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Wireless Routing

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:47 am
by 01010111
I've always been intrigued by the idea of having a wireless pedalboard/guitar/amp. It seems super simple in execution, but I've always been highly suspicious about the sound quality. Has anyone here tried anything like this?

This in particular looks promising:
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Re: Wireless Routing

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:42 am
by rfurtkamp
I have a wireless rig (and a backup) from the 90s that's one of the still-compliant ones. Sound quality is decent, battery life acceptable (16-20 hours on a 9v pack). It's a little more compressed than normal straight into amp but that's also how I like the preamp on it sounding.

I gave up on it when I stopped gigging due to health, that and there's no useful wireless option for a guitar synth.

It was very, very, very useful in getting live sound right though. I could hear exactly what it sounded like FOH versus stage at any time, and learned to adjust accordingly.

Re: Wireless Routing

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 8:21 am
by Schlatte
The problem in my case is, that my pedalboard needs to "see" the impedance of my pickups. So my feedback loop and all that stuff works like i want it to.
I mean, I could do wireless + pickup simulator box thingy, but then all the fun of playing with the volume/tone knob would be gone.

If I had a simpler setup I'd sure as hell get a wireless. I've heard only good things about the Line6 stuff (G30, etc.). Little bit expensive, tho.

Re: Wireless Routing

Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:47 am
by rfurtkamp
Even the cheap stuff is fun if you don't need the impedance thing for particular circuits. Back in the day, I didn't have a single thing that required it so it wasn't an issue.

Now I'd be torn and probably just run wireless post-Space Echo and call it good if I wanted that route, plug a second channel straight into it on its own wireless for the non-impedance picky stuffs.