Speculum Speculorum
Power User
Folks,
The title pretty much says it all. I am trying to tone match the Microtubes B7K because even though I can reduce most of the noise by turning up the Output 2 Boost/Pad to 9 db, I'd be curious to see if I could get a really accurate tone match and just go about my way recording without having to think about noise issues with this pedal.
Anyway, the problem that I'm running into is that even though the notion of the tone is "there", the tone match never seems to get the raw punch and oomph that the pedal imparts to the signal - the tone match lacks in low mids. And instead of having a smooth even drop off in the highs, the tone match gets clanky and sibilant.
In my usual patch, the effects loop runs in front of my grit amp (a recto orange modern, in this case) and acts like a boost. The amp then feeds into a guitar cabinet IR and into a PEQ to filter out what I don't want.
I copied and pasted the grit channel routing to a new preset, recorded a 10-20 second lick, and used it as my reference. I've tried it raw right off the cab without filters, I've tried it with all the filters running, without gating, with gating - you name it. I literally spent a couple hours just shooting off different options. Then I tried playing and matching the tone in a whole variety of different ways. I tried it through the same rig without the FX loop. I tried it through the rig with a boost in front. I tried different amps. I tried a friggin' DI for the heck of it. No matter what, I just don't get THAT close to the sound of the pedal.
It's not the end of the world, as I've found a happy medium with a setting I like, but I also wonder if I'm not doing something as well as I could. Anybody here successfully tone match their B7K? I'm not interested in your TM patches, but more interested in what process you used to find your level of success.
The title pretty much says it all. I am trying to tone match the Microtubes B7K because even though I can reduce most of the noise by turning up the Output 2 Boost/Pad to 9 db, I'd be curious to see if I could get a really accurate tone match and just go about my way recording without having to think about noise issues with this pedal.
Anyway, the problem that I'm running into is that even though the notion of the tone is "there", the tone match never seems to get the raw punch and oomph that the pedal imparts to the signal - the tone match lacks in low mids. And instead of having a smooth even drop off in the highs, the tone match gets clanky and sibilant.
In my usual patch, the effects loop runs in front of my grit amp (a recto orange modern, in this case) and acts like a boost. The amp then feeds into a guitar cabinet IR and into a PEQ to filter out what I don't want.
I copied and pasted the grit channel routing to a new preset, recorded a 10-20 second lick, and used it as my reference. I've tried it raw right off the cab without filters, I've tried it with all the filters running, without gating, with gating - you name it. I literally spent a couple hours just shooting off different options. Then I tried playing and matching the tone in a whole variety of different ways. I tried it through the same rig without the FX loop. I tried it through the rig with a boost in front. I tried different amps. I tried a friggin' DI for the heck of it. No matter what, I just don't get THAT close to the sound of the pedal.
It's not the end of the world, as I've found a happy medium with a setting I like, but I also wonder if I'm not doing something as well as I could. Anybody here successfully tone match their B7K? I'm not interested in your TM patches, but more interested in what process you used to find your level of success.