How are you plugging the AxeFX into the TR? Is that via Output 1 of the AXE-FX into the Mesa FX loop return, or do you run into the input on the front of the amp
What channel is the amp on?
There are other differences besides EQ and impedance.
A studio monitor is designed to produce sound from a single apparent location. Guitar cabs also radiate sound from the baffle, the sides and the back. This creates multiple wavefronts that interact with each other and that vary with your listening position. Even the distance between your ears can mean that your left ear hears something different from what your right ear hears, resulting in a kind of 3-D perception on the sound. This is further complicated by the fact that a single cab can have multiple speakers, each radiating a different wavefront.
Also, monitor speakers are designed to be pistonic—to move strictly in and out—for the sake of accuracy. The cones of guitar speakers can "break up," with ripples and standing waves in the cone itself, giving an even more complex and textured sound.
That said, I find FRFR very satisfying to play against, and I rarely use traditional cabs.
Yes I adjusted it with palm mutes to get the most 'umph' but it really only made the sound woofier instead of fuller.Are you matching the resonances on the speaker tab at all?
What frequency are you going with? If it's woofier try halving the frequency you've picked?Yes I adjusted it with palm mutes to get the most 'umph' but it really only made the sound woofier instead of fuller.
Is that boost or cut?
HOLY MOLY! Was not expecting this! Thanks a bunch Cliff... Oh man I'm crazy excited now!So I spent some time with the Recto Orange Vintage model today comparing it to the actual amp. Sounded the same... at first. Then I tuned down as low as my guitar would allow and noticed a lack of low end. Did some measurements and, sure enough, below 80 Hz or so the amp had more bass. Never noticed it before because I don't tune down to drop Qb or whatever you crazy kids use.
Went over the model with a fine-toothed comb and found a missing capacitor in the feedback network. Put that cap in and viola' [sic], bass is now there.
So what's the best way to pull this bass back out, for those of us who specifically love that the model isn't a flubby wubster?Went over the model with a fine-toothed comb and found a missing capacitor in the feedback network. Put that cap in and viola' [sic], bass is now there.
There's no need... The real thing is anything but flub.So what's the best way to pull this bass back out, for those of us who specifically love that the model isn't a flubby wubster?