powerslave88
Inspired
Hi guys,
Been doing a lot of reading up on here about how FRFRs work and why people use them etc, but just wanted to pose a question after a recent live scenario I had.
My rig is as follows - Axe Fx 2 -> Matrix GT800fx -> Marshall 2x12
Now, I am absolutely loving this rig to bits. I've always loved the sound of my Marshall cab. All my patches in the Axe FX when they get sent directly to FOH through output 1 have a Marshall 4x12 cab as the cab sim, just so that I sorta know that FOH sounds similar to my onstage sound.
I've done 4 gigs with this set up now, Output 1 going to FOH and my IEMs and Output 2 going to my cab. The first 3 were excellent - I'm really having some great results! However, the last gig, my direct sound to FOH was SO muffled and wooly it was unreal. REALLY terrible. Luckily, the engineer is a wizard, EQd the stuffing out of it and got it sounding half way decent again. But I was shocked.
My cab sims have a low cut around 80hz, and a high cut around 7000hz. My amp settings have very little (if any) treble - and sound fine through my cab, IEMs AND the PA for the first 3 gigs. Not sure if any of you have very little treble in your amp settings aswell? I had my treble on 0 when I used my Cornford live, and got amazing tones, so I guess maybe thats just my personal preference - but my tones have never been wooly or muffled. Always plenty of bite.
Anyway, I'm wondering if it was something to do with the PA at the venue? Has anyone here ever had a drastic difference from venue to venue with their direct sound?
I was also wondering that if I was to say purchase an FRFR speaker (like the Matrix 212), would putting my axe through that give me a good representation of whats coming out of a PA, or is it still going to vary quite a bit?
As I say, my tones have never been that muffled before and it kinda put the fear of God in me haha, so just wanted to check! Here's an idea of what my tones sound like through the cab sim - I recorded this into Garageband with no EQ fixing afterwards - just straight from the axe into my macbook via USB. (The treble setting on the amp block is 0 for this patch)
Been doing a lot of reading up on here about how FRFRs work and why people use them etc, but just wanted to pose a question after a recent live scenario I had.
My rig is as follows - Axe Fx 2 -> Matrix GT800fx -> Marshall 2x12
Now, I am absolutely loving this rig to bits. I've always loved the sound of my Marshall cab. All my patches in the Axe FX when they get sent directly to FOH through output 1 have a Marshall 4x12 cab as the cab sim, just so that I sorta know that FOH sounds similar to my onstage sound.
I've done 4 gigs with this set up now, Output 1 going to FOH and my IEMs and Output 2 going to my cab. The first 3 were excellent - I'm really having some great results! However, the last gig, my direct sound to FOH was SO muffled and wooly it was unreal. REALLY terrible. Luckily, the engineer is a wizard, EQd the stuffing out of it and got it sounding half way decent again. But I was shocked.
My cab sims have a low cut around 80hz, and a high cut around 7000hz. My amp settings have very little (if any) treble - and sound fine through my cab, IEMs AND the PA for the first 3 gigs. Not sure if any of you have very little treble in your amp settings aswell? I had my treble on 0 when I used my Cornford live, and got amazing tones, so I guess maybe thats just my personal preference - but my tones have never been wooly or muffled. Always plenty of bite.
Anyway, I'm wondering if it was something to do with the PA at the venue? Has anyone here ever had a drastic difference from venue to venue with their direct sound?
I was also wondering that if I was to say purchase an FRFR speaker (like the Matrix 212), would putting my axe through that give me a good representation of whats coming out of a PA, or is it still going to vary quite a bit?
As I say, my tones have never been that muffled before and it kinda put the fear of God in me haha, so just wanted to check! Here's an idea of what my tones sound like through the cab sim - I recorded this into Garageband with no EQ fixing afterwards - just straight from the axe into my macbook via USB. (The treble setting on the amp block is 0 for this patch)