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Pre Amp Into Power Amp Volume Weirdness

hey guys, i was hoping someone can explain this to me:


i am plugging my digitech rp500 as a pre amp into the power amp of my blackstar ht-5 (5 watt) head.

the weird thing is, the volume is MUCH MUCH MUCH louder!



right now i am playing with the master volume at 9 o clock (a quarter of the way up) and it is playing with the volume i usually would get at maybe 10-12 o clock...i cant even turn it to 12 o clock with out 1 palm muted pick shaking the entire house.



can anyone explain this?


thanks!
MArc

Worst Gig Ever! Wow I Am Furious!

I dont mean to sound arrogant, but i almost NEVER mess up during gigs...these songs we play over and over and pretty much jazz standards (and some rock songs to spice it up)

tonight we had a gig at a pizza place....the owner was just rude...apparently we were being to loud even though people said we were at a low enough volume to be perfect...


as you can see from the video...the owner distracts us and messes us up after my solo while he tries to get us to stop..


my teacher then has to call an emergency ending on the fly...


wow i am so mad.....

Npd: Digitech Rp500

Well...its my birthday nextweek, so as a gift, i got the new Digitech rp500


after doing research i felt this one had the best sounds compared to the others. it came down to this VS the line6 m9. This won because of somethings i didnt know it had until i was at guitarcenter deciding on one this afternoon:

The won because of:
Wah - really good sounding ones
Expression pedal
really good acoustic simulator
USB connectivity (sounds i think are better than line 6 for recording)
Can be used as a pre amp so i can plug straight into the PA or a power amp (which is what i am doing now)
Models sound good with my blackstar....a lot better than i thought.
$100+ cheaper


i really am enjoying this pedal, and i think this one is way better than the line 6 pedals available. The sound quality i think is better, but there real cool thing, is that you can turn off amp modeling, and use this in the effects loop as a stompbox modeler instead. i havent tried it like that yet, since im having fun with the presets, but i will very soon!

I will write a review on this as soon as i have had more fun with it, but i think there should be a new category for the gear wiki for "student value" products. meaning they are inexpensive, and great for students here at GMC. this one fits the bill.

it also comes with cubase le4 (ew) and a program that lets you edit patches from the computer and load them to the pedal.


so far the presets are awesome for lead sounds, but they are not EQed right for rhythm sounds so i have to work on that.

anyways: eye candy:

Connecting A Multi Effects Pedal To A Power Amp Of An Amps Head

hey guys,

how would i go about connect my multi effect pedal to the power amp of my blackstar ht-5 head?

i believe you can connect it to either the send or return and that bypasses the heads pre amp so basically you can use the multi effect pedal as a pre amp correct?


but which one is it


thanks!