how does spreading the signal lose punch? is there something other than phase cancellation that happens?You may be losing a lot of your punch by running stereo. Spreading the signal too wide ect ect.
Big red flag here!!! Is the FOH in stereo or mono? Running the MIMIQ in mono will cause phase issues that could be causing it to sound thin FOH.One thing I should note is im the only guitarist in our band and i run stereo via the MIMIQ pedal to get a double tracked or two guitarists sound. Its possible that my guitars are getting lost bc im in stereo not mono. Gonna try some new ideas out this weekend with the band and REALLY see what sounds better in a live setting. There is one setting on the MIMIQ I haven't tried live yet, its mode two which is wet/dry/wet basically so im still stereo but I would gain back that dry signal in mono down the center. Maybe that'll help.
I used the Mackies as backline not wedges. and ya hahah bassist does not wanna change lol I can't blame him i mean we all put in the time effort to get the tones we are after so I don't want to ask him to change it but ya I do feel like maybe turning down a bit would help.Covering the front couple of rows can be tough with no back-line.
- Are you using the Mackies at the shows? Are they setup as wedges if front of you? Or as back-line?
- Can you get the other members to take it down a notch and be 'team players'? (I know, good luck with that)
Big red flag here!!! Is the FOH in stereo or mono? Running the MIMIQ in mono will cause phase issues that could be causing it to sound thin FOH.
I solved this by selecting mode 2 on the MIMIQ pedal. It gives me my dry signal down the center and the double tracked effect on the sides. Wet/Dry/Wet basically.You may be losing a lot of your punch by running stereo. Spreading the signal too wide ect ect.
I use power amp and cab on stage, DI direct to FOH. I first set my stage sound to the best I could with my tones for each preset used. Then I went direct to FOH and have an EQ block at the end of the FOH chain. I tweaked that EQ until the stage volume FOH speakers sounded very similar to my 4 x 12 Mesa cab. One thing I had to do what cut some lows and highs because of the subs booming and the HF drivers creating a lot of shrill. Now when I DI to a strange PA, I just tweak the EQ and never touch my stage channel. Works flawless for me.Update:
I A/B'd my DI tones and my Mic'd CAB tones and honestly the MIC'd CABs sounded better coming out of the PA, but I still didn't want to deal with mic'ing cabs every show.
I realized the nuances from the Mic'd cab sound was most likely the speaker drive, room, air and of course the mic characteristics. So i cranked the speaker drive in the cab block (MUST turn down amp for this bc it will get loud) set room level to 100 and room size to 1. Then I put mics on the cab block (best combo of two for Stereo cab block) and set proximity level as desired and it just opened everything up. Sounded practically identical (waaaay better though).
I'm using the ML DJENT cab pack FYI, and I have no idea why but when I added MICs to these already amazing sounding CABS it just WORKED. I highly recommend you try this out. Our Bassist actually had to turn up hahah so CABS on stage and DI to FOH still. YAY!
Update:
I realized the nuances from the Mic'd cab sound was most likely the speaker drive, room, air and of course the mic characteristics. So i cranked the speaker drive in the cab block (MUST turn down amp for this bc it will get loud) set room level to 100 and room size to 1. Then I put mics on the cab block (best combo of two for Stereo cab block) and set proximity level as desired and it just opened everything up. Sounded practically identical (waaaay better though).
I use power amp and cab on stage, DI direct to FOH. I first set my stage sound to the best I could with my tones for each preset used. Then I went direct to FOH and have an EQ block at the end of the FOH chain. I tweaked that EQ until the stage volume FOH speakers sounded very similar to my 4 x 12 Mesa cab. One thing I had to do what cut some lows and highs because of the subs booming and the HF drivers creating a lot of shrill. Now when I DI to a strange PA, I just tweak the EQ and never touch my stage channel. Works flawless for me.