Cleans Sound Distorted

[Stone]

Howdy All so im playing with some Clean settings and When I turn the Level or gain it gets really distorted , isnt level not supposed to affect tone just Bb ?
Also tried in the settings -4 as opposed to 10 and it seems slightly better
but the distortion is like making the speakers crackle this is odd
Any thoughts on what i may be doing wrong ?

again thank you

 

[Mongillo19]

Howdy All so im playing with some Clean settings and When I turn the Level or gain it gets really distorted , isnt level not supposed to affect tone just Bb ?
Also tried in the settings -4 as opposed to 10 and it seems slightly better
but the distortion is like making the speakers crackle this is odd
Any thoughts on what i may be doing wrong ?

again thank you

What amp?

Also you could be clipping if cranking the level. The gain variable will add distortion

 

[Sascha Franck]

Depends on where the level/gain circuit is located in the signal flow.
Then, something such as a Princeton Reverb only offers one volume knob, when you turn that one up, the entire amp (mainly the poweramp) will start to "sag" or drive. That's the same for all non master volume amps, just that you often wouldn't be able to run the real deal into overdrive territory due to volume issues.
Also, as soon as there's more than one volume (or gain and volume) knob, chances are the first pot in the chain will alter the drive.

In modeling land, if you want things to just be louder without any effect on the tone (and drive) structure, use a "channel volume" (Line 6 lingo) or equivalent.

 

[Stone]

YEs this is the Thing im increasing but its increasing gain and distortion

If i turn anything higher get lots of distortion and crackle which obviously should not be for clean amps or channel

 

[Mongillo19]

YEs this is the Thing im increasing but its increasing gain and distortion
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If i turn anything higher get lots of distortion and crackle which obviously should not be for clean amps or channel

Yeah 3.1 db is quite high imo. Try rolling that back

 

[fretworn]

YEs this is the Thing im increasing but its increasing gain and distortion
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If i turn anything higher get lots of distortion and crackle which obviously should not be for clean amps or channel

Lower input trim … like 0.5 and report back

 

[fretworn]

Crackle makes me look at cpu

 

[Stone]

Tried these settings from leon his sounds very clean mine all distorted

 

[Stone]

Crackle makes me look at cpu

62%

 

[Sascha Franck]

Remove everything from the patch, set all levels to default, make sure all analog outputs are not overloading the following amplification. Then restart.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Fwiw, Master Volume at 6.6 is VERY high for a Soldano. Maybe just turn that down considerably for a start. Like to 2-3 or so.

 

[Stone]

and Setting

Input I followed the Tickle me red with my hottest guitar PuP
and this is what i have

 

[Stone]

Fwiw, Master Volume at 6.6 is VERY high for a Soldano. Maybe just turn that down considerably for a start. Like to 2-3 or so.

True Sasha But have tried other amps as well
Maybe the Fractal Volume works different
So I may just crank my Power cabs a bit more and reduce the Volumes in FM Edit

 

[Sascha Franck]

Input I followed the Tickle me red with my hottest guitar PuP
and this is what i have

So you set the input trim for the hottest pickup to 63.5? Is 50 the Fractal's default? If so, keep it there.

 

[Sascha Franck]

So I may just crank my Power cabs a bit more and reduce the Volumes in FM Edit

No. You need to understand the different volumes. Master *is* altering the tone but Level is not.

 

[Stone]

this should not be affecting Gain or distortion yet it does

 

[JiveTurkey]

Check your output block levels. Check your actual output knob on the FM.

 

[JiveTurkey]

this should not be affecting Gain or distortion yet it does

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If you're clipping the input powercab; it will be adding (undesirable) distortion.

 

[Stone]

No. You need to understand the different volumes. Master *is* altering the tone but Level is not.

Exactly this I am aware .. but as ive mentioned above

 

[Stone]

Check your output block levels. Check your actual output knob on the FM.

Outputs on FM9 Hardware are at max FM edit block out is at 0Db