Folks -
I write a lot of stuff using suspended chords and the like and have found that the clarity of the notes are almost completely lost in favor of the lowest note in the chord (typically an open D in drop D tuning, but same notion applies to an E tuned guitar).
For example, consider the following riff in drop D tuning.
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--7-8---------7-8---------7-8-----8-10-------------------------------------------
--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------
When i play this, the A string (the "higher" notes) are completely drowned out by the low D.
Another example from a different song (again in drop D), same issue (double click on the tab and it will bring it up).
Through the Axe II -- on a variety of settings -- all you hear is the low D and some mud around it.
This is a real problem and I think it has less to do with EQ settings than it does with the actual signal processing of the modeler. However, I'm open to any and all solutions including a low-end rolloff or a parametric EQ to dampen the lower note -- though I think these is a pretty crummy solutions that I'd only use as a last resort because it's not that the low note is too LOUD, it's that there's no clarity in the different notes. Plus rolling off the low-end in a mix is quite a common thing to do to make room for the bass, but I've never seen it used to change the clarity of a chord voicing.
N.B. I tried this out on a friend's Axe II and had the same issue despite it being in a completely different setup.
Have not had this issue on other modelers or on actual amps.
Anybody else experiencing this, or have some suggestions? Very happy with the tone I've dialed in but I can't start tracking anything until I've solved this and I'm going stir crazy!
Thanks!
I write a lot of stuff using suspended chords and the like and have found that the clarity of the notes are almost completely lost in favor of the lowest note in the chord (typically an open D in drop D tuning, but same notion applies to an E tuned guitar).
For example, consider the following riff in drop D tuning.
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--7-8---------7-8---------7-8-----8-10-------------------------------------------
--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------------------
When i play this, the A string (the "higher" notes) are completely drowned out by the low D.
Another example from a different song (again in drop D), same issue (double click on the tab and it will bring it up).
Through the Axe II -- on a variety of settings -- all you hear is the low D and some mud around it.
This is a real problem and I think it has less to do with EQ settings than it does with the actual signal processing of the modeler. However, I'm open to any and all solutions including a low-end rolloff or a parametric EQ to dampen the lower note -- though I think these is a pretty crummy solutions that I'd only use as a last resort because it's not that the low note is too LOUD, it's that there's no clarity in the different notes. Plus rolling off the low-end in a mix is quite a common thing to do to make room for the bass, but I've never seen it used to change the clarity of a chord voicing.
N.B. I tried this out on a friend's Axe II and had the same issue despite it being in a completely different setup.
Have not had this issue on other modelers or on actual amps.
Anybody else experiencing this, or have some suggestions? Very happy with the tone I've dialed in but I can't start tracking anything until I've solved this and I'm going stir crazy!
Thanks!