Goldie1981
New Member
Good afternoon all,
I’m just about to purchase a mk1 fx8, however I’m a little confused about the input clipping issue which can occur.
I understand this is basically when the received signal into the unit is too ‘hot’ however how hot do the pickups need to be to cause the issue. I have a PRS se Holcomb, an ESP dv8 (Duncan jb in the bridge) and les paul hp (2018) and wonder if these will cause the problem?
Is solving this just a case of increasing the input ‘pad’? I believe this increases the noise floor (basically more background hiss?). As a home only player (into a Friedman runt 20 head) I’m fine with a little noise - I spent time with cheap zoom effects units into cheapo amps so I’m assuming that at its worst the fx8 will be hugely better than that!
Do the outputs from the drive effects work the same way as traditional pedals do - by this I’m wanting to ensure that boosts for example will have the same effect of driving the amp harder when engaged? Or is simply the output sound is digitally ‘altered’ to replicate the type of boost sound rather than increasing the signal strength.
Apologies in advance if this sounds like I’m missing the obvious or showing a complete lack of understanding - both are very distinct possibilities!
I’m just about to purchase a mk1 fx8, however I’m a little confused about the input clipping issue which can occur.
I understand this is basically when the received signal into the unit is too ‘hot’ however how hot do the pickups need to be to cause the issue. I have a PRS se Holcomb, an ESP dv8 (Duncan jb in the bridge) and les paul hp (2018) and wonder if these will cause the problem?
Is solving this just a case of increasing the input ‘pad’? I believe this increases the noise floor (basically more background hiss?). As a home only player (into a Friedman runt 20 head) I’m fine with a little noise - I spent time with cheap zoom effects units into cheapo amps so I’m assuming that at its worst the fx8 will be hugely better than that!
Do the outputs from the drive effects work the same way as traditional pedals do - by this I’m wanting to ensure that boosts for example will have the same effect of driving the amp harder when engaged? Or is simply the output sound is digitally ‘altered’ to replicate the type of boost sound rather than increasing the signal strength.
Apologies in advance if this sounds like I’m missing the obvious or showing a complete lack of understanding - both are very distinct possibilities!