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@James Freeman
Your old tip about exploring (very) low master volume levels, too, has been very important for me and in many cases my sounds improved thanks to that adjustment. In my Italian (language) I'd say that this way the amp sound is less clogged up, but maybe the usual word here is "less muddy bass". Thanks for your tip!
Anyway, sometimes it's not very clear to me what I should hear following your suggested test:
"The easiest way to find the squish point is to set Treble and Presence on 10 and Mid on 0, then slowly turn the MV from 0 up until you hear the poweramp starting to squish, that's the point. This trick works with real amps and accurate modelers (Fractal, Helix, etc..)."
Since I suppose that the master level coming from this test will always be the same for each Helix amp sim, could you tell just 2-3 examples (amp1 master level x; amp2 master level y) so that I can understand better what I should hear replicating the same adjustments with my Helix?
And what do you mean exactly with that "squish point"? Does it mean that with higher master level (over the squish point) we just have no more clean headroom or even less pleasant distortion?
Your old tip about exploring (very) low master volume levels, too, has been very important for me and in many cases my sounds improved thanks to that adjustment. In my Italian (language) I'd say that this way the amp sound is less clogged up, but maybe the usual word here is "less muddy bass". Thanks for your tip!
Anyway, sometimes it's not very clear to me what I should hear following your suggested test:
"The easiest way to find the squish point is to set Treble and Presence on 10 and Mid on 0, then slowly turn the MV from 0 up until you hear the poweramp starting to squish, that's the point. This trick works with real amps and accurate modelers (Fractal, Helix, etc..)."
Since I suppose that the master level coming from this test will always be the same for each Helix amp sim, could you tell just 2-3 examples (amp1 master level x; amp2 master level y) so that I can understand better what I should hear replicating the same adjustments with my Helix?
And what do you mean exactly with that "squish point"? Does it mean that with higher master level (over the squish point) we just have no more clean headroom or even less pleasant distortion?
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