Hi, I recently bought an Ax8. I have an Axe Fx 2 XL in the studio also but it never leaves it.
I was playing at a wedding last night in Ireland and using the Ax8 main out 1 - L sent to the front of house PA via XLR. Out 2 was sent to an RCF Art 715 A mk II active cab for on stage monitoring. Both out 1 and 2 set to L&R sum and out 2 echo set to out 1 to mirror.
I was using a new Godin xtSA guitar which has H S H configuration.
When I opened up the volume on the guitar I was getting a bad hi freq interference in both FOH and monitor. I tried the following to get rid of the noise.
I tried the following to get rid of the noise:
A different lead between the guitar and the input of AX8
A humbuster cable between the out 2 and the RCF, I tried it with both the TRS in the AX8 out and the TRS in the RCF in.
Different XLR from out 1 to mixer.
Plugged in different IEC mains chords and swapped out mains extension leads for different ones and ran the power from different sources.
But alas, all to no avail.
I took the guitar and plugged it into a keyboard amp running from the same mains source and went through the various HSH combinations with no hiss or hum at all.
I had to run with it in the first half but changed to my Tech 21 Fly rig plexi for the 2nd half of the show and got it done. Still a little bit of noise but not NEAR the same as with the Ax8 and........... the Dr z preset was relatively clean whereas the FlyRig was a plexi running hot with loads of overdrive.....
So, I am wondering what is the story here are these units very prone to induced noise, do I need a power conditioner? The venue has good electrical wiring and no other gear on the stage (there were six of us) was making any weird sounds. A few other presets I auditioned in the AX8 last night had the underlying noise too.
My AXE FX 2 XL is only used in studio and never leaves, this is why I went for the AX8.
I am a little disappointed by this to tell the truth. Our other guitarist using his Marshall stack and intellifex had no issues at all.
I am gigging 25 years and normally this kind of noise can result from the amp or something in the signal chain being plugged into the same mains plugboard that is also supplying power to stage lighting etc but this was not the case here.
Any ideas what is wrong here?
I was playing at a wedding last night in Ireland and using the Ax8 main out 1 - L sent to the front of house PA via XLR. Out 2 was sent to an RCF Art 715 A mk II active cab for on stage monitoring. Both out 1 and 2 set to L&R sum and out 2 echo set to out 1 to mirror.
I was using a new Godin xtSA guitar which has H S H configuration.
When I opened up the volume on the guitar I was getting a bad hi freq interference in both FOH and monitor. I tried the following to get rid of the noise.
I tried the following to get rid of the noise:
A different lead between the guitar and the input of AX8
A humbuster cable between the out 2 and the RCF, I tried it with both the TRS in the AX8 out and the TRS in the RCF in.
Different XLR from out 1 to mixer.
Plugged in different IEC mains chords and swapped out mains extension leads for different ones and ran the power from different sources.
But alas, all to no avail.
I took the guitar and plugged it into a keyboard amp running from the same mains source and went through the various HSH combinations with no hiss or hum at all.
I had to run with it in the first half but changed to my Tech 21 Fly rig plexi for the 2nd half of the show and got it done. Still a little bit of noise but not NEAR the same as with the Ax8 and........... the Dr z preset was relatively clean whereas the FlyRig was a plexi running hot with loads of overdrive.....
So, I am wondering what is the story here are these units very prone to induced noise, do I need a power conditioner? The venue has good electrical wiring and no other gear on the stage (there were six of us) was making any weird sounds. A few other presets I auditioned in the AX8 last night had the underlying noise too.
My AXE FX 2 XL is only used in studio and never leaves, this is why I went for the AX8.
I am a little disappointed by this to tell the truth. Our other guitarist using his Marshall stack and intellifex had no issues at all.
I am gigging 25 years and normally this kind of noise can result from the amp or something in the signal chain being plugged into the same mains plugboard that is also supplying power to stage lighting etc but this was not the case here.
Any ideas what is wrong here?