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Re: Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:08:33 GMT

Excellent. I just thought that this is a good way to go.

Great site BTW and the clips you have there sound great. Good luck with the album

Re: Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:24:13 GMT

Thanks Nick. I didn't even think about that. My buddy built an iso cab alittle while back that works pretty good ( it's not airtight but it does make a huge difference). Maybe I'll take my amp over there and check it out. I had thought about making/buying one before just for the sake of mic'd speaker recording not to mention the direct out recording. My band "HEAVY EARLY" is just about to release our first CD that we recorded and mixed ourselves.Both myself and other guitar player recorded our tracks with Flextone III's direct and mic'd and we're pretty happy with the results. So I can't even imagine how good this could sound. Dude...I think you just made my day

Thanks again

cHeAt

..ps Check us out at heavyearly.com

Re: Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:52:33 GMT

Well, performance mode should work as soon as the master volume is registering sound through the speaker. It's just about keeping the noise from that speaker under control. You could run an external speaker inside an airtight sealed box with a mic inside or better still a box within a box which is isolated from the outer box with vibration absorbent blocks (rubber/neoprene or similar) then place the box on a soft absobent surface, all of which should make the speaker much quieter. I'm talking about an isolation cabinet here - and If you can make it all airtight the better it will be. Glue and screw all the sides, use rockwool if needed, but an air gap of a couple of inches between the inner box and outer box except for the points where the inner box sits on the absorbent rubber/foam blocks should guarantee a healthy reduction in volume. If you use your amp a lot at home for recording this might be an idea worth pursuing. I just received next month's Sound on Sound today in the post and someone was asking something similar in the Q&A section, so was I reminded of the isolation box idea. Randall make such a box professionally as do others, but you need to be sure to get something that is airtight as they are prone to sound leakage if there are any air gaps. See here: http://www.randallamplifiers.com/Cabinets/Isolation-Series-Cabs/Isolation.html

Nick

Re: Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:14:45 GMT

Thanks Nick and Apologist for your responses. Is there anyway you can use the Performance mode at a low volume ( other than a hot plate/attenuater) ? Maybe lowering the channel volume? I would really like to hear the output tap to see if it gets a tubeyer (lol) sound. Other than that, Performance mode is useless to me cause, even at our jam spot, I can barely get the master past 7 or 8 oclock without rippin' heads off, let alone recording in my bedroom.

Re: Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:41:29 GMT

+1 to what Nick said and I would add that both modes, IMO, work great ...I use studio at night and monitor through UX1 via headphones and during day(or at least times when loud volumes arent a big issue) I use combo of external mic on cab and performance mode ....through a mixer into pc.

Personally I seem to get better results via studio out for most things but there's just some things that, IMO, have to been done the old fashioned way like organic sounding controlled feedback ...etc...

Re: Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:31:44 GMT

Studio Mode works with Standby Off and is really an output from the DSP section. Performance Mode is derived from the power output section and so Standby has to be On and the Master Volume turned up.

Nick

Question about the Direct out modes

support@line6.com — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:10:40 GMT

Can someone give me some insight on how the two modes for Direct out recording work ? I can only get output in the studio mode. The performance mode doesn't seem to do anything ( or at least give me any output signal). I thought maybe you had to have the master cranked up but that didn't seem to do anything. Any responses would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

cHeAt