don_joe
Experienced
Hello
Does anybody of you have this setup for playing live with a band?
I just can't find the right sound when playing louder with other musicians. As long as a play through my CLR in my studio, which is an euphemism for a small dusty cellar department without isolation and with hordes of spiders, I manage to find a spongy sound with right punch and attack. When I record with the Axe FX, it's all fine, the feeling through studio speakers is almost there, in the recording everything ok.
But when I turn the CLR louder, in a band room, it gets congested, overcompressed, boomy and glassy, all at the same time. It sounds like sh**.
So, I've messed with the gain staging, found out that I have to turn the Axe FX volume really really low. On the CLR, the channel gain to almost maximum and master almost maximum, cause it's not loud enough with enough headroom. If I turn the Axe FX louder, all the negative stuff mentioned above gets exponentially worse. I've also tried the CLR preset button FF/Tilt/Back Line but nothing of it works as desired.
You would make me very happy if you know this problem and if you tell me how to solve it. Is there anything I've missed? Maybe Axe FX input level? Or an amp or cab parameter? I do the cuts in the cab by the way (85/8500 Hz). Where is the trick? Global EQ? Motor drive? How do I get a normal feeling like playing through a normal amp, where I can hit the strings without every preset sounding too harsh?
Much appreciated.
Does anybody of you have this setup for playing live with a band?
I just can't find the right sound when playing louder with other musicians. As long as a play through my CLR in my studio, which is an euphemism for a small dusty cellar department without isolation and with hordes of spiders, I manage to find a spongy sound with right punch and attack. When I record with the Axe FX, it's all fine, the feeling through studio speakers is almost there, in the recording everything ok.
But when I turn the CLR louder, in a band room, it gets congested, overcompressed, boomy and glassy, all at the same time. It sounds like sh**.
So, I've messed with the gain staging, found out that I have to turn the Axe FX volume really really low. On the CLR, the channel gain to almost maximum and master almost maximum, cause it's not loud enough with enough headroom. If I turn the Axe FX louder, all the negative stuff mentioned above gets exponentially worse. I've also tried the CLR preset button FF/Tilt/Back Line but nothing of it works as desired.
You would make me very happy if you know this problem and if you tell me how to solve it. Is there anything I've missed? Maybe Axe FX input level? Or an amp or cab parameter? I do the cuts in the cab by the way (85/8500 Hz). Where is the trick? Global EQ? Motor drive? How do I get a normal feeling like playing through a normal amp, where I can hit the strings without every preset sounding too harsh?
Much appreciated.