First of hopefully not too many beginning questions.

T

the-patient

Inspired
I'm having problems with my axefx already, the outputs seem to be clipping very easily. I'm clipping outs one and 2, even though I'm not even using output 2.

Is it just level issues? I have the output 2 knob on the front at absolutely zero, and the output one knob is at like 7 or 8 oclock, pretty much zero.

Any ideas?
 
Do you mean the Out1 and Out2 LEDs light up? All patches, or just some? Is your input level set properly?
 
Yeah, the Out1 clip and Out1 clip LED's light up, on a many patches, I think since i've posted I've diagnosed that it must be an internal levels thing.

Could it just be that the level on the amp model is too high? Could that cause an outputt clip?
 
Ya D..if you are auditioning the factory patches on there...most of those were never tweaked to adjust to some of the firmware updates which changed things like the compressor, drive, etc.. I never loaded the updated factory patches released with 8.xx...I'd assume that would address the level issues.

The amp level output is the most obvious place to start, but that's going to vary with how hard you are hitting the front of the amp block with compressors, drives, etc so you might have to start with reducing some of those up front levels first if they happened to have gotten jacked up in a firmware change.

The output 2 knob on the front isn't going to have any impact.

If you haven't done it yet, just build your own patch from scratch for practice. You'll have o problems getting a good strong level without clipping. The key is to audition the patch with the various effects bypassed and active, and try to adjust the levels so nothing boosts the signal too much when it's engage (unless you are going for a boost effect of course). Noon on all the levels is always a safe bet to start with ;) . Or a straight amp/cab patch would be pretty easy to identify problem areas!

Also, with the QSC, I'd recommend increasing the low cut parameter in the advanced amp page...that is, unless you like massive, booming bottom end. Got nothing to do with the internal clipping, just a tip for building your own patches.

Hope you are enjoying!
 
Just so you know. Except for extremely delay levels, individual effects do not clip. It is the patch as a whole. You can take care of this simply by gout to -layout, mixer and reducing the main volume. You can also reduce the amp block level as the amp block is the biggest source of level increase in the blocks. The key is to set volumes realtive to your loudest (usually clean) patch. Set the loudest patch so it doesn't clip and adjust everything else to that.

As for both of them clipping, I would guess you have copy output 1 to 2 turned on.
 
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