Odd Noise / Hum on Preset Thru FOH

[vika12]

I lined up 3 presets for last night's gig. I ran FM3 mono to my Xitone (as a monitor) and linked out from the FRFR to FOH. This was a large outdoor gig with beefy FOH volume. The sound guys are pros with excellent equipment (RCF mains, etc.). All 3 presets sounded good through the Xitone, and 2 sounded good through FOH. However, one preset through FOH (according to the sound guys) had a strange hum or odd noise as notes decayed. I played through the good 2 presets, but I'm wondering if anyone can tell what might have been wrong with that one preset? Again, it sounds good through my FRFR and at "normal" volume levels. Thanks!

 

[chris]

There is no way to know this without trying the preset ourselves.

 

[vika12]

There is no way to know this without trying the preset ourselves.

Yeah, I thought it was a long shot. Anyway, that's why I always have several presets at the ready.

 

[Rex]

Yeah, I thought it was a long shot. Anyway, that's why I always have several presets at the ready.

It might not be such a long shot if you post the presets.

 

[TSJMajesty]

I guess they need to make a sticky, in the READ ME FORUM: Post Your Preset!

 

[Greg Ferguson]

I guess they need to make a sticky, in the READ ME FORUM: Post Your Preset!

A preset is like a picture, it's worth 10,000 words. It helps us all work from the same page.

 

[Greg Ferguson]

had a strange hum or odd noise as notes decayed.

That could be a compressor fading in, but, again, as said before, without the preset it's a guess.

 

[pauly]

..or the noise gate fading out...

 

[vika12]

Here's the preset ...

 

[Rex]

Here's the preset ...

Thanks. Do all scenes on this preset have the problem, or just one?

I hear some underlying noise on scene 3 as the note fades away. No surprise there, though. You've got two Drives chained together. That's going to get a bit noisy. If you want quieter tails, turn up the noise gate Threshold in the Input block.

 

[vika12]

Thanks. Do all scenes on this preset have the problem, or just one?

I hear some underlying noise on scene 3 as the note fades away. No surprise there, though. You've got two Drives chained together. That's going to get a bit noisy. If you want quieter tails, turn up the noise gate Threshold in the Input block.

All scenes on the preset had the issue -- but only through the PA, which was very high volume. I'll add that one of the other presets that I used without a problem (attached here) also has 2 drive blocks chained together.

 

[Rex]

Then all I can say is that I don't have the issue here. Maybe there was a particularly nasty source of interference at the venue.

 

[vika12]

Then all I can say is that I don't have the issue here. Maybe there was a particularly nasty source of interference at the venue.

Or maybe the Matchless preset is just a bit hotter and pushed the system over the edge ??? Thanks for your input.

 

[Rex]

Or maybe the Matchless preset is just a bit hotter and pushed the system over the edge ??? Thanks for your input.

Or that.