Hello guys please share your detail experience with fx8 (good or bad) when in live onstage situation with a band. How it sounds?
After 3 weeks tweaking+learning at home and making some presets with my bedroom amp (blackstar ht5r); I finally took it to outdoor gig last night. My main gig amp was fender hotrod deville 410. I was using pre only. The amp both mic'd with sm57 and using Palmer pdi09 from speaker out to the foh.
I was really expecting the good tones come from the unit as it was my first time gigging with fx8. But .. unluckily it didnt cut the mix with a band. It feels separated with another instruments in the mix from monitor box speaker in front of me. It was sounds thin an a bit sterile. I was having a hard times tweaking the effects level from the presets I made at home before.
One of my main preset (M1) blocks are:
CPR > DRV rat > DLY x long/ y short > DRV micro boost > TRM > CHO > RVB
Lead tone:
For lead tone I switch on CPR + DRVrat (all noon) + DLY + DRV micro boost (all noon) + RVB. It was sounds fine at home before. But at the gig last night the tone was become harsh and too loud until the out clip blinking. Also there was a loud feedback kriiiiittt... sound from the monitor box. If I switch off the micro boost then it become too low volume. So I must tweak the level knob on rat and micro boost much lower. I wish there's a balance level of all types in the drive block.
Clean tones:
For clean tones my blocks were: CPR+ DLY + DRV micro boost and sometimes with TRM, CHO and RVB. The clean tones sounds thin an didn't mix well with the band. It didnt have any bite for mute rythm thing. The delay echoes and reverb didn't cut the mix like my old pedals did.
Another concern:
There was a hum trrrrrrrrrrr.... sounds from my monitor along the night. Maybe it came from the lighting system that affecting the fx8. The hum stop when I rolled off the vol guitar knob. So I must always rolling my guitar knob off during the interval between songs.
I really have professional expectations to this unit for a gig level since I am a gigging guitarist for almost 20 years. Not a bedroom guitarist. I want simply a good usable tones out of it in the live gig situation. I wish the fx8 gig safe ready, easy to handle so I can enjoying playing rather than tweaking and worrying about my tones onstage. i expecting this fx8 will sounds better than my old pedalboatds as my main rig as pro level guitarist. I play in a pop band with original songs not a cover band.
So... Any share and tips guys?
After 3 weeks tweaking+learning at home and making some presets with my bedroom amp (blackstar ht5r); I finally took it to outdoor gig last night. My main gig amp was fender hotrod deville 410. I was using pre only. The amp both mic'd with sm57 and using Palmer pdi09 from speaker out to the foh.
I was really expecting the good tones come from the unit as it was my first time gigging with fx8. But .. unluckily it didnt cut the mix with a band. It feels separated with another instruments in the mix from monitor box speaker in front of me. It was sounds thin an a bit sterile. I was having a hard times tweaking the effects level from the presets I made at home before.
One of my main preset (M1) blocks are:
CPR > DRV rat > DLY x long/ y short > DRV micro boost > TRM > CHO > RVB
Lead tone:
For lead tone I switch on CPR + DRVrat (all noon) + DLY + DRV micro boost (all noon) + RVB. It was sounds fine at home before. But at the gig last night the tone was become harsh and too loud until the out clip blinking. Also there was a loud feedback kriiiiittt... sound from the monitor box. If I switch off the micro boost then it become too low volume. So I must tweak the level knob on rat and micro boost much lower. I wish there's a balance level of all types in the drive block.
Clean tones:
For clean tones my blocks were: CPR+ DLY + DRV micro boost and sometimes with TRM, CHO and RVB. The clean tones sounds thin an didn't mix well with the band. It didnt have any bite for mute rythm thing. The delay echoes and reverb didn't cut the mix like my old pedals did.
Another concern:
There was a hum trrrrrrrrrrr.... sounds from my monitor along the night. Maybe it came from the lighting system that affecting the fx8. The hum stop when I rolled off the vol guitar knob. So I must always rolling my guitar knob off during the interval between songs.
I really have professional expectations to this unit for a gig level since I am a gigging guitarist for almost 20 years. Not a bedroom guitarist. I want simply a good usable tones out of it in the live gig situation. I wish the fx8 gig safe ready, easy to handle so I can enjoying playing rather than tweaking and worrying about my tones onstage. i expecting this fx8 will sounds better than my old pedalboatds as my main rig as pro level guitarist. I play in a pop band with original songs not a cover band.
So... Any share and tips guys?