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New and secondhand at sound devices in the heart of western sydney. In other words, if your connected cab is a 15 speaker vs an 8 speaker and using the same amp head, would you get more bass or other character from the jdx output. Has anyone who has used the radial jdx notice any difference in the output of the jdx with different cabinets. The radial jdx reactor is a direct box designed to capture the explosive dynamics and warm tone of the electric guitar by connecting between the head and cabinet of a guitar amplifier to provide a direct feed to the pa or recording system. Radial introduces jdx reactor speaker simulator module. The jdx reactor module is a special amp interface that can capture a direct guitar signal or capture the sound of both the guitar amp head and the speaker cabinet. In order to ensure greater consistency from gig to gig, the headload is equipped with a radial jdx reactor direct box. I would prefer to be able to disable the speaker simulation in this unit and neither seem to be able to do that trick. It captures all the character of the amp head interacting with a speaker cabinet, and provides a reliable, goodsounding, but fairly generic mic emulation.
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It emulates the sound of a 4x12 guitar amplifier speaker by way of a multistage filtering mechanism and can also be used for direct instrument recording. Following the lead set by the standalone radial jdx reactor, the jdx reactor module is a interface designed to capture both the sound of the guitar head and the speaker cabinet. Overall, the jdx direct drive compares well with other allanalogue speaker emulators on sound, and it also functions as a very highquality di box and signal splitter, all built to the high standard weve come to expect from radial. The jdx 500 makes it easy to get a consistent and natural sounding amp recording by taking a feed directly from your amplifier and employing radial s popular jdx speaker emulation, producing an effect similar to placing a dynamic microphone in front of a 4x12 half stack cabinet. I initially used it with the speaker function running it out of the speaker output of the amp with good results but i felt like the speaker sim rolled off the tone too much for my taste. The whole point of using a valve amp with an attenuatorspeaker emulator is to enable you to. The new tonebone jdx direct drive is an amp simulator and di built for your pedalboard. Radial engineering jdx amplifier direct box huber breese music. Load box, direct box, speaker simulator, and phase aligner for electric guitar amplifiers adjust the wattage of your amplifier, for crankedamp tones at lower volume levels jdx direct box with speaker simulation and 2band eq for outstanding direct tones. Radial jdx reactor speaker simulator sound devices. Radial engineering jdx reactor guitar amp and cabinet direct box.
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Unlike a typical direct box that merely transfers the sound of the pedals to the pa, the directdrive simulates the. Unlike a typical direct box that merely transfers the sound of the pedals to the pa, the directdrive simulates the tone and feel of a real guitar amp, producing a much more realistic sound. Musikmesse radial jdx directdrive amp simulator news. Jan 09, 20 demo of the radial jdx with a micd cabinet on one side and the jdx on the other side. Trying out some different mic options for live shows. The companys latest release, the jdx reactor guitar amp di box, is neither a.
Radial jdx 500 reactor speaker simulator kmr audio. Guitar amplifier direct box with reactive load speaker cabinet emulation for natural tone direct feed to console eliminates need for a mic ideal for recording and. Featuring two builtin jdx amp disone preeq and one posteqthe headload eliminates the need to use a microphone to capture the sound from your amplifier. Radial jdx reactor how is it compared to a palmer pda. The directdrive is a combination amp simulator and di box that provides a realistic amp sound through the pa, eliminating the need to bring an amp to the gig.
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