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Post subject: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 3:09 pm
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I think that the M4 is more than I routinely need for backline. Seriously considering getting a second M3v2 (Would love it if that Tweed version was available). The thought occurred to me:

Can one 6-button footswitch setup be run into a y-box and split to simultaneously select the same patch/efx on two M3v2 amps?

Yes, I know: life is too short, there are not enough hours in the day, and, after a year, I haven't come anywhere near to exploring all of the internals of my M3v2---as a matter of fact, I've barely scratched the surface. This doesn't get me down because, if it's one thing I learned about digital modelers and multi-fx units, there's just a lot of stuff under the hood. I'm still finding out things about my venerable Yamaha SPX90 which was purchased over 20 years ago.

Right now I'm using a floor modeler with my M3 via the 4-cable method. You would think that, between all of the available patches in the M3 and the floor modeler I have enough to do. The truth is, probably like most of you, between career, rehearsing/woodshedding, writing, gigs, the house, friends, lover, and family, I don't ever seem to have enough time to dig deeper into my M3. Thank God (and Fender) that the M3 has been such a painless addition to my backline and has performed so musically and so well with my modeler that the break-in and period of adjustment lasted five minutes---if that. It really was Plug-n'-Play and have a good time (sometimes I turn the master volume up, sometimes I turn it down, sometimes I leave it alone).

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Post subject: Re: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 2:00 am
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Can one 6-button footswitch setup be run into a y-box and split to simultaneously select the same patch/efx on two M3v2 amps?

I doubt this would work. The two-button switch is passive and just changes the resistance applied to a voltage supplied from the amp. The four-button footswitch is an active unit with bi-directional data going over the cable to/from the amp. So I can't see how two amps could be connected to the same switches and still work.


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Post subject: Re: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 4:06 am
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scott-uk wrote:
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Can one 6-button footswitch setup be run into a y-box and split to simultaneously select the same patch/efx on two M3v2 amps?

I doubt this would work. The two-button switch is passive and just changes the resistance applied to a voltage supplied from the amp. The four-button footswitch is an active unit with bi-directional data going over the cable to/from the amp. So I can't see how two amps could be connected to the same switches and still work.


+1; Remember we are in a digital world now. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 6:47 am
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I'm not sure why you'd rather haul around 2 MIII's instead of an MIV but you might consider this option...

Get a Mustang Floor and plug it into 2 Tech21 Power Engines daisy chained together.
http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/power ... ine60.html


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Post subject: Re: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 1:46 pm
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Scorpaeon wrote:
I'm not sure why you'd rather haul around 2 MIII's instead of an MIV . . . l


Actually don't want to haul them around---but I wanted to see/know if the possibility was there. I actually want my second M3v2 near my computer/workspace so I can leave it hooked up unless I need to use it as a backup.

Scorpaeon wrote:
. . . but you might consider this option...

Get a Mustang Floor and plug it into 2 Tech21 Power Engines daisy chained together.
http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/power ... ine60.html


(1) The point of having the footswitch Y'ed to simultaneously select the same patch number on two amps would be to have two different amp models to blend, like on the POD X3 and Roland units, but without DSP limitations. Each M3 would have a different patch residing at the same patch number (e.g., a Twin patch on one and a Marshall patch on the other). The whole thought was about parallel amp patches.

(2) I've owned PE60s for over a decade and currently am getting ready to trade/sell my remaining one. Using the M3v2 as a power cabinet has obviated my need to keep my PE60---the M3v2 is more convenient (no knobless eq/volume knobs located on the back panel, no vertical jack connections underneath the back panel), has a smoother response and projection from the speaker and cabinet, and less amp noise (idle & buzz). The M3v2 and the PE60 are virtually identical in physical dimensions and price, but as an owner of both, the only advantage I see to the PE60 is that it's all analog---and I understand and appreciate that consideration.

I thank everyone for the responses. I think I'll contact TSL with the question/idea, and see if there would be any harm/use in trying it out when I get my second M3v2.

Thanks again,
Paj
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Post subject: Re: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 5:37 pm
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Just a thought: How about a pair of y'ed jumpers running from the footswitch inputs of one M2v2 to the respective footswitch inputs of the second M3v2?

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Post subject: Re: Total greater than the sum of the parts?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 11:15 pm
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I don't think that would work. It's a bit like saying, connect a 'Y' VGA or DVI cable from one monitor to two PCs, so that you can see both computers on the same screen...


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