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The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Multi-Channel Setup

Instructor: Richard Lundmark
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    The 4 Cable Method - Introduction Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Welcome to this tutorial on how to turn your Channel-Challenged Work Horse into a Multi-Channel Monster! What you need is an amp with a serial effects loop and a distortion channel you like. You'll also need a multi-effects unit (preferably floor-based) also sporting a serial effects loop. Watch the video for examples of what I've used, a Egn...

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    The 4 Cable Method - How To Set It Up Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: So, the idea with the 4-cable method is to expand your amp. If you have ever used a single channel clean amp, or a dual-channel where you don’t like the gain channel, and only use the clean with pedals, you are of course aware that in this case you can get as many sounds as you like, depending on the number of pedals you use. Also, you could just plug ...

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    The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Rhythm Channel Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: On to creating our first channel.  I want this first channel to be my Distorted rhythm channel, using the gain channel of the amp. Basically what I need here is to have only the FX-unit Loop activated with nothing else, and I will have the same sound as I would having plugged in straight into the amp. HOWEVER, there are a few things to watch out for: ...

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    The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Lead Channel Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Intermediate Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Now on to creating our Lead Channel. There are several traditional ways of pushing an amp's gain channel into lead-level heaven. The old-school method would be to stick a classic OD in front of the amp (think “Tubescreamer-ish” OD’s). We can recreate this by simply activating the loop so that we have the gain channel in the chain, and then ...

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    The 4 Cable Method - Creating a Clean Channel Richard Lundmark
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    Instructor: Richard Lundmark Level: Beginner Topic: Reference Style: Any Style

    Excerpt: Creating the clean channel using the 4-cable method has its unique set of circumstances. Remember, as we are bypassing the preamp-section completely and going straight to the Power amp section of the amp, we do not have the tone shaping of the preamp section EQ at our disposal. However, the EQ in your FX-unit could suffice just as well, especially if it ha...

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