Indianrock2020 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I started out with the AC30 but wanted to make use of other amps. So for the Fender and Roland amps I put a compressor and/or Vintage Pre in front to get output volume similar to my earlier Vox patches. Now I'm thinking I should lower the Vox patches where channel volume is almost always max because I'm afraid boosting the weaker amps will alter their tone. I run direct to PA so they can compensate as long as my levels are fairly consistent patch to patch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcytree Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 hey there IR2020 I'm no expert with these modelling devices but I think that you might get better results balancing your volumes by using the Mixer block rather than a compressor. ( plus you save an fx block) The AC30 is definitely much quieter than the others so I generally put the Channel volume on 100 and then use the Mixer to bring the volume level up to match some of the louder amps ( I also do this with the Supro amp and a couple of the Fenders ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Yes, to balance the output volumes of multiple amp situations your best approach is to lower the amp/channel volume of the louder amps rather than overdive the softer amps. To compensate, increase the POD HD (not amp) master volume. Keep the POD HD Mixer levels of the louder amps at 0db. If an additional boost on the softer amps is necessary increase the POD HD Mixer level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indianrock2020 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Thanks Silverhead. Pushing the mixer level up too much has sometimes led to distortion/clipping in my monitor amp but I think you're saying any such distortion is not caused by pushing the mixer as high as it will go.(its my amp not being able to handle the input signal ) I usually leave the master volume at 3 o'clock ( ~ 75% ) all the time. PorcyTree, actually in my experience the AC 30 is one of the louder amps in the POD, at least in the non-metal category. The Fender, Roland Jazz Chorus and new Vox Fawn models seem to have less output ( I'm not talking about real, physcal amps, but the amp models in the POD ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Don't be afraid to increase the Master volume. Actually, the higher the Master volume, the better the signal-to-noise ratio of the output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcytree Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 you're not the only one I've seen mention this but I have always had to turn the Vox AC30 Channel Volume up to 100 to get it close to the others - weird eh? also weird - I found the new amps ( after installing the model packs) to be louder than the ones originally installed ( I found that the Soldanos were much louder when I installed that update too ) maybe it's just my Old knackered ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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