I'm struggling to get the tone I want. The low end doesn't feel right at all.
I'm aiming for what I'm hearing in this clip of the real amps:
I'm not getting even close to that feel in the low end. With settings like Bass 0-2, mid 4-5, treb 6-7, drive 7, master 3 etc I still always feel like I need to roll off more bass, even when it's on zero. But it's already sounding too thin. In the clip above, and in other mesa clips it sounds like there is some heavy compression going on in the lower frequencies.
Also, I found a picture of the settings Petrucci used on his Mark IV, and all though people often say you should never run the bass above 2, he has it at 4. I've listened to a lot of the isolated Petrucci tracks from Scenes From a Memory and many of them sound very bass heavy, but it still sounds tight and very compressed in the low end. But he doesn't use any compression pedals so it should be only the amp.
It feels to me like the models doesn't have this low end compression. Does anyone else experience this?
Thanks
I'm aiming for what I'm hearing in this clip of the real amps:
I'm not getting even close to that feel in the low end. With settings like Bass 0-2, mid 4-5, treb 6-7, drive 7, master 3 etc I still always feel like I need to roll off more bass, even when it's on zero. But it's already sounding too thin. In the clip above, and in other mesa clips it sounds like there is some heavy compression going on in the lower frequencies.
Also, I found a picture of the settings Petrucci used on his Mark IV, and all though people often say you should never run the bass above 2, he has it at 4. I've listened to a lot of the isolated Petrucci tracks from Scenes From a Memory and many of them sound very bass heavy, but it still sounds tight and very compressed in the low end. But he doesn't use any compression pedals so it should be only the amp.
It feels to me like the models doesn't have this low end compression. Does anyone else experience this?
Thanks