Tone_Loc
Member
Greetings All,
Had my first rehearsal with AX8 last night and I am at a loss as to how to approach this current dilemma.
Firstly, the attached preset uses the 50w Plexi Amp and utilises Scenes 1-5 to produce crunch to leads. Now when I play this at home thru a JBL PRX712, it sounds really good at stage volumes etc. however at rehearsal, it sounded extremely weak and trebley and no amount of BMT adjustment made an ounce of difference. By that I mean getting it close to how it sounds in isolation.
A bit of background, I play in a typical corporate cover band, playing the typical rock/pop songs that we all love, drums, bass, keys and vocals. I occasionally battle sonically with Keys but its generally not a big issue. My main axe is a stock PRS CU24.
Unfortunately as time is a precious commodity during band rehearsal, I don't have the luxury of holding up practice so I can start editing presets, so I have a two-fold question:
1. How do you successfully translate what you program at volume, at home and knowing you will have a preset that cuts thru the mix and sounds similar to your "home" tone?
2. Achieving point 1 without being able to edit at a band rehearsal.
I'd really appreciate the input of fellow guitarists that play a lot of live gigs and can relate to my position and I dont believe a simple answer like choose a different IR is really appropriate in this case as IMHO, the tone from the attached preset is acceptable in isolation.
ATM, the presets I've been programming have been hit and miss, that is they all sound good in isolation however have mixed results in live band applications. I'm resigned to the fact that I'll never be able to achieve those isolated tones in a live environment, which is not such a big deal, although I really would like to know if there's a consistent approach to getting an isolated tone sounding at least 70% right in a live setting.
TIA
Had my first rehearsal with AX8 last night and I am at a loss as to how to approach this current dilemma.
Firstly, the attached preset uses the 50w Plexi Amp and utilises Scenes 1-5 to produce crunch to leads. Now when I play this at home thru a JBL PRX712, it sounds really good at stage volumes etc. however at rehearsal, it sounded extremely weak and trebley and no amount of BMT adjustment made an ounce of difference. By that I mean getting it close to how it sounds in isolation.
A bit of background, I play in a typical corporate cover band, playing the typical rock/pop songs that we all love, drums, bass, keys and vocals. I occasionally battle sonically with Keys but its generally not a big issue. My main axe is a stock PRS CU24.
Unfortunately as time is a precious commodity during band rehearsal, I don't have the luxury of holding up practice so I can start editing presets, so I have a two-fold question:
1. How do you successfully translate what you program at volume, at home and knowing you will have a preset that cuts thru the mix and sounds similar to your "home" tone?
2. Achieving point 1 without being able to edit at a band rehearsal.
I'd really appreciate the input of fellow guitarists that play a lot of live gigs and can relate to my position and I dont believe a simple answer like choose a different IR is really appropriate in this case as IMHO, the tone from the attached preset is acceptable in isolation.
ATM, the presets I've been programming have been hit and miss, that is they all sound good in isolation however have mixed results in live band applications. I'm resigned to the fact that I'll never be able to achieve those isolated tones in a live environment, which is not such a big deal, although I really would like to know if there's a consistent approach to getting an isolated tone sounding at least 70% right in a live setting.
TIA