Need help with VH4 and FXs...

[Larrydiezel]

Hi erverybody, hope you can help me out with my current problem(s).
It´s all about the best way using FX together with my VH4.
first of all I tell you what I use (and want to connect
diezel VH4
G-major (parallel/ progammeble Loop)
Boss GE7 (Equalizer in the insert 2, 3 or 4)

problem 1:
As I love its natural tone, I don´t want to have the G-major always activated (to avoid tone- suckin), that´s the reason I put it into the parallel way. But the g-major works the best way in the seriel loop (especially for pitching and modulation). I can´t decide, how wet the parallel loop should be set to get the best way of both worlds: the original ampsound together with the perfect effect- sound. Any advice?

problem 2:
I want to use the Boss Ge7- equalizer in the insert to get a second clean or Solo- channel. Just the way I want. But activating the equalizer has only a very small effect on the general sound. Also i can´t use the GE7 to boost the channel. Any advice here? Probably another Pedal (ibanez Tubescreamer?)

Problem 3:
I would love to change the chanel 2 into a sweet 'soft-solo' channel...how can I do this? just boosting it in front of the chanel (tubescreamer again?) or is there a way to get by using the channel- insert? It would be great to get ia all just by one step...(via midi!)

Thanx a lot, I hope some of you (maybe Peter D.?) can help me out!

 

[JohnRageOn]

Whatever effect you'll try in serial loop will change your sound, even if it's an Eventide Eclipse.
The ADA converters are responsible for this. The higher the bitrate of the converter, the lesser the sound coloration will be.
Try the parallel loop even if you don't use G-Major's full capabilities. Think smart, VH4 costs way much more than a G-Major, so what is better to have a mediocre effect work at its full potential or listen 'correctly' the head that you invested so much on its tone?
Concerning your other question about how to boost from the BOSS effect, well as you suggested boosts are better to be in front of the amp so buy a good clean boost since VH4 has more than enough gain and even if you play at the 2nd channel which is less compressed, a clean boost will push it slight to an SRV, AC/DC territory.

Welcome to the Diezel family and congrats on your purchase

 

[guitarman967]

If I was you I would run the Gmajor 100% wet and use the mix of the VH4's parallel loop to add in the FX mix.
This way you should avoid the converters.

As far as your second problem it's sounds like you need a cleaner sound and then some sort of gain boost. Anything that happens after the preamp in the FX loop isnt really gonna get you that effect.
I would suggest just turning down the volume control on your guitar for the cleaner sounds and then rolling in back up for the solo sound.

The only other way around that is to get a switcher like a GCX to coordinate all your MIDI commands including things that you would place before the preamp..You could create a preset that had a boost pedal in front of the VH4 CH2 and then another where it did not..You could even assign patches of the Gmajor to these presets through MIDI if you wish. So many possibilities..

 

[Larrydiezel]

I do have the g-major innteh parallel-loop, but I´m not shure how wet I should turn the mix-knob on the VH4. At the Moment, I have at around 12 o´clock- and I Like it very much for simple solo-sounds (adding delay/ reverb, littlebit chorus).
But in this case, all the modulations-FX (especially pithing) don´t sound that good, bcause tthe wet signal is very thin. posiible I´ll have to turn the in/outputs of the g-major to full power!?!? (have them at about 80%) I think)...but I will try

Thanx for the Idea of using a external- midi- switcher...that could help with my problems...
...using the volume-poti on my guitar is not a solution either, because I want more gain/sustain for soloing in channel 2, because I need a a second 2smooth- solo-sound"-...but I`ll have a look at using the volume- poti together with channel 4...that would be easiest way...

Do you have any suggestions for grat boost- pedals (tubescreamer?, boss?, nobels?)

Thanx a lot for your helping advices, though I´m still on the road finding the perfect set-up for my VN4...