But that can potentially be a very hot signal.If you set your output knobs always to MAX, you are guaranteed to hit FOH and/or your Mixer with the same signal every time. "Noon" may actually be "noon plus/minus a little".
We use a Mackie DL32R and my presets are leveled close to the 0 mark on the Axe Fx VU meters.Just curious and I know there will be several different answers…but where do y’all set the input gain on your mixers when playing out. I usually set my axe output 1 knob to about noon. I use the soundcraft ui24r.
no it actually doesn’t because it’s all digital it just has gain amountsThere's no need to add any gain from the mic pres because all the current-gen Fractal units can output line level. I set my outputs to line level and turn the knobs all the way up. One less thing to think about and troubleshoot live. Any modern console can handle line level; the stage box you're plugging into probably has "mic/line" printed on it.
I am not having an issue with the fractal knobs…I am merely expressing curiosity of what people set their mixer gain at downstreamall the way open, 100%. Would love to remove the knobs altogether because twice already I had to troubleshoot why the board was getting a weak signal and it was that knob both times.
Figure me wide open at 100% for the reason stated then.I am not having an issue with the fractal knobs…I am merely expressing curiosity of what people set their mixer gain at downstream
It’s amazing how many “sound engineers” don’t know what line level is.I run at noon on Output 1. It never gets changed or bumped (at least hasn't yet) so our IEM mix has not changed since I got the AFX3. My band was pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a change in volume when I switched from my AFX2 to AFX3.
Output 1 is also set to +10dB (I think that's the setting. could be wrong. it's the "10" one, not "4").
I've had the issue of being "too hot" on some systems, but for the most part, running at that volume has come with good signal-to-noise ratio. Still usually catches sound engineers (that haven't mixed us before) off guard despite my warnings when line/sound check occurs.
-10 or +4I run at noon on Output 1. It never gets changed or bumped (at least hasn't yet) so our IEM mix has not changed since I got the AFX3. My band was pleasantly surprised that there wasn't a change in volume when I switched from my AFX2 to AFX3.
Output 1 is also set to +10dB (I think that's the setting. could be wrong. it's the "10" one, not "4").
I've had the issue of being "too hot" on some systems, but for the most part, running at that volume has come with good signal-to-noise ratio. Still usually catches sound engineers (that haven't mixed us before) off guard despite my warnings when line/sound check occurs.
I set everything from start to finish @unity gain. My presets are made to fit within that envelope so any sound guy that gets my feed will 'start' @ unity gain on the mixer.I am merely expressing curiosity of what people set their mixer gain at downstream
While I am familiar with that method and I know it works for some people I am not a fan of it, we do it in one of my bands and to me the mix never sounds good because the guy who does sound for that band (not me) doesn’t actually listen to what it sounds like and to me the guitars always overpower everything else (even with faders at unity)I'm still not getting the question I guess...I was always told set the faders at unity, and adjust gains to get a rough mix without feedback.
Info about where other guys gains end up will depend a lot on where they set the output from the Axe.
Then get another soundguy.to me the mix never sounds good because the guy who does sound for that band (not me) doesn’t actually listen to what it sounds like and to me the guitars always overpower everything else (even with faders at unity)