I have a Hughes and Kettner 412 cabinet. Since buying it, I've wondered why the cabinet has a left 1x4 Ohm and right 1x4 Ohm input that doubles as a 1x8 Ohm mono in. The matching head has outputs, but I figured most stereo setups naturally involved two cabinets. I can't think of any reason to run a stereo connection from a head to the same cabinet. Any ideas.
You still get stereo 'spacial' qualites in a single cabinet. Granted it's not as drastic as two cabinets a few feet apart, you still do get that 'spacial' quality of a stereo field.
It's not really useful for delays that go left/right but it's pretty nice for choruses/flanges etc.
If your playing in a live gig and it's going to be mic'd it's pretty nice. Just mic speakers on each side and have them go to opposite sides of the stage.
I've done it both ways; with 2 cabs and 1 cab stereo.
You can essentially do everything with 1 cab it just doesn't sound as good to you standing in front of it. Mic'd or recorded it sounds pretty damn close.
Two cabs is ideal, but one is nice because it's half as much to lug around.
Also if you have a stereo power amp that can't be switched to mono and only a single cabinet you would want to hook it up in stereo even if you don't care about the sound separation. Plus depending on your setup it might be louder to hook it up that way.
Neat. I'll have to try micing each side. Thanks guys.
Another question: how do I work the flange effects? Do I need to control the volume on each side, or will it pan autmatically? I suppose it depends on the pedal...?
Well a flange pedal needs to amp sources (someplace for A and B to go). A flange effect in a stereo rack used in a stereo head needs no such thing. It would pan automaticly.
I guess you could use the pedal in the effects loop, might be noisy as hell tho.
But the only way your goin to utilize a stereo cabinet is if your amp/head/poweramp etc has stereo speaker outs. If not, nothing you send to it no matter how many cables you use is going to be stereo.
I think I do: as mentioned above, the TriAmp has outputs for what seems to be four speakers; most likely one can only utilize two outs. I'm new to this stereo stuff, so I need a little hand-holding.
Can you explain how a mono single from a guitar can be turned into a stereo signal using stereo cabling and a stereo amp/cab setup? What can I do with such a thing?
You CANNOT run stereo through your triamp without help from an external power amp (stand alone or utilizing another head's power section). Most ( rough guess, about 95%) of Heads and combos are MONO. It doesn't matter if they have more than one speaker outputs. The power amp section is mono. By running into more than one speaker you will just increase the volume your sending out.
The answer to your original question: A stereo cab comes in handy when using a rack system where you have a stereo power amp or when using multiple heads (ala Steve Vai's current Rig).
If you're dead set on trying to run stereo with your current setup you will need to purchase either another Triamp or a stand alone Power Amp. Then do the following:
Plug your guitar into your Triamp.
Plug the FX send of the Triamp into your Stereo FX Unit (G-Foce, Eventide, a stereo chorus unit, whatever you choose).
Now run a cable from the left output of your fx unit into the FX return on your Triamp and another cable from the right output of your fx unit into the power amp input (or Another Head's fx return)
Hook up the speaker cables for each side.
Bango you're in stereo. No funky stereo instrument cables or magic tricks involved. It's really not necessary unless you're recording IMO. Lots and lots of clubs don't even have stereo PAs.
I found an online manual for the Triamp. The manual makes no mention of the speaker outs or the effects loop being stereo. I am pretty sure the amp is mono like most heads. Therefore the only way to run in stereo is to follow dwswift's advice.
Hey thanks guys. As I said, I don't really know anything about stereo setups. Unfortunately, walletary concerns prohibit me from sinking more money into another head; oh well. I can deal with mono.
the only stereo head im familiar with is the diezal....for a stereo rig, you need to either rout your effects to a mixing board or a stereo power amp or combination there of.....using a stereo cab is pointless worthless.....you need to seperate the field to get the effect......really though, a stereo rig isnt all that important
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