macfly
Inspired
Got my first FX8 a year ago, dialed it in quickly and started using it. Had some time on my hands today and decided to look closely at levels and such. This has led me to a couple of questions:
1. My INPUT 1 LED flickers occasionally and I wonder if that's ok. It seems like it doesn't light up predictably. My guitars all have hot passive pickups in them (Fralin humbuckers, Alnico V, 42 gauge wire, wound to somewhere between 9K and 9.5K). With guitar up full and hitting it really hard with power chords, open chords, palm muted chugging, etc., the LED flicks on randomly...in the course of a heavy-ish song I might see it once or twice. Most songs I don't see it at all. Output 1 lit up as often until I set the OUT PRE at each scene to -3dB. Now it almost never lights up.
Global settings are:
Input 1 (pre): 12dB
Output 1 (pre): 6dB (for some reason, this had been at 18dB)
Post Level: +4dBu
2. This is my levels page from the utility menu:
Does that look right?
1. My INPUT 1 LED flickers occasionally and I wonder if that's ok. It seems like it doesn't light up predictably. My guitars all have hot passive pickups in them (Fralin humbuckers, Alnico V, 42 gauge wire, wound to somewhere between 9K and 9.5K). With guitar up full and hitting it really hard with power chords, open chords, palm muted chugging, etc., the LED flicks on randomly...in the course of a heavy-ish song I might see it once or twice. Most songs I don't see it at all. Output 1 lit up as often until I set the OUT PRE at each scene to -3dB. Now it almost never lights up.
Global settings are:
Input 1 (pre): 12dB
Output 1 (pre): 6dB (for some reason, this had been at 18dB)
Post Level: +4dBu
2. This is my levels page from the utility menu:
Does that look right?