mesaboog
Inspired
First off, I am not much of a tweaker. I got the Axe-Fx II about a year ago after owning a STD for several years. I originally dialed in some great core tones comprised mostly of JCM800 and Morgan amps. I am still on FW 13 because I have had a pretty busy gigging schedule and being so happy with my core tones, I have been reluctant to update. With a break in our schedule, I thought now would be a perfect time to update to 17. BUT, first before I go down that road of rebuilding all my presets, I have a question for you guys.
I build my presets at gig volume, and my band has always rehearsed at gig volume so I have always been happy with my tones being right in the mix and cutting through. However, we just moved to a new rehearsal space where we needed to bring our volumes down significantly. With my current presets at this lower volume, I just sound muddy, blanket over speaker tones, not cutting through the mix. So here is my question: For you guys that rehearse at lower than gig volumes, what do you do? Do you A) build a separate set of presets for these rehearsals, B) Just tweak your gigging presets EQ on the fly at rehearsal, or C) Just bring your volumes down and accept less than optimal low volume tones.
Any insight from anyone who has wrestled with this?
Thanks a bunch!
Scott
I build my presets at gig volume, and my band has always rehearsed at gig volume so I have always been happy with my tones being right in the mix and cutting through. However, we just moved to a new rehearsal space where we needed to bring our volumes down significantly. With my current presets at this lower volume, I just sound muddy, blanket over speaker tones, not cutting through the mix. So here is my question: For you guys that rehearse at lower than gig volumes, what do you do? Do you A) build a separate set of presets for these rehearsals, B) Just tweak your gigging presets EQ on the fly at rehearsal, or C) Just bring your volumes down and accept less than optimal low volume tones.
Any insight from anyone who has wrestled with this?
Thanks a bunch!
Scott