StratnVox
Inspired
Hi nickxmix,I'd love to get that acoustic tone match if that's possible.
The pre-cursor to getting good to great acoustic sound from an electric guitar, is having Full Range, Flat Response speakers. eg KV2 ex10 with 70-18K +/- 3dB because the real feel of an acoustic are the tones of frequencies above 5kHz and the "air" above 12kHz so even if you system is good to 10-12kHz but falls away by more than 3-6dB above that range, you will loose much of the acoustic feel.
My acoustic preset is currently upgraded to FW15beta1 but in any case, taking a preset that has been tone matched to my guitar and expecting it to work with your guitar is a second best option. Below is how I created mine.
- Download midifine's #1547 axe-change preset. I'm not sure if there was a CAB block in the downloaded version of this preset. If not, add immediately following the AMP block and then disengage the block. Using your targeted guitar for using the acoustic preset, check out the sound getting it as clean as possible with all the highs ringing clean and the lows crisp! Do this without an active CAB block and any affects following the AMP.
- Add a TMA block on a row above or below the CAB block and link the input from the AMP and the output back to the main signal.
- Edit the TMA. Select the 2nd page on the front panel and then select your input source for your reference signal. I used USB to get the highest quality. The source obtained from the web by searching for someone demo'ing my preferred acoustic sound. I found it best to get someone strumming a few chords on a video as it then played to same sequence to do the match. The length of the signal should be 20+ sec. Select High Resolution. Whether you will be high or Ultra is dependant on your Global IP capture mode so check that out before you proceed. Initially leave smoothing as 0% but depending on the quality of your reference you may increase this to clean up and even your final sound.
- Return to Page 1 of the TMA edit and play your reference sound and if connected properly you should hear it. Press "X" to commence the reference and again to stop it.
- Connect your guitar as normal and Press "Y" to do the Tone Match. Press "Y" again when the graphic becomes stable. You now have a Tone Match! If you like it, export it to a User CAB and then select that cab in your CAB block.
- remove the TMA and save your preset.
There is no avoiding doing a Tone Match to ensure you get the right adjustment for your guitar.