Finally tried w/d/w…..

[JackBootedThug]

I actually prefer stereo to it. Maybe I’m not true wdw but with how I’m set up and running…. I’m fine with just going stereo. I picked up another cab and an aby pedal so all I did was split my signal. One line going to my Thor’s hammer pre- into the loop of my Windsor.(center dry), the other line running into my stereo rig….which consists of my ultra plus slaved into the egnater vengeance. Boss ms3 hooked up between them via 7 cable method for my effects. I was hoping for some kinda aha moment but while cool….it’s not really any better than what I had before. I also have not spent much time with it either. Anyway….just thought I’d share that. Any suggestions? Is this actually wdw or something else?

 

[TheGreatGreen]

Yeah, W/D/W rigs are novel and fun, but if you’re not using any poweramp distortion, it’s functionally identical to a stereo rig in the mix.

W/D/W rigs were originally designed to take a line out from a cranked tube amp and feed that low level signal into effects processors so you could get clean and clear effects no matter how hard you drive your amp.

As long as you’re not doing anything wild like putting a dry cab in front of your face and wet cabs way off in the corners of the room or stage or anything, there’s going to be minimal difference between W/D/W and a stereo setup.

If you run dry signal into your wet cabs you might get a slightly bigger sound incidentally from the extra cab, but not necessarily because of the specific nature of W/D/W routing or whatever.

 

[mentoneman]

it’s a process.
always start with focusing on the dry being the priority and slowy blend in the wets, paying close attention to it not thinning out your overall sounds or adding anything unintended (boomy, overly effected..)

 

[rsm]

I've simulated wdw in my modelers; usually have a dry path panned center, then a stereo path, with each out panned hard left & right, 100% wet.

what I found is I prefer stereo to wdw as well; I run my Engl rack stereo, since the power amp has two sides, so I use stereo effects in front of the power amp, run a cab on each side. Having control of the mix and panning is all I need to get to where I like it.

In the digital modelers, there are many ways to mix the dry and wet signals, and pan; to keep it simple, I just use the mix to keep a good dry / wet mix balance for the effects after the cab block, and tweak the panning.

 

[Shask]

When I have compared, I didn't really think WDW was worth the extra hassle over regular stereo. Then again, I am not a huge effects person, and generally use analog parallel mixing to keep my signal clear for the effects.