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Axe-Master
I have a compressor in the attached clean preset that seems to clip/distort on very hard strums (the type you do to check if it's possible to clip the output). The output signal is not clipping, but on very hard strums I intermittently hear some distortion in the clean signal. I don't think it's the amp (tube pre) as I've experimented with bringing the amp drive way down and the clipping is still there. My instrument input is at 75% (gibson sg 498Tpup) - if I bring it way down to 30% or so, and/or turn off the compressor the clipping does not happen on hard strums. I also looked at the block meters and though the compressor input looks high on hard strums it does not seem to be max'd. It looks to me like the compressor setting I have causes this distortion. Any advice? I struggle getting compression right generally - maybe this is normal.
fyi - I'm testing directly thru headphone to eliminate any external gear issue possibilities.
fyi - I'm testing directly thru headphone to eliminate any external gear issue possibilities.