Radial has come up with a reamp-monster... JX44

[ahjteam]

I was browsing thru the Radial website for photos, but then I noticed this monster wasn't there last time I visited...

http://www.radialeng.com/re-jx44.htm
http://www.radialeng.com/re-jx44-detail.htm

4 in, 6 out = sex

Look at that photo! you can reamp 6 amps at a time!

"Up to six guitar amplifiers may be used at once. Outputs 1 and 2 are single while outputs 3 and 4 are doubled-up to drive stereo amp setups or multiple stacks. "

And its cheap too, only mere $1650 for the unit + $275 for the remote + tba price for the sgi44 unit! "Should ever a problem occur, a front panel ‘panic’ button hardwires input-A to output-1 for direct-to-amp connection. This will even work if the JX44 power goes down. With a Radial JX44 in your rig, the show ill go on!" which means you have spent ~2000 bucks for a mere cord-extender

 

[Metaltastic]

Dear lord - the purpose of re-amping obviously is to be able to play the same stuff through tons of different rigs, but I guess they feel like people will be willing to spend the money to be able to do it simultaneously rather than one at a time. Needless to say, however, I'm not one of 'em!

 

[Ermz]

Hmm, I believe 'get fucked' is in order.

 

[Seizure.]

I for sure am!!!
The more amps and cabs! the better

 

[kass]

Dear lord - the purpose of re-amping obviously is to be able to play the same stuff through tons of different rigs, but I guess they feel like people will be willing to spend the money to be able to do it simultaneously rather than one at a time. Needless to say, however, I'm not one of 'em!

Hmm, I believe 'get fucked' is in order.

:Smug: You guys can see this is not made for just re-amping tracks in your bedroom or studio right?

 

[Metaltastic]

I for sure am!!!
The more amps and cabs! the better

Yes, but why not one at a time? And furthermore, you can chain a bunch of Little Labs Redeyes for multiple simultaneous re-amps, and they're only $225 a piece

:Smug: You guys can see this is not made for just re-amping tracks in your bedroom or studio right?

What else is there?

 

[ahjteam]

What else is there?

Umm, see the last two pics in the first post?

 

[Jaymz]

My mind is melting with such capabilities!!!!!

 

[MetalJonesy]

wow!!!

 

[Jaymz]

Least it has a panic button....thats what id be pressing often

 

[Metaltastic]

Umm, see the last two pics in the first post?

But that's not re-amping, that's just signal splitting, and they already make something that can do that...

 

[hsinn3r]

I'm getting a headache just by looking at it.

 

[xMannequiNx]

The only people I could see buying this are
A: people with shitloads of money that don't know how to play guitar or
B: those rich-ass musicians like eric clapton that would use 10 different guitars and 5 different amps in a set.

Its totally worthless for big studios because that reamp device isn't high quality that they would want. And its so expensive that small-time engineers like us can't afford it!

they screwed themselves...

But that's not re-amping, that's just signal splitting, and they already make something that can do that...

its a reamp box with multiple outputs...for the lazy peeps who don't want to plug into a different amp each time they wanna change.

 

[MetallyGuitarded]

That looks like a great tool for re-amping I guess.

Aside from the re-amp apps though I think this thing is destined to fail. Anyone with that many guitars and amps to use at the same time is probably gonna opt for a Bradshaw-type system. If the Radial thing had MIDI I'd say it's in the game but without MIDI, who is gonna want to have all their shit to tap on plus a radial pedal for switching amps and guitars?

On top of that, the amp switching and guitar switching is a 4 conductor connection via XLR. OK, so most amps probably have a 1/4" channel switching jack but a lot of more complicated amps, like my VHT have 4 or 5 button footswitches and the Radial, again not being MIDI, isn't programmable. So how are you gonna switch channels on 2 or more amps with that thing? Seems like they probably had a great idea for a device and a price point to sell it at so they stripped out extras that might have made it practical to get it to the price point required. Radial makes cool shit no doubt but what exactly are they thinking with this? Am I just not getting it?

 

[Joematthews]

If the brief was to make the worlds most complicated box of I/O then they have succeeded... maybe someone will find a use for it soon.

Joe

 

[ahjteam]

If the Radial thing had MIDI I'd say it's in the game but without MIDI, who is gonna want to have all their shit to tap on plus a radial pedal for switching amps and guitars?

The maximum lenght of MIDI cable is 15m, while with XLR it is over 100m with minimal loss in quality.

 

[Suicide_As_Alibi]

The maximum lenght of MIDI cable is 15m, while with XLR it is over 100m with minimal loss in quality.

But how often are your foot switches 15m+ from your rig? I mean, even if you were on a the stage that was 20m deep, you wouldn't put your rack against the back wall - and in a studio you (well, I) would just use the amps footswitch/channel buttons.

To be honest, the inclusion of the 'Panic' button makes me feel uneasy... like maybe the guys at Radial are scared by the whole thing too...

Steve

 

[ahjteam]

But how often are your foot switches 15m+ from your rig? I mean, even if you were on a the stage that was 20m deep, you wouldn't put your rack against the back wall - and in a studio you (well, I) would just use the amps footswitch/channel buttons.

To be honest, the inclusion of the 'Panic' button makes me feel uneasy... like maybe the guys at Radial are scared by the whole thing too...

Steve

For example Club Teatria in Oulu (Finland) has stage that is 16m*8m stage and say you are a frontman guitarist, you need to have the pedalboard in the front center of the stage and there is a crazy bass player in between you and the amp, so you can't draw the cable from the shortest route possible because you or the bassist would propable disconnect the cable, so you would have to draw your cable to the amp the long way, so you would rather first lay the cable to the ground from the amp, then make it as unnoticeable as possible near the edge of the stage. In the end you would have to have about 15-20m long cable for the pedalboard

And there are even a lot bigger stages in the word.

 

[Seizure.]

Yes, but why not one at a time? And furthermore, you can chain a bunch of Little Labs Redeyes for multiple simultaneous re-amps, and they're only $225 a piece

I dunno man, the way sound interacts between amps/mics etc etc is different if you record it one by one or at the same time.

Tried it once both ways with my bands Sunn beta lead/Marschall 800 2203 setup.. and reamping 1 at a time sounded way different.
I personally prefered at the same time..

 

[MetalJonesy]

Least it has a panic button....thats what id be pressing often

same here dude!