Are you able to develop why ?Can you? Sure. Do I? No.
I don’t do it so no.Are you able to develop why ?
What is it you hope to accomplish with this?Hi,
I’m wondering, does anyone put a Tube pre amp or a Tube DI after the Output 1 from his FM9 ? And send it to a P.A ?
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How would that even work since the signal has departed the unit at the Output? Honest question and wondering if I'm missing something here. Or are you talking about a physical preamp?
I always have trouble on stage with my sound when it’s loud. I miss presence of a natural tube ampWhat is it you hope to accomplish with this?
In this case, I would check the quality of the monitors or in-ear headphones.I always have trouble on stage with my sound when it’s loud. I miss presence of a natural tube amp
Have you explored some different ways to get a little more of that feel out of the Fractal? I find I like a bit of input dynamics. It feels like it gives me a little more of that front end tube amp compression or something. I'm not at all sure that's what it's doing but it feels a little more tube-like to me.I always have trouble on stage with my sound when it’s loud. I miss presence of a natural tube amp
What are you monitoring with?I always have trouble on stage with my sound when it’s loud. I miss presence of a natural tube amp
I’m assuming to “warm it up”. Because “tubes”.
This was kind of a fad in the early days of modeling.
I always have trouble on stage with my sound when it’s loud. I miss presence of a natural tube amp
Thanks all for suggestions and advice, i appreciate ! Very nice community in this forumHave you explored some different ways to get a little more of that feel out of the Fractal? I find I like a bit of input dynamics. It feels like it gives me a little more of that front end tube amp compression or something. I'm not at all sure that's what it's doing but it feels a little more tube-like to me.
As Chris said, you can run the signal out of the FM9, through a tube preamp, and into the PA. I'm not sure that will get you what you're looking for--then again, I'm not sure it won't.
I doubt you'll find people who have tried this so maybe just go ahead and try it for yourself and then report back so people can learn from your experience.
More commonly, people looking for some extra tube feel run through tube power amps and into cabs on stage, and send a different output to the PA. Those tube power amps are typically either the power section of a tube amp or a standalone tube power amp. That can give you some real tube interaction for your stage sound.
You could then mic the cab. In that case you're sacrificing a bit of the FM9's functionality (cab modeling, ability to run straight to PA) but it's certainly possible. You could also run a reactive load after the power amp and send the line out from that to the PA. Then you don't even need a real cab.
There are definitely ways to put some real tubs in your signal chain. As you can tell from the posts above, many people feel the Fractal does a great job of modeling tube interaction so they don't think it's necessary. That doesn't mean you wouldn't prefer it though.
Lots of options. Sometimes it takes some experimentation to find what works best for you.
Edit: what @Keybi said is very relevant. What is your PA setup? How are you monitoring at home/not through that PA? Can you better describe the issues you're having with the sound through the PA when loud?
Okay, the DXR10.Thanks all for suggestions and advice, i appreciate ! Very nice community in this forum
I tried a lot of things in my preset ! Just today i did a nice sound only with my jazzmaster plug straight into the fractal with no amp no cab. Only reverb and delay in parallel. Parametric EQ cut the low at 130. Cut the high at 5000.
I noticed that when i put an amp and a cab i can’t Eq it the way i want.. too much high end..
and i loose the natural Eq i found in a real amp.
My output 2 goes to my yamaha dxr 10 that i use as monitor on stage and output 1 frontofhouse.
best!