how does an einstein work?channel switching

[Lexothphia]

Ill be using clean and mega i guess for rhythm and that creamy lead diezel sound! but can i just select clean and then press a foot pedal (like an a/b as i know einstein doesnt have midi) and its right there on mega? Appretiate if anyone could explaign setup for me?

 

[moltenmetalburn]

not unless you modify the amp and use it with a MIDI setup that can switch the modes, then you'll still have volume issues.

my dare I say elegant solution was the g major 2. I modded the amp, added the GM2. the Gm2 can switch the modes and allow you to adjust the volume differences.

edit: channel switching will have to be done another way.

 

[Lexothphia]

o. Well thats a bit poop i dont want to do any soldering or any opening up to the chassis to a £1700 amp so i guess ill have a look at different brands. Whats the footswitch for then? i just want 2 seperate volumes and a footswitch with 2 buttons 1 being clean and the other being gain channel every non midi amp that ive seen has this im confused the einstein doesnt? i really wanted one as well.

 

[RG955TT]

Channel one has 3 switchable sounds from front panel, clean, texas and mega- choose one of the 3. Then there is channel two which is a high gain soloing type channel although can work well for rythym to depending on settings. Then there are two master volumes. The footswitch changes from channel one to channel two, and then second ft switch is between master one and master two. Sounds like it'll do exactly what you want.

 

[Serviani]

not unless you modify the amp and use it with a MIDI setup that can switch the modes, then you'll still have volume issues.

my dare I say elegant solution was the g major 2. I modded the amp, added the GM2. the Gm2 can switch the modes and the channel and allow you to adjust the volume differences.

So you are using the stereo relays of g major 2 to switch between the modes of channel 1 (after it's been modded) and between the 2 channels.
And for the 2 master volumes,are you using another (foot)switch for that?

 

[MARK2C]

Go with the Einstein and do the mod. Afterwards, the amp is priceless.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

not unless you modify the amp and use it with a MIDI setup that can switch the modes, then you'll still have volume issues.

my dare I say elegant solution was the g major 2. I modded the amp, added the GM2. the Gm2 can switch the modes and the channel and allow you to adjust the volume differences.

So you are using the stereo relays of g major 2 to switch between the modes of channel 1 (after it's been modded) and between the 2 channels.
And for the 2 master volumes,are you using another (foot)switch for that?

Yes for all except the master volume. I use the processor for volume changes by setting all the patches at -3db leaving that room for a "boost" if necessary.

 

[Lexothphia]

Go with the Einstein and do the mod. Afterwards, the amp is priceless.

im really not wanting to mod it im guessing this means soldering? something i really cant afford to if something goes wrong really all i want is a clean channel with its own volume and a high gain channel where i can get hard rock metal riffs wth that creamy lead tone i love about diezels but if i have to go up to the amp to switch it to mega manually for rhythm playing i guess ill go for a different amp. I have a jcm2000 as a practise amp one channel for clean, press a button and rhythm and lead hey presto if that was in the eintein id get it obv the herbet and vh4 has midi but i really would use all the other channels for the extra £1000

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Before you say no to the mod check these links out. Soldering is far easier than you may think and the mod is as simple as cutting two wires, swapping a jack and soldering three wires.

how to solder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLfXXRfRIzY


Einstein Channel Switching Modification tutorial:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=24857&hilit=unofficial

 

[MARK2C]

Your loss.

Maybe if you ask Peter, he will build one for you the way you want it.
I've never been too proud to beg...

 

[phil b]

Just use channel one for clean and channel 2 for lead and rythym. Problem solved

 

[nbarts]

I don't know if the OP understands it. There are 2 channels, which are foot-switchable. You can use the ch1 for cleans & ch2 for rhythm & use master 2(also foot-switchable) as a lead boost. Now if you care to explain us what type of lead tone you are after, we might be able to tell you whether it's possible to get out of ch2 or not.

 

[Lexothphia]

I don't know if the OP understands it. There are 2 channels, which are foot-switchable. You can use the ch1 for cleans & ch2 for rhythm & use master 2(also foot-switchable) as a lead boost. Now if you care to explain us what type of lead tone you are after, we might be able to tell you whether it's possible to get out of ch2 or not.

its the creamy lead tone can be heard at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_it6uaDhGI at 2:45 kinda reminds of a van halen era tone but more creamy.

And i would ask peter to build me one but my budget is £1500 max and i can get an einsten shipped for that, if i ask for modifications to be done its gonna bump up the price so i rather not

 

[Lexothphia]

Before you say no to the mod check these links out. Soldering is far easier than you may think and the mod is as simple as cutting two wires, swapping a jack and soldering three wires.

how to solder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLfXXRfRIzY


Einstein Channel Switching Modification tutorial:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=24857&hilit=unofficial

lol im not cutting any wires aha u might have the money to spend if it goes wrong but for me i rather not if they were meant to be this way i guess peter would of designed them that way in the first place? cheers anyway. Also ive heard people that have done this and got channel bleed or something? cheers anyway

 

[Lexothphia]

thanks for help anyway but i guess ill look around for different amps just wanting

clean: seperate eq and master
high gain rhythm and lead seperate eq and master

kinda like whats on uberschall/marshall jcm/5150/6505 just i wanted a diezel one due to any problems and peter is on here to speak to which i think is fantastic and i think german build quality is the highest i think the sounds that ive heard from diezel einstein from what ive heard sound like a 5150/soldano dectatone combined ish a real 80's sweep machine a real creamy rocking tone that would catch attention. And chappers gets a fantastic clean and death metal tone out of it. I guess what im wanting is in the vh4/herbert which are £1100 over my price range as midi really buts price up.

 

[nbarts]

I don't know if the OP understands it. There are 2 channels, which are foot-switchable. You can use the ch1 for cleans & ch2 for rhythm & use master 2(also foot-switchable) as a lead boost. Now if you care to explain us what type of lead tone you are after, we might be able to tell you whether it's possible to get out of ch2 or not.

its the creamy lead tone can be heard at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_it6uaDhGI at 2:45 kinda reminds of a van halen era tone but more creamy.

Yes, you can get that without any mods.

 

[moltenmetalburn]

Before you say no to the mod check these links out. Soldering is far easier than you may think and the mod is as simple as cutting two wires, swapping a jack and soldering three wires.

how to solder:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLfXXRfRIzY


Einstein Channel Switching Modification tutorial:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=24857&hilit=unofficial

lol im not cutting any wires aha u might have the money to spend if it goes wrong but for me i rather not if they were meant to be this way i guess peter would of designed them that way in the first place? cheers anyway. Also ive heard people that have done this and got channel bleed or something? cheers anyway

wow, no faith in yourself huh???

the channel bleed is the design it has nothing to do with the mod.

the mod accomplishes on thing only, rather than only the switch on the front panel being able to switch the modes you are adding a footswitch jack that can also switch the modes via a midi setup or a footswitch.

if you take the few minutes to do the mod OR pay a tech to do it, probably 100 dollars or so, this amp is unbelievable. I was in the same boat, couldn't afford the Herbert so settled for the Einstein or so I thought, this thing sounds unreal.

 

[Serviani]

not unless you modify the amp and use it with a MIDI setup that can switch the modes, then you'll still have volume issues.

my dare I say elegant solution was the g major 2. I modded the amp, added the GM2. the Gm2 can switch the modes and the channel and allow you to adjust the volume differences.

So you are using the stereo relays of g major 2 to switch between the modes of channel 1 (after it's been modded) and between the 2 channels.
And for the 2 master volumes,are you using another (foot)switch for that?

Yes for all except the master volume. I use the processor for volume changes by setting all the patches at -3db leaving that room for a "boost" if necessary.

I also have a G-Major 2 (have not modded the amp yet) and now that i think of it there is something i'm missing here.
You are obviously running a stereo cable from the switch out of GM2 to the stereo jack that the 3mode switch of channel 1 is connected to after the mod,and you can also switch the channels of the amp with just that?

 

[sden]

+1 for the mod.
I hope Peter is closing his eyes now, but when I did the mod it was the first time in my life I did some solder work.
Thats how easy it is.

 

[nbarts]

+1 for the mod.
I hope Peter is closing his eyes now, but when I did the mod it was the first time in my life I did some solder work.
Thats how easy it is.

LOL!!! I hope many people close their eyes. You guys are gonna get someone killed one of these days.

Not even to mention that you advice the guy to do a mod that he does not even need.