Wet dry setup

sherpa_man

can somebody explain a wet dry setup to me?

simonk

One amp would output just the dry (no time based effects) signal, with another (or sometimes two) carrying just the wet (time based effects) signal.
It can sound huge but is a bit of a faff to set up down the Dog and Duck on a Friday night.

http://i.imgur.com/WnOE4GKh.jpg

ICBM

It doesn't have to be as complicated as that, it just means any set-up where the effected (wet) and uneffected (dry) sounds are amplified separately. It gives a very lush but clear sound and it's often used by pros because the soundman can then give each its own desk channel and balance them differently in the out-front mix from the stage mix, if necessary.

EricTheWeary

I was watching a Pete Thorn thing and he was explaining he used a wet dry wet set up in his trio but didn't bother in larger bands because it just gets lost in the mix and there a mono set up makes more sense.

Deijavoo

Always fantasised about running a w/d/w with ping pong delays and huge lush reverbs but ultimately it would be for no other reason than self satisfaction and maybe 20 seconds of "enjoyment“ from the small audiences that come to see us play.

Voxman

Deijavoo said:

Always fantasised about running a w/d/w with ping pong delays and huge lush reverbs but ultimately it would be for no other reason that self satisfaction and maybe 20 seconds of "enjoyment“ from the small audiences that come to see us play.

But I'm sure both of them would appreciate it! 

Deijavoo

Voxman said:

Deijavoo said:

Always fantasised about running a w/d/w with ping pong delays and huge lush reverbs but ultimately it would be for no other reason that self satisfaction and maybe 20 seconds of "enjoyment“ from the small audiences that come to see us play.

But I'm sure both of them would appreciate it! 

Are you bringing a date next time??  

hotpickups

This is what I do sometimes. I have a device with an isolated output which goes to an amp with no fx going to it other output goes to the other amp which gets all the fx. No faff really just plug it in if I ever take 2 amps to a gig otherwise just l=plug one amp in. Simples

keir

hotpickups said:

This is what I do sometimes. I have a device with an isolated output which goes to an amp with no fx going to it other output goes to the other amp which gets all the fx. No faff really just plug it in if I ever take 2 amps to a gig otherwise just l=plug one amp in. Simples

I do the same. Only issue I've found is that if delays / reverbs are set quite wet to be run in wet / dry then it's can sound a bit washed out if running wet only. 

This can be worked around by using a pedal with stereo in at the end of the chain that will sum to mono if you only use one output. 

Voxman

Deijavoo said:

Voxman said:

Deijavoo said:

Always fantasised about running a w/d/w with ping pong delays and huge lush reverbs but ultimately it would be for no other reason that self satisfaction and maybe 20 seconds of "enjoyment“ from the small audiences that come to see us play.

But I'm sure both of them would appreciate it! 

Are you bringing a date next time??  

Yup, thought I'd double the audience for you! - but only if you reciprocate! 

Cabicular

This is worth a watch

Danny1969

I use a wet / dry rig ... Nothing complicated just a Marshall pre amp into a stereo power amp with time based effects one side only. The dry side is mic,ed so the sound guy can put his own delay on which is tap tempo,ed by him to the speed of the song. 
The wet side is the stage sound and that's the side I turn up if someone on stage needs more of me. As times gone by though the whole band bar one guy has switched to IEM.s so I'm only really using the effected side for him and the audience people standing close to the stage. These people stand in what I call the PA hole ..... Basically they are too forward and centred to hear the PA stacks so they hear the wet and dry signal of the amp onstage