Plugging a guitar straight into an amp delivers great tone, but adding effects devices can severely degrade it. Enter Rivera's Routmeister, which manages up to 12 effects between a guitar and one or two amps while maintaining great tone and punch. The Routmeister works with mono and stereo processors, and controls (and can be controlled by) MIDI gear.
Programs for switching effects in and out and generating up to 16 MIDI commands at once are arranged in nine memory banks. Six program-select buttons and two bank selectors, allow fast access to a total of 54 combination programs. The entire set of programs can be loaded from or saved to a computer using MIDI System Exclusive messaging, and Windows-based editor software is included.
Housed in a durable steel enclosure, the Routmeister has heavy-duty footswitches and uses an internal ±15 volt power supply to ensure a wide dynamic range. Its switchable input buffer deals with impedance loading from a guitar, and automatic ground-shorting in unused effects loops ensures noiseless operation. Dual premium-quality isolation transformers at the outputs assure that the signal reaching the amp will be clean, punchy, and at a good level.
Routmeister is so flexible, all of the possible configurations would take many pages to outline.
Specifications
Two selectable inputs with bypassable input buffer
Tuner jack
Simultaneous control of routing for four mono and four stereo effects and two amps, or eight effects and one amp
Eight effects loops in Chain 1, four effects loops in chain 2
Up to six Routmeisters can be connected together, for a total of 36 buttons and 72 programs
Sends MIDI program-change commands to any MIDI device
Acts as either MIDI master or MIDI slave
Single Amp Configurations
8 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp
12 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp
8 Mono Effects in Effects Loop
12 Mono Effects in Effects Loop
8 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp
4 Mono Effects in Effects Loop
4 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp
8 Mono Effects in Effects Loop
Dual Amp Configurations
8 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp1
8 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp2 using Output
Switching for an A/B arrangement
4 Mono Effects and 8 Stereo Effects between Guitar and Two Amps
4 Mono Effects and 8 Stereo Effects in Effects Loop of Amp 1
also feeding Effects Return of Amp 2
8 Mono Effects between Guitar and Amp 1, and 4
Stereo Effects in the Effects Loops between Amp 1 and Amp 2
Because we strive to constantly improve our products, specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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