Is the Axe FX3 much louder by default than the FM3?

kobestory

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Hi all, I recently made the switch from FM3 to the Axe FX3. One thing I noticed is that the Axe seems to have a lot more volume than the FM3.

With the FM3 I had a lot of trouble trying to get the volume loud enough to keep up with my drums and/or bass, that I almost replaced my JBL LSR305 with something bigger. Now with the Axe, the volume coming out from the same JBL speakers are plenty loud - in fact so loud that I had to dial the monitors level knob from 10 down to 7.

This got me wondering, is this by default or did I have some setting messed up in the FM3? Has anyone else experienced this? I can’t confirm since I sold it already, but I was just curious. Thanks!
 
The global settings for the Output can be set for -10dB or +4dB on either unit. You probably didn’t change that. See p. 75 in the FX3 manual or p. 103 on the FM3 manual.
 
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