boyce89976
Experienced
Absolutely loving the Axe III! Have used it live twice now, and noticed something yesterday that has me puzzled... I had significantly more headroom live yesterday than I have at home, using the exact same settings, and I'm not sure why. It was so noticeable, that I was able to increase the Input Drive on the Matchless DC30 EF86 from 1.8 to 2.2 to mimic the headroom I have at home. That's a fairly significant jump on that amp model and takes it from relatively clean to breaking up.
All settings in the Axe were the same, including the output level. I run my pedalboard in stereo in front using the front input and the 2R input on the back, and used the same connections in both locations (same cables, same inputs). Input level on the I/O page is 15% for input 1, and 50% for input 2 (this is perfectly balanced L/R for me). Output is set to -10dBu for both outputs.
The only differences between home and the venue yesterday are:
Anyone have any theories on why that would be the case with everything on the Axe III being equal in both locations.
Pics of my setup for attention:
All settings in the Axe were the same, including the output level. I run my pedalboard in stereo in front using the front input and the 2R input on the back, and used the same connections in both locations (same cables, same inputs). Input level on the I/O page is 15% for input 1, and 50% for input 2 (this is perfectly balanced L/R for me). Output is set to -10dBu for both outputs.
The only differences between home and the venue yesterday are:
- At home I run XLR out to a pair of Kali LP6 studio monitors
- At the venue, I ran XLR out to the FOH console. The signal then hits the console's mic gain stage, and then goes directly to Dante, then to LiveMix to our in ears monitors (this takes the rest of the board's channel strip, including effects and fader level, out of the equation).
- The increase in headroom was apparent both through FOH and through my IEMs.
Anyone have any theories on why that would be the case with everything on the Axe III being equal in both locations.
Pics of my setup for attention: