should'nt you use out 1 for frfr cab block at end of chain cab sims on and out2 to fx loop would branch off before cab block so no cab sims
this is exactly what I'm doing I throw a PEQ or a GEQ in front of the FX loop block so I can try and match what I'm hearing from FRFR as close as I can out of my 2X12.
Warning .....long Post
So this is what I did last night, I figured I'd give FW11B another shot, did a system reset after I updated and plugged in the Matrix.
I saw another post somewhere where Cliff mentioned that lowering the compression helps with the bass flub so I turned it off
on all of my higher gain patches and dialed it back in to taste.
Wow!, the Matrix sounded much more "real" than what I remember, so I played around with it for a bit and thought ....hmmm Maybe I'll just keep the Matrix and sell the Fryette. I need to do a "taste test"
So I took one output from Output 2 on my Axe that was going into Channel A of the matrix and the channel out and plugged them into my Fryette and I kept the 2nd output from the Axe plugged into the Matrix. So I was running two power amps in stereo into my 2X12 cab (we did this during the FRFR shootout too) Channel "A" Fryette, channel "B" matrix.
I turned each channel up one at a time and played for a while, turned it down and used the other amp for a while, then I'd go back and play with the other channel.
I did this back and forth for about an hour. Set the presence on the Fryette to zero and the depth at 10:00 o'clock.
the Matrix is sold on it's way to Canada.
there is still quite a difference,the Fryette is fuller, rounder,
brighter (which surprised me since I had the presence dialed down to zero) and the notes just sing more.
The Marshall based amps sound amazing now, the amp sims just come alive through the Fryette (no need to turn sag off either which is huge for me since I can run one amp sim out to both outputs).
I would not have noticed how much of a difference there was unless I did this side by side back and forth testing.
Without the comparison I thought the Matrix sounded great, once I plugged in the Fryette it
was no contest.
For Driving an FRFR cab/wedge, I'd say yes the Matrix works great, but to drive a regular guitar cab with no IR's on???
It also shines here as well but when compared to a pretty flat tube power amp like the Fryette 2/50/2
The Fryette IMO is just king. I just wish it was 1U so I could stick it back into my smaller rack.
I hope that 1U 6L6 amp Fryette demo'd last year comes to fruition some day so I can check it out.
If I was gigging and weight was an issue I'd have to really think hard about this, FW11B definitely adds some punch that was missing.
Everyone has different 'requirements' of their rig, with mine, this set up is my ideal.
Nick