boyce89976
Experienced
The defaults for the Yamaha appear to be pre-fader (After EQ & Dynamics according to their docs). This is the most common setup. I can't imagine sending a mix to IEMs without this, it would sound harsh for vocals, drums, non-modelers, etc. This might not be the main problem, but I suspect it's influencing what you hear to a degree.
I'll have to ask again how we have ours routed. When I've asked previously, I thought they have said only the board gain level affects our ears, but I'm not a techie so I may have misunderstood. I'll ask again this weekend.
I'm probably imagining it, but I feel like switching the outputs to +4dB today at home resulted in a slight increase in headroom through my studio monitors (which are connected directly to the Axe outputs). I checked the manual, my monitor's XLR inputs expect +4dB, and I had the Axe outputs set to -10dB until today. I'm wondering if it was the -10dB setting, and the board obviously handles whatever is given to it, while my monitors expected to see a non-variable value?