andyjanson
Member
Hey guys, so I'm used to playing the axe through a poweramp and 2x12 cab and it sounds absolutely phenomenal, but whenever I hook it up to my Yamaha HS8's to do some recording, it sounds pretty awful in comparison. I make all the necessary changes in the global and I/O menus, and try tweaking the patches and changing IR's and stuff, but I can never shake a fizzy, overly middy, one dimensional sound quality. Through my cab it sounds like an amp - it has depth, and crunch and just sounds great. I'm well aware of the endless 'amp in the room' debates and how FRFR is meant to portray a more finished, produced sound, but what really confuses me is that the experience of playing FRFR is to me, very undesirable. It's just not any fun. So when I hear the legions of amateurs and pro's raving about the axe used in this way, it just leaves me very confused. Am I doing something fundamentally wrong, or is FRFR just not for me?
(I should add, it's not like I've got loads of experience with tube amps, and there's absolutely no snobbery on my part. I just think I have to be going wrong somewhere. The gulf in tone and feel is far too big to my ears to relate to what other people are experiencing).
(I should add, it's not like I've got loads of experience with tube amps, and there's absolutely no snobbery on my part. I just think I have to be going wrong somewhere. The gulf in tone and feel is far too big to my ears to relate to what other people are experiencing).