keep the volume at the same level as before adding the gain?

[Bcraig]

Hi all if I have a clean sound to start with on my strat guitar
And now I want to turn up the gain I notice the volume gets louder
How do I just change the sound but keep the volume at the same level as before adding the gain?

 

[bradlake]

Turn the amp level down.

 

[Bcraig]

Turn the amp level down.

So I would turn down the amp level down in the OUTPUT LEVEL section or I am I missing something?

 

[bradlake]

So I would turn down the amp level down in the OUTPUT LEVEL section or I am I missing something?

That’s it LEVEL in the amp block, and use yours ears.

 

[Bcraig]

ok when I lower the main konb towards the floor it just quite it down

 

[bradlake]

 

[Bcraig]

ok is this correct on a clean tone setting

the Input Drive is the "Gain" where I turn up the distortion
and by turning down that level this will lower voumle but not change tone

 

[bradlake]

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ok is this correct on a clean tone setting

the Input Drive is the "Gain" where I turn up the distortion
and by turning down that level this will lower voumle but not change tone

You got it

 

[Bcraig]

when I turn this at 10.00 ist sound s like its clipping or buzzing sound

 

[reclavea]

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when I turn this at 10.00 ist sound s like its clipping or buzzing sound

Go lower than 10.00

 

[Bcraig]

what is the range you find good to go from clean to distortion?

I brought my down to 8

 

[simeon]

you're much better off sticking a drive block in front of the amp, imo

 

[Bcraig]

So here I just adjust the "Drive" to get more or less Distortion on the"RAT Dist"
and use the"Mix" knob to get more or less of the dry clean tone that I started with?

 

[unix-guy]

View attachment 54847So here I just adjust the "Drive" to get more or less Distortion on the"RAT Dist"
and use the"Mix" knob to get more or less of the dry clean tone that I started with?

Yes, but note that you can also increase (or reduce) the effective distortion from the amp with the Level control of the Drive block.

This is because you are boosting the level going into to amp, which causes the input to distort.

 

[simeon]

i'm trying to figure out what exactly you're trying to achieve. are you trying to "morph" from a clean to dirty tone? if that's the idea, then set up two amp blocks in parallel (one clean, one dirty) with volume blocks after them and do a crossfade