lqdsnddist
Axe-Master
I came across a good deal on an older space station v2, (which I could upgrade to v3 if I really want to I guess) from when they still said Groove Tubes on them.
My purpose in buying it (other than plain and simple GAS) is to run it as a dedicated rotary speaker.
I used to own a Fender Vibrotone rotary 10" cabinet which sounded amazing. It was also big and heavy and the motor and drum was mechanically noisy. On top of that, it required an amp, plus you never know when something like the motor was going to die. It was like 40 years old after all... Next to impossible to get parts/service on those things and a broken one is worth next to nothing as a result.
Anyways, loved the room filling effect it had, sounding bouncing everywhere and all. Rotary effects coming from one or two monitors sound good, but don't have the same in person effect, which stands to reason.
So what I'm thinking/hoping, is I run my patches with one cab block and IR and rotary block to the Space station, and then another with a different cab, going to my CLR. This should let me mix in some real room filling sounds from the space station doing the rotary with the normal simulated mic'd guitar cab tone coming out of the CLR.
I've tried just running two cabs and a rotary block etc and while it sounds like a recorded rotary would, misses the in person effect that was so cool.
Hopefully for a few hundred bucks this setup will provide a sonic treat for the ears, when playing at home or small venues.
Might even just be scratching the surface as well, with the ability to run parallel signal chains and have things like modulated delay repeats or reverb trails etc going to the Space Station and the dry signal going to a CLR etc
Anyone tried this before ? I know some guys have tried one as their only monitor to varying success, often finding it doesn't replace a CLR or other good FRFR speaker, but maybe using it as a supplement can really let it play to its best strength.
My purpose in buying it (other than plain and simple GAS) is to run it as a dedicated rotary speaker.
I used to own a Fender Vibrotone rotary 10" cabinet which sounded amazing. It was also big and heavy and the motor and drum was mechanically noisy. On top of that, it required an amp, plus you never know when something like the motor was going to die. It was like 40 years old after all... Next to impossible to get parts/service on those things and a broken one is worth next to nothing as a result.
Anyways, loved the room filling effect it had, sounding bouncing everywhere and all. Rotary effects coming from one or two monitors sound good, but don't have the same in person effect, which stands to reason.
So what I'm thinking/hoping, is I run my patches with one cab block and IR and rotary block to the Space station, and then another with a different cab, going to my CLR. This should let me mix in some real room filling sounds from the space station doing the rotary with the normal simulated mic'd guitar cab tone coming out of the CLR.
I've tried just running two cabs and a rotary block etc and while it sounds like a recorded rotary would, misses the in person effect that was so cool.
Hopefully for a few hundred bucks this setup will provide a sonic treat for the ears, when playing at home or small venues.
Might even just be scratching the surface as well, with the ability to run parallel signal chains and have things like modulated delay repeats or reverb trails etc going to the Space Station and the dry signal going to a CLR etc
Anyone tried this before ? I know some guys have tried one as their only monitor to varying success, often finding it doesn't replace a CLR or other good FRFR speaker, but maybe using it as a supplement can really let it play to its best strength.