I have noticed no harshness, if anything its more smooth. I love the tone a lot! The only issue I am having is the low end on my high gains are barking a little different in my Friedman FRFR cabs. Its causing a rattle and buzz on some chords. When I go back to 1.06 I noticed its doing the same thing a little but more in Q2. Probably my setup and my super loud volume I'm using.So, I'm confused by the mixed response on here.... does the update make tone sound more harsh or is it more smooth????
Im still on q1.5 or q1.6. Haven't tried new update yet because of mixed comments ive read here so far
I took it as an insult, especially the "almighty" and "took a dump" remarks. Perhaps I misunderstand the use of those terms.
I have noticed no harshness, if anything its more smooth. I love the tone a lot! The only issue I am having is the low end on my high gains are barking a little different in my Friedman FRFR cabs. Its causing a rattle and buzz on some chords. When I go back to 1.06 I noticed its doing the same thing a little but more in Q2. Probably my setup and my super loud volume I'm using.
I believe the "crack" descriptive was discouraged here some years ago when a lively "crack" discussion broke out wrt an Ultra firmware upgrade if I recall correctly. Now the "thwack" descriptive is a new and interesting one indeed -I notice more of what I would call cabinet knock, or thwack, and I like it alot, sounds more realistic to me (this is through FRFR)
Thanks Cliff! I'm downloading it now!Well 99% say it sounds more smooth (including the guy who designed it and measured the actual harmonic content). The other two people who complain about every new firmware release said it sounds harsher.
So I backed up my settings and loaded the new firmware before rehearsal. Even my bassist asked me what I did to tweak my setup to get it to sound so good...he said, "Sounds more Twin like"...which was pretty good considering I based my personal amp settings on the Twin model. Between this update and adding an Eminence Tonker in each of my cabs I'm getting some of the best tones I've ever had in all my years of playing.
Try the Plexi 100W 1970 with Factory Cab 54. Be sure to dial it in like you would in 1970, i.e. turn the Mid, Treble and Presence way up; turn Norm Drive and Bass down a bit.
Why wouldn't you just turn the volume down until it stops clipping?I noticed the OUT1 clip light flickering on a couple of my existing presets after the upgrade. I'm sure it'll be corrected!
Why wouldn't you just turn the volume down until it stops clipping?
You do have to inside the settings. A simple quick way is to adjust the global eq out1 down a few dbs. Or go into each preset and change the amp levelsDo you mean the output volume knob? Does that affect the clipping? I thought you needed to adjust the levels inside the preset to eliminate the clipping.
You do have to inside the settings. A simple quick way is to adjust the global eq out1 down a few dbs. Or go into each preset and change the amp levels
Some amps seems to have more noticeable of a change than others, but overall I'm finding that the knobs- especially the basic bass, mid, treble- sound as if they are behaving more realistically, at least to my ears.
Also, I'm hearing improvements in single note clarity while strumming chords, especially on high gain.
My djentyfriends should be veeeeeery happy about that, as well as the Opethians
At the end of the day, the best compliment I can give is that this firmware update is making it so that I have to spend even less time tweaking to get usable sounds out of the unit- so I say again, "Cliff, you beautiful man, you."
+1The loudness meter page in the Utility menu. The "A" quick knob is amp block level.
You do - reduce the volume on the amp block until it stops clippingI thought you needed to adjust the levels inside the preset to eliminate the clipping.