simeon
Axe-Master
just tried these settings out on a few of my patches. i will say first, that i do mix cabs, but they're always both near field and i always use mics, so my results may vary from scott's because of this.
i do normally fine tune my tones by tweaking the gain levels in the resonance tab, but i've never messed with the frequencies or Q values before, as i've always assumed that they're optimised and close to the real thing, but i realise now that may not necessarily be the case....
i found scott's settings to have a dramatic effect on the tone on some of my patches. the effect was more noticeable when the default settings were further away from scott's settings (as you'd expect). i didn't always prefer scott's settings, i have to say. my 5153 patch didn't like it at all, but my JCM800 patch felt much improved just by using the low and high settings and leaving the mid at default. there was always a boomyness in my 800 patch that i could never quite get rid of and now i realise it's because the low frequency was probably too high (100hz). now i've lowered it to 85hz, the boom is gone, i still get the thump i need. the top end has been troubling me as well....there's a sparkliness to the 800 which i really like, but achieving that without harshness has been quite tricky for me since 6.0. scott's settings have improved things immensely. i left the mid settings at default, because i felt they scooped out too many mids for me and made the tone a little hollow, but i may experiment further....
i think it's worth experimenting, as different amps will behave differently, but the speaker resonance tab is probably one of the most powerful ways to shape your tone, so definitely give it a try.
kudos to scott for doing the research and publishing his results here. always very educational!
i wonder if cliff has any comment?
sim
i do normally fine tune my tones by tweaking the gain levels in the resonance tab, but i've never messed with the frequencies or Q values before, as i've always assumed that they're optimised and close to the real thing, but i realise now that may not necessarily be the case....
i found scott's settings to have a dramatic effect on the tone on some of my patches. the effect was more noticeable when the default settings were further away from scott's settings (as you'd expect). i didn't always prefer scott's settings, i have to say. my 5153 patch didn't like it at all, but my JCM800 patch felt much improved just by using the low and high settings and leaving the mid at default. there was always a boomyness in my 800 patch that i could never quite get rid of and now i realise it's because the low frequency was probably too high (100hz). now i've lowered it to 85hz, the boom is gone, i still get the thump i need. the top end has been troubling me as well....there's a sparkliness to the 800 which i really like, but achieving that without harshness has been quite tricky for me since 6.0. scott's settings have improved things immensely. i left the mid settings at default, because i felt they scooped out too many mids for me and made the tone a little hollow, but i may experiment further....
i think it's worth experimenting, as different amps will behave differently, but the speaker resonance tab is probably one of the most powerful ways to shape your tone, so definitely give it a try.
kudos to scott for doing the research and publishing his results here. always very educational!
i wonder if cliff has any comment?
sim