Routing Accustic Guitar to 2 FRFR Speakers

[purptiger]

 I have a Taylor acoustic guitar that I want to run into two Tech 21 Power engine Deuce Deluxe FRFR speakers. I am not sure how to set up my Helix Floor to do this. How would my preset look?

[datacommando]

On 2/5/2024 at 11:47 AM, purptiger said:

 I have a Taylor acoustic guitar that I want to run into two Tech 21 Power engine Deuce Deluxe FRFR speakers. I am not sure how to set up my Helix Floor to do this. How would my preset look?

Hi,

 

Well, your preset should look much like any other preset in your HX.

 

For acoustic guitar, I use something along theses lines:

Guitar > Studio Tube Pre > LA Comp > Simple Delay > Dynamic Plate > Out to LR Monitors.

 

Mix and match the compression, delay and reverb to suit what you need. You could also add a slight chorus or dimensions effect to taste. Some folks like to add an IR of an acoustic guitar to mix into the signal. Basically that’s it.

 

Give it a whirl, and see how it goes.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[purptiger]

Do I need to run a B channel parallel with the A channel to have the 2 outputs? How would I set the crossover?

[DunedinDragon]

On 2/5/2024 at 8:04 AM, purptiger said:

Do I need to run a B channel parallel with the A channel to have the 2 outputs? How would I set the crossover?

You can run directly out of your XLR L/Mono into the XLR Input on the Tech 21 then plug a separate XLR cable out of the XLR out on the Tech 21 into the XLR Input on the 2nd Tech 21.  That's not a "crossover" it's simply daisy chaining the two Tech 21's.  That will send the same signal out to both but you still have to adjust the volume and settings independently on each Tech 21.

 

If you want to send a stereo signal to the two speakers such as if you were to use a ping pong delay in your preset you would use your XLR Left Out on the Helix to one and XLR Right Output to the other.

[datacommando]

On 2/5/2024 at 1:04 PM, purptiger said:

Do I need to run a B channel parallel with the A channel to have the 2 outputs? How would I set the crossover?

 

No - here's a link to the Tech21 Owner's Manual that shows a few different options for hooking up 2 FRFR PowerEngine Cabs.

 

https://www.tech21nyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/PowerEngine_DeuceDeluxe_OM.pdf

 

Essentially your Helix XLR outputs connect to the Cab XLR inputs.

 

Note: All 4 available paths in the Helix Floor are stereo paths, but can be configured to suit many options.

 

Also see the comments in the posts above from @MGW-Alberta and @DunedinDragon for more clarification.

 

Hope this help/makes sense.