Tonight, I was playing with the "Dynamic" page of the amp settings. These are such effective/powerful tools to drastically change/improve the amp's feel and dynamic response.
Fender non-master volume (clean) amps are often quite dynamic and touch sensitive. I get a similar feel with the following setting, which sounds/feels a lot more lively than default settings:
Love these knobs. It's such a bummer that FM3 doesn't have these "Dynamic" settings... I wish there is a bit more control on the "response curve", which allows us to fine tune the feel even further. Well, maybe there is other knobs in power amp settings that I can use in combination with these fine tune the response curve... What's your experience with these settings?
Straight out of the manual:
Input Dynamics – Sets the strength of an input dynamics processor. When set below zero, the amp type compresses, resulting in a smoother, less dynamic sound. When set greater than zero, the amp expands, resulting in a punchier, crunchier and more dynamic sound. Note that extreme values can have undesirable side-effects such as pumping or clipping.
Dynamic Presence – This models output transformer leakage inductance, resulting in a brightening of the tone when the virtual power amp is pushed. When playing softly or at lower gains, the influence of this control is lessened. Note that this only affects the power amp modeling and is dependent on the degree of power amp overdrive. This control can also be set negative to cause the tone to darken when playing harder. This can help dial in the sweet spot of an amp model. As the Master is increased, an amp becomes more liquid, more compressed and easier to play. However, the highs may get overly compressed, causing the amp to sound too dark. Dynamic Presence allows you to get the desired power amp drive and feel without high frequency loss.
Dynamic Depth – Analogous to Dynamic Presence, above. This increases low frequencies when the virtual amp is being pushed. While real amps don’t display this behavior, it is a cool tone-shaping tool.
Fender non-master volume (clean) amps are often quite dynamic and touch sensitive. I get a similar feel with the following setting, which sounds/feels a lot more lively than default settings:
- Input Dynamic = 3 (makes the amp more dynamic and touch sensitive)
- Dynamic Presence = 5 (enhance high frequencies when picking hard)
- Dynamic Depth = 5~7 (enhance low frequency when playing hard, hence more punch)
Love these knobs. It's such a bummer that FM3 doesn't have these "Dynamic" settings... I wish there is a bit more control on the "response curve", which allows us to fine tune the feel even further. Well, maybe there is other knobs in power amp settings that I can use in combination with these fine tune the response curve... What's your experience with these settings?
Straight out of the manual:
Input Dynamics – Sets the strength of an input dynamics processor. When set below zero, the amp type compresses, resulting in a smoother, less dynamic sound. When set greater than zero, the amp expands, resulting in a punchier, crunchier and more dynamic sound. Note that extreme values can have undesirable side-effects such as pumping or clipping.
Dynamic Presence – This models output transformer leakage inductance, resulting in a brightening of the tone when the virtual power amp is pushed. When playing softly or at lower gains, the influence of this control is lessened. Note that this only affects the power amp modeling and is dependent on the degree of power amp overdrive. This control can also be set negative to cause the tone to darken when playing harder. This can help dial in the sweet spot of an amp model. As the Master is increased, an amp becomes more liquid, more compressed and easier to play. However, the highs may get overly compressed, causing the amp to sound too dark. Dynamic Presence allows you to get the desired power amp drive and feel without high frequency loss.
Dynamic Depth – Analogous to Dynamic Presence, above. This increases low frequencies when the virtual amp is being pushed. While real amps don’t display this behavior, it is a cool tone-shaping tool.
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