Running into a power amp and cab (recto 2x12). Real amps into this cab have a good deal of low end going on, the good kind. Most of the amp models I've tried in FW11 sound thin. No real low end interaction. What am I missing?
Dialed in the patch from scratch after updating to FW11.
And I have changed the Low Freq parameter in the amp to 82.4, which is the resonance frequency of the cab which I found by doing the filter procedure. Unmistakable. Doesn't seem to make any difference.
Tried FW11b yesterday in combination with a power amp and guitar cab. (FW11c got released when the rehearsal started )
Sounded thin and had to boost 80/125/250 Hz and then it sounded great.
Will check some more...
Edit:
Mark IV sim in combination with the 5-band EQ.
Power amp is Mesa 20:20 and cab is a cheap Hughes and Kettner 4x12. Sub optimal but this shouldn't make THAT much difference.
A bad cab can make a Rolls Royce amp sound like crap... It at least 50% of your sound.
A big boost in 80 range messes things up for the bass player.
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But i go FRFR. Haven`t tried my Mesa poweramp and cab for a long time.
82 Hz seems unlikely low for a 2-12 cab resonance.
I'm not sure but your cab but my fender 2-12 resonates
around 110-120 Hz. I messured the minimum current frequenzy.
A bad cab can make a Rolls Royce amp sound like crap... It at least 50% of your sound.
Is there anyone except Yek who is happy with the low end using FW11 with poweramp/cab? I use FRFR but I'm thinking of trying it with amp/cab.
Karl are you having this same problem using FW11b?
I know, and this is why it bothers me. My low end with my real amps sounded just fine in the band mix, and yet there was that thump and response that just isn't there for me with the Axe right now. 10.12 is better. This all started after 11.0.
I used Cliff's method of placing a Filter block after the amp model, setting it to peaking with a Q of 5 and a boost of 10dB, and then swept it through 60Hz up to 120Hz whist chugging. 82.4 Hz popped out big time. HUGE resonance. There was no mistaking it. Keep in mind, this is a 212 vertical slant rectifier cab. Closed back. Of course your open backed Fender 212 is going to resonate much higher.
Problem here is the my cab seems to make any amp I put through it sound amazing. Best cab I've ever owned.