Small amp heads with midi channel changing??

bloodandtears

Or should I buy a HT5H and an RJM amp switch gizmo??

Following on from some recent thread I am toying with the idea of messing about with my Line 6 HD500X in 4CM...

professorben

Sack off the RJM and get a Nux Pms 2

£25 and solid. 

octatonic

It can be a bit of a rabbit hole to go down due to latency.

Some amps drop out momentarily- it might only be 20ms or so but you notice it and it sucks when it does.

olafgarten

octatonic said:

It can be a bit of a rabbit hole to go down due to latency.

Some amps drop out momentarily- it might only be 20ms or so but you notice it and it sucks when it does.

That's pretty bad, most Midi instruments I've come across have a maximum latency of ~8 ms

bloodandtears

professorben said:

Sack off the RJM and get a Nux Pms 2

£25 and solid. 

@professorben

have a wis right there..

bloodandtears

olafgarten said:

octatonic said:

It can be a bit of a rabbit hole to go down due to latency.

Some amps drop out momentarily- it might only be 20ms or so but you notice it and it sucks when it does.

That's pretty bad, most Midi instruments I've come across have a maximum latency of ~8 ms

@octatonic

is that specific with the NUX or with this premise in general?? the voodoo labs one looks similar but 5 times the price..

I'm guessing I need to make sure the NUX switching capability would be compatible with the HT5H or whatever..

octatonic

In general.

John_A

bloodandtears said:

olafgarten said:

octatonic said:

It can be a bit of a rabbit hole to go down due to latency.

Some amps drop out momentarily- it might only be 20ms or so but you notice it and it sucks when it does.

That's pretty bad, most Midi instruments I've come across have a maximum latency of ~8 ms

@octatonic

is that specific with the NUX or with this premise in general?? the voodoo labs one looks similar but 5 times the price..

I'm guessing I need to make sure the NUX switching capability would be compatible with the HT5H or whatever..

The NUX has no noticeable latency - you can also configure the polarity and set to latched/unlatched so it will work with anything - great little units.  The outs are stereo(TRS) though so you may have to buy some insert leads

professorben

John_A said:

bloodandtears said:

olafgarten said:

octatonic said:

It can be a bit of a rabbit hole to go down due to latency.

Some amps drop out momentarily- it might only be 20ms or so but you notice it and it sucks when it does.

That's pretty bad, most Midi instruments I've come across have a maximum latency of ~8 ms

@octatonic

is that specific with the NUX or with this premise in general?? the voodoo labs one looks similar but 5 times the price..

I'm guessing I need to make sure the NUX switching capability would be compatible with the HT5H or whatever..

The NUX has no noticeable latency - you can also configure the polarity and set to latched/unlatched so it will work with anything - great little units.  The outs are stereo(TRS) though so you may have to buy some insert leads

Yep, it's a fast little unit, I've used it tonseitch my Engl and Mesa, both needed stereo jacks so was plug and play, but an insert cable would do the trick, they can be had for a couple of quid, cheap and cheerful as it's not carrying any audio. 

professorben

@bloodandtears ;
when you say small head? Do you mean power or size? 

The Evh 5150 iii 50w has midi switching. 

bloodandtears

If it had power scaling in the Head version I'd be half tempted except the BIG price lol

professorben

bloodandtears said:

If it had power scaling in the Head version I'd be half tempted except the BIG price lol

Power amp drive is naff mate. 

Preamp all the way 

bloodandtears

@John_A ; @professorben  ; did either of you Nux users implement it with a momentary switching amp?? I read there are issues with such... and it's good with latching only...

THe HT5 being momentary of course.. typical...

John_A

There are two settings for the momentary - short and long (they really have thought of everything) used it with an AMT stonehead that apparently has issues with some external switchers and on the 'long' setting it worked great

professorben

bloodandtears said:

@John_A ; @professorben  ; did either of you Nux users implement it with a momentary switching amp?? I read there are issues with such... and it's good with latching only...

THe HT5 being momentary of course.. typical...

Hmmm not sure tbh, whatever the Engl and Mesa are. 

Jetfire

Im kinda always saying hughes and kettner

professorben

@bloodandtears  hey just found my Nux Switcher. 

Its yours if you want it dude. 
Just pm me your addy. 

bloodandtears

@professorben ; pm'd you

bloodandtears

FTR..  a NUX PMS2 works with a HT5R head..