Hi, guys. So here's the deal. I want to be able to mic my amp with my stompbox(es) effecting the signal as well as have a dry signal that I can apply sims and stuff to after tracking. I have some specific gear that I THINK might be able to make this happen but I'd like to hear what you pros have to say on the matter.
Here's what I've got:
Line 6 Duoverb head: This has two channels that I can either blend or send out separately basically making it two amps in one. It has 2 XLR outs (one for each channel) as well as regular line outs for both channels. It has two sets of effects return/sends... again one set for each channel. It has two speaker outs for each channel (total of four).
Vintage Traynor TS series combo amp: This is a really neat old school transistor amp (I think it's from the 60's) with some interesting routing options as well but I'd be disconnecting the amp section and just using it as a cabinet.
Original Mackie CR-1601 hardware mixer: I don't really want to bring a mixer into this set up but this is my good mixer. It has dedicated line outs for the first 8 channels.
Scarlett 18i6 interface: Two multi ins and six 1/4" line ins.
Now what I'm thinking I can do is this:
I'd have one channel's XLR out from the Line 6 go directly to one of the multi ins on the interface for the dry signal.
The second channel would be sent out of one of it's speaker outputs to the cab. The cab would be mic'd and the mic would go to the second multi in.
Simple enough so far but here's what I'm not sure about because I have never bothered using effects sends before...
I'm hoping that I can hook my stompox(es) to the effects send/return of the second channel so it will only effect the signal going into the cab. I'm not sure if this is how this works so I'm hoping one of you smart fellers may have done this type of thing before. As I said I've never really bothered and the few times I've attempted effects loops like this it's never worked out properly. Like bad signals or no effect at all.
Anyway... that's what's going on. I'm gonna be poking around doing some other stuff and I'm not really anticipating doing this right away (just gonna use the XLR outs straight into the interface for now as usual) but it's something I've been wanting to try. Best of both worlds and all that, yanno?
Thanks in advance and have a great day.