Herbert Decimator connection

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How are you guys connecting the pro rack g decimator to the herbert.

I originally hooked it up in the serial loop after the g major 2 I have,
but was wondering I it would be possible to run the decimator in the serial loop by itself, then the g major 2 in the switchable loop so I could have a true bypass on effects by switching that loop off.
 
base341":1ejh79wn said:
How are you guys connections the pro rack g decimator to the herbert.

I originally hooked it up in the serial loop after the g major 2 I have,
but was wondering I it would be possible to run the decimator in the serial loop by itself, then the g major 2 in the switchable loop so I could have a true bypass on effects by switching that loop off.
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That's how I used to do it. But it will cut delays, etc. I stopped using the ISP though. Not needed any more now that I don't use the boost as much.
 
You can run both serial & parallel loops at the same time. If you need the g major in parallel loop, then no problem. Why not try the decimator before the g major?
 
Thanks for the replies.
The instructions just show the unit being fed through the effects loop but there's no reference to where the effects should go in the loop.
I have been experimenting with different ways of running it. It seems to work the most transparently with the decimator first in the chain like Nbarts suggested. I have both threshold settings as low as possible and it doesn't seem to affect the tone or the sustain at all.. After a little while you forget your even using it.
 
i have the problem of it cutting of the delays of my xpression in the switchable loop and my decimator is in the serial loop. is there a way around this?
 
just put the delay after the decimator in the chain & you are set.
 
nbarts":2elv507p said:
just put the delay after the decimator in the chain & you are set.
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do you mean put everything through the same effects loop?
 
You gonna have to post what you have there with ins & outs & what you are trying to achieve in details.
 
After playing on it for a couple hours today I think this is the best set up. Run the 2nd channel of the Decimator through the serial effects loop with the rack effects after it in the loop. Dead quiet and the delay was working great.
One thing though, if you back off your guitar volume too much it fools the Decimator and you start cutting out.
I might just have to dial in channel one a little better.

I really like this thing.
 
The decimator should be treated as a noise gate. If you follow that logic you will know where the right spot is. You definitely don't want any time bases effects before it.
 
nbarts":lwtt62du said:
The decimator should be treated as a noise gate. If you follow that logic you will know where the right spot is. You definitely don't want any time bases effects before it.
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absolutely agree, the only hard part is that in order for that to happen you need to be sending signal through the fx unit, altering the tone. i will try it though and see if it sounds worse haha.
 
If you need your FX only for delays & verbs, you can just do killdry & go from switchable send to a parallel return. The same time use your decimator in the serial loop. If you need the FX send cleaned up with a decimator too, then you gonna need 2 decimators, but I doubt it will be necessary.

Otherwise get something like Lehle looper to switch & bypass your FX unit, in case your FX unit's bypass doesn't satisfy you.
 
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