I'm glad all the attacking has cooled down (seems to be an issue with most forums, when we all have strong opinions). I've always felt all input is good input. And for sure we all have different ears. It took me a long while to accept the live sounds I've created, because I hate them by themselves. But after listening to many isolated tracks, I realized I was not alone. So I and followed other live user's advice and adjusted my EQ for guitar and not bass guitar (yea we all like the chunk).
To satisfy me I created 2 presets for each sound (1 for live and 1 for bedroom).
Now, I have a question about compression. My style is mostly classic rock and 80s, with some new retro in there as well. I want good sustain, but have not been able to achieve it. I know it's possible because I've seen way too many videos and know it's there. So with that said, what am I doing wrong? I'm using compression block with around -40 threshold, + or - 4:1 ratio, around 25ms attack and 100ms release. I've tried a few suggestions and it either muffles the tone or sucks the life right out of my guitar. I'm very happy with all my tone settings (created from scratch after trying to tweak the many available presets). But I just need some more resonance. I like pick attack (which I have) and want sustain. Thanks in advance - Tommy
Try disabling the Drive block and simply turning up the Input Trim - similar effect, without the EQ change.I get the most sustain from using a drive block with a high amount of level, really pushing the amps to that singing lead tone. That gets me pretty far using a bolt on neck guitar. I can't do that Parisienne Walkways (Gary Moore) thing, but I get real close.
Try disabling the Drive block and simply turning up the Input Trim - similar effect, without the EQ change.
Thanks for the input. I like the drive blocks and use them occasionally (mostly TS808). But my distortion is more of a classic rock crunch. It's dirty enough for distortion, but cleaner than metal. I've tried the drive block with various settings and the only thing that works ok is when I use no or low level. But it doesn't help the sustain a lot. I could try lowering the amp gain and then feed the amp with a drive block. An example setting would be amp block using solo 100, gain 6.7 master full, which was the default, eq and graphic eq to taste. I like the tone of the Fractal Greenback cab, so I've been using it a lot.
Im not saying you're wrong about your settings with the Solo 100, but for me at least, a gain of setting of 6.7 is too high. I don't know what kind of guitars you have but for me, I can't turn the gain up past 3 without it becoming a flubby bass-y mess. I personally like to get my drive from a drive pedal and not the input drive on the amp block.
Try the Cut switch on the amp in tandem with higher Input Drive. Also consider turning down the bass itself, and compensating with the amp EQ, post preamp.
You can also try to turn up motor drive in the cab blockI'm glad all the attacking has cooled down (seems to be an issue with most forums, when we all have strong opinions). I've always felt all input is good input. And for sure we all have different ears. It took me a long while to accept the live sounds I've created, because I hate them by themselves. But after listening to many isolated tracks, I realized I was not alone. So I and followed other live user's advice and adjusted my EQ for guitar and not bass guitar (yea we all like the chunk).
To satisfy me I created 2 presets for each sound (1 for live and 1 for bedroom).
Now, I have a question about compression. My style is mostly classic rock and 80s, with some new retro in there as well. I want good sustain, but have not been able to achieve it. I know it's possible because I've seen way too many videos and know it's there. So with that said, what am I doing wrong? I'm using compression block with around -40 threshold, + or - 4:1 ratio, around 25ms attack and 100ms release. I've tried a few suggestions and it either muffles the tone or sucks the life right out of my guitar. I'm very happy with all my tone settings (created from scratch after trying to tweak the many available presets). But I just need some more resonance. I like pick attack (which I have) and want sustain. Thanks in advance - Tommy
You can also try to turn up motor drive in the cab block
It depends, on high gain sounds it doesn't add that much since the amount of gain already compresses a lot, on clean and crunchy/bluesy sounds it works wonders (at least for me)Will that increase sustain?
It simulates the thermal compression introduced by the speaker, something we probably experience when playing with real amps at high volumes. Basically it works similar to a compressor placed after the cab.How does that work? (serious question)