HillbillySims
Member
I’m hoping you guys can give me some tips/ideas on what I can tweak in my Fractal to address the below issue. I’m sure there is something I can do to take care of it, just not sure what.
On clean sounds I am having a hard time smoothing out the sounds on my 1st/2nd strings & making them jump out.. Let me explain further
The sound when I hit the 1st/2nd strings from medium to hard attack…results in what I would describe as a slightly harsh / non-smooth sound. Similar to what I have heard previously on other digital processors. As well as the sound being thin & the notes not jumping out… Like they don’t have the power to jump out on leads. I believe the Fractal is on a different level & there is a way to tweak this out... .I just need some pointers
For this sound on my normal rig I used a Bogner Shiva combo with a compressor pedal & Fulltone fatboost with a little gain dialed in. The result is very smooth & the higher strings really jump out with more power. (when I saw more power… have you ever heard a ES-335 with size 12 strings through a fender Twin?... those notes on the 1st/2nd string have power & thickness behind them)
So far, I HAVE been able to replicate every other nuance of my regular rig on the Fractal…other than this one part mentioned above with the higher strings. If I can figure out how to address this & tweak it, I’m gonna be pretty happy…
Without posting the exact settings… Here is the Fractal chain off the top of my head:
• Telecaster with Lindy Fralin Blues Special pickups
• Compressor (pedal type).. with medium squash (like a Keeley with the sustain turned up to about 35%.. and the drive turned up to maybe 60%)
• No drive pedal in front of the amp
• Shiver Clean amp model. Set just to the edge of OD (drive set to about 1-2 O’Clock).. but no hair coming through. Presence set fairly low. Depth, Damp, Sag set to about 11 or 12 o’clock. Master about 65% up… Level about 65-70% up
• 1X12 EVM 12L cab model… with SM57 mic model
• Little delay for slap-back
• Little reverb
• Power-amp simulator OFF
• Powered by Tech-21 power engine 300
• Running into an Egnater 2X12 cab
Any ideas on what I can try??
On clean sounds I am having a hard time smoothing out the sounds on my 1st/2nd strings & making them jump out.. Let me explain further
The sound when I hit the 1st/2nd strings from medium to hard attack…results in what I would describe as a slightly harsh / non-smooth sound. Similar to what I have heard previously on other digital processors. As well as the sound being thin & the notes not jumping out… Like they don’t have the power to jump out on leads. I believe the Fractal is on a different level & there is a way to tweak this out... .I just need some pointers
For this sound on my normal rig I used a Bogner Shiva combo with a compressor pedal & Fulltone fatboost with a little gain dialed in. The result is very smooth & the higher strings really jump out with more power. (when I saw more power… have you ever heard a ES-335 with size 12 strings through a fender Twin?... those notes on the 1st/2nd string have power & thickness behind them)
So far, I HAVE been able to replicate every other nuance of my regular rig on the Fractal…other than this one part mentioned above with the higher strings. If I can figure out how to address this & tweak it, I’m gonna be pretty happy…
Without posting the exact settings… Here is the Fractal chain off the top of my head:
• Telecaster with Lindy Fralin Blues Special pickups
• Compressor (pedal type).. with medium squash (like a Keeley with the sustain turned up to about 35%.. and the drive turned up to maybe 60%)
• No drive pedal in front of the amp
• Shiver Clean amp model. Set just to the edge of OD (drive set to about 1-2 O’Clock).. but no hair coming through. Presence set fairly low. Depth, Damp, Sag set to about 11 or 12 o’clock. Master about 65% up… Level about 65-70% up
• 1X12 EVM 12L cab model… with SM57 mic model
• Little delay for slap-back
• Little reverb
• Power-amp simulator OFF
• Powered by Tech-21 power engine 300
• Running into an Egnater 2X12 cab
Any ideas on what I can try??