Sound engineers/clever people - help! |
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Sound engineers/clever people - help! |
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Feb 22 2007, 07:01 PM |
I've just very proudly received my podliveXT today,and couldnt wait to run it through my also quite new big giant amp (MAXWATT). Unfortuntly, I've run into a problem or two. If I connect the pedal directly to the Speakers on the stack, Im barely getting any noise out of it. Made sure the pedals output and chan volume is on max, and its barely audible. The strings would drown out the speakers noise. When the pedal is connected into the input of the stacks head for mono, the volume is fine, but the tone is completly wrong. The treble/mid/bass on the head is completly messing things up. And of course, turning them all down leads us back to the no volume issue. I know very little about sound engineering, so if a techie could help me out, it'd be very very much obliged A couple of things to mention: 1. The XTL has amp modelling built into it, so it is not generally recommended to put it through another guitar AMP, you should use a PA or keyboard amp that doesn't impart any additional character. Having said that, there are a number of settings on the XTL that optimise it for use on various types of AMP, so I'd have a look at those, and make sure you are using a clean and neutral setting on your AMP. 2. There is a very small volume trim control on the back next to the outputs. If you are suffering low volume, make sure it is all the way up. 3. You can't connect it straight to the speakers, it has to go through an AMP of some kind, so you were closest when you put it though the MaxWatt - try that again, with the right XTL settings and see how it goes. Hep that helps ! This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Feb 22 2007, 07:03 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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Feb 22 2007, 08:43 PM |
I threw it through the return on the head of my hiwatt,and its going through a little better now, but it still sounds extremely bassy.. Either all the tones I downloaded are awful, or Im doing something wrong..Im guessing and praying the latter What should my output mode be? And any other tips for getting the tone Im looking for? If you check the manual, there is a section on output - you have to set it for specific types of output amp and cab combinations, or for line out, or for a Bose L1 system - pick the one closest to the setup you have or try them all to see which sounds best. Oh, and the inbuilt tones will get you started, but you need to play and fiddle, and you can get some truly awesome sounds! To make sure everything else is working ok, try it through the headphone output with a decent pair of headphones - it should sound amazing! Then you will know that the problem is with your amp hookup, and is likely down to the output type setting I mentioned. -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
Live long and prosper ... My Stuff: Electric Guitars : Ibanez Jem7v, Line6 Variax 700, Fender Plus Strat with 57/62 Pickups, Line6 Variax 705 Bass Acoustic Guitars : Taylor 816ce, Martin D-15, Line6 Variax Acoustic 300 Nylon Effects : Line6 Helix, Keeley Modded Boss DS1, Keeley Modded Boss BD2, Keeley 4 knob compressor, Keeley OxBlood Amps : Epiphone Valve Jnr & Head, Cockburn A.C.1, Cockburn A.C.2, Blackstar Club 50 Head & 4x12 Cab |
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Feb 22 2007, 08:53 PM |
And you're running it on the clean channel, right?
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