Synergy Owners Thread

[la szum]

What I hear is zero oomph in the SynIR20. Jared says as much right after that.

Right? It's not even a debate.

I am happy for those into this sort of thing.... but the hyperbolic statements and proclamations
made above are just fodder for the unaware and uninitiated. Seriously!

#notsorry

 

[JiveTurkey]

Right? It's not even a debate.

I am happy for those into this sort of thing.... but the hyperbolic statements and proclamations
made above are just fodder for the unaware and uninitiated. Seriously!

#notsorry

Please don't ever tell me that they actually don't all sound the same!

 

[Melodioso]

You can get the EQ spectrum of the module pretty close to the real amp by boosting ~2db at 100Hz and cutting ~4db around 2200Hz in the TW video.

But it's not about the overall EQ shape or oomph. There is this buzz noise that I cannot unhear. Not sure where this comes from. Ola Englund also tested the SYN-20IR with the DRECT module and it didn't exhibit this weird bzzz.

 

[GTR37]

@GuitarJon
The following video illustrates well the "fizzy" characteristic that I sometimes hear with the Syn-20IR head (what I was referring to in your video). It's a comparison between a real 6505 and the module. Listen here:

Real amp:

...which sounds full and has a nice clear and defined attack.

And at 2:04 the synergy module. On the attack you hear this annoying bzz fzz sound, which reminds me of the early modelers.

Can anyone else hear that ?

It’s very hard to compare 100 watt big glass heads to 20 watt el84 heads , if you turn up the E84 power section you will get that , when you think of a Vox AC 30 it’s not really a high gain preamp
I have noticed that Fizz or rasp in a few of the synergy mods but it is also there in real amps if you play them at a really low volumes

 

[la szum]

Please don't ever tell me that they actually don't all sound the same!

New math = you can get 100 watts of tone and feel in 20 watt formats.

Just ask me.

 

[Badonkey Kong]

Man. I couldn't listen to the whole thing (the Tone Wars vid). Did he just have the SYN20IR too loud so it's doing that thing the EL84's are notorious for? I couldn't tell what he had the master and channel volumes at...

 

[Melodioso]

The Tone Wars did not do a close-up shot of the SYN-20IR, so no clue where the Master was set at. He just mentioned that he was using the Structure C. He also uses the same cab/mic with the 6505 and the module, so that's not the issue.

I don't think anyone expect a 20W head with EL84s to sound like a 100W with 6L6s, but in some videos the 20IR sounds really good while in others (see previous posts) there is this annoying fizzy sound. I'm trying to figure out if the root cause is some particular module or the user settings.

 

[GTR37]

The Tone Wars did not do a close-up shot of the SYN-20IR, so no clue where the Master was set at. He just mentioned that he was using the Structure C. He also uses the same cab/mic with the 6505 and the module, so that's not the issue.

I don't think anyone expect a 20W head with EL84s to sound like a 100W with 6L6s, but in some videos the 20IR sounds really good while in others (see previous posts) there is this annoying fizzy sound. I'm trying to figure out if the root cause is some particular module or the user settings.

Could be the guitars
Jerrod generally runs gains wide open, has a JP majesty that has that on board boost which he likely has on
Then he boosts the front end

Which videos do you hear it in ?and which do you not ?
Are they using active pickups or high output pickups
Which modules are being used