SoapBar & Digitech RP500 - first use report
Posted by: klsluder <klsluder@...>
coil so I don't understand this one either. Our bass player also uses
the same model digitech rp200 I have for home recording. He has never
had this trouble either. SO I am wondering if the 500 has a pickup
emulation mode that needs turned off. If it is set to single coil you
may be multiplying the noise. Another thought I mentioned earlier is
presets designed at home almost always have to be toned way down at
church. It may sound great through an amp or headphones but gets nasty
in a hurry through house speakers.
Peace
Kevin
> Then comes the confusion & a bit of frustration. I had set up another
> patch based on an AC30 Top Boost. This one isn't clean, the pre is
> pushed pretty good. It sounded great at home, just like, well, an AC30
> with the pre pushed up hard (tried it through an amp and headphones).
> Well, last night through the PA, there was so much noise from the p'ups
> I couldn't use it. The noise diminished significantly when I turned
> both p'ups on, but that wasn't the sound I wanted. I turned the
> compression off and again, the noise diminished significantly. All I
> can figure is that I'm going to have to turn up the noise gate on this
> patch to make it usable. Trouble with that is I'll obviously lose a bit
> of the nuance and such. So, I understand that single coil pickups make
> noise, but I do not understand why they'd be pretty darn quiet on two or
> three patches and then incredibly loud (as in really loud, not usable)
> on a different patch. Why did it show up on the PA and not at home?
> How on earth does this happen on one patch and not on the others? Is
> this normal? I'd sure appreciate any advice on what to look for.
>