split them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelstringer Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, prudenjim said: Splitting them provides the flexibility to choose the cab models. I find it useful to choose various combinations such as 1 1x12 mixed in with a 4x12. With various mic setups I dial in the tone by sliding the A/B balance toward of of the two cabs. Yes. And this is why I would like to split them (especially to use the A/B balance feature). What I am running into is that I would like to mute/bypass one cab while I dial in the other, but when I do this, the active cab sounds muffled/distorted, and I am not sure why. When they are both on, it sounds nice, but I want to dial them in separately, and then blend them. This will let me dial in a bigger, warmer tone on one cab, and a more focused, treble-heavy tone on the other. Thanks for the feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelstringer Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 I figured it out. I needed to not bypass the cab; I needed to change the A or B path to 100... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBD_123 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 1 hour ago, steelstringer said: I figured it out. I needed to not bypass the cab; I needed to change the A or B path to 100... Yup :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBD_123 Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 6 hours ago, steelstringer said: Hello all. Is there a difference in tone between these two approaches to using dual cabs after the amp block? Approach one: simply use the dual cab block. Approach two: split the cabs using an A/B split path. I swear that the built in dual cab block sounds better, but I don’t understand why. Thoughts? Something else that's fun to play around with is separate cab blocks with a split path. Try putting your verb and echo on one path and leaving the other clear for (IMHO) considerable improvement in tone on some patches. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelstringer Posted May 28, 2018 Author Share Posted May 28, 2018 47 minutes ago, BBD_123 said: Something else that's fun to play around with is separate cab blocks with a split path. Try putting your verb and echo on one path and leaving the other clear for (IMHO) considerable improvement in tone on some patches. Cool. Thanks for the tip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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