mcbeddall

Haha I wasn't having a dig

Posted 4 posts up Do you read the threads lol?

On the firehawk fx a long press of the switch will erase the loop, so you may very well have found a bug You can change presets and still hear the loop as long as you have looper activated in whichever patch you switch to

They sure don't knock that kind of money off in the UK, I mean it can't be more than a few weeks old

I found this video the other day , super helpful for honing basic amp patches

There will be a trolley bag available soon with wheels on designed to help move the 1500 around, one of the line 6 guys posted some info on the gear page forum about it http://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/new-firehawk-amp-from-line-6-the-firehawk-1500.1663628/page-10#post-21456877

I use the optotrem on the firehawk , but you need pattern tremolo if you want to do er patterns

Don't forget to try it with your cab sim off, I found most of the time it sounded much better without the firehawk cab and sometimes if the eq sounds off it fixes that too

Any studio open backed headphones will do the job, beyerdynamic dt990 sound good and are comfortable I picked up these for 30 quid http://www.head-fi.org/products/superlux-hd-681-evo-black-professional-monitor-headphones Very very good for the money, sound very similar to the beyerdynamic set and about a quarter of the price

You just described the firehawk fx Great unit , less features , easy editing , less tweaking, more playing, same sound

I don't have a hd500 anymore so I could be wide of the mark here but, is it worth doing a pedal calibration? I mean is it possible the hd is seeing it as fully open? You could also try plugging a mic in to the xlr input and see if you get anything out of it that way As silverhead posted earlier you may have to check how your inputs are set up to try the mic

Patch changing is quicker than it was and the weird sounds you used to get have been fixed, so it is smoother than before but not perfect, there is still a noticeable gap of anywhere between 100mS to 250mS, thats more in line with most modellers these days though If you plug guitar into firehawk and then from firehawk into your amps fx return jack then yeah you only use the poweramp part of the amp , obviously different speakers will yield different results but the tone stack in your amp will be bypassed, so yes it is mostly uncoloured and the preferred way to run it if you intend to use the amp models in the firehawk (may sound better with the cab model turned off though, as you're using a real cab and not a full range speaker) Some of the amps and drives can get a bit nasal to be honest but usually an eq cut somewhere between 3-4khz will sort that right out If you need any more help at all be sure to ask Good luck

• Master Volume: When the LEDs are lit red, the knob adjusts the overall volume output from the device. Press the knob once to access the Guitar Level mode. • Guitar Level: When the LEDs are lit white, the knob independently adjusts the guitar (and Variax) level. This allows you to balance the level of your guitar versus music playback. Press the knob once to access the Channel Volume mode. • Amp Model Channel Volume: When the LEDs are lit pink, the knob independently adjusts the Channel Volume for the current Preset's Amp Model. This is offered as an alternative to adjusting the Amp volume within the Firehawk Remote app. Press the knob once to return to Master Volume mode. I'm really struggling to understand what the "white" volume is doing? Is the guitar pushing the amp harder when it's turned up? I'd assumed it balanced the guitar with mp3 playback by altering the volume of the mp3 but seems I'm wrong

Thanks I've been working along those lines and I'm spotting the bad frequencies quicker now Do you know what frequencies a regular guitar cab rolls off at ? I guess they're all very different now that I think about it but when I play alone I actually like the sound of the low end of my tones but when I get together with the band I don't cut through in the mix so I have to cut some of the lower frequencies so I was curious where the low and high frequencies tend to get filtered out by a regular cab

Is it just the light that's out of sync? I mean does your delay time (for example) feel pretty solid? I wonder if it's the connection to the app that's causing it, my patch switching is much slower when connected to the app and I wonder if similarly it might be interfering with the light

I'm going to experiment with this, it's certainly very interesting It's not supposed to affect the tone in anyway, at least according to the manual It could explain why some weeks at rehearsal my guitar sounds harsh and sometimes it sounds dull, I'd assumed I was suffering from ear fatigue when I eq'd it (could still be the case)

Yeah just search "mcbeddall" on the tone search in the app I think all the tones I've posted are ones I set up with the mustang as I don't think I've posted any for use with the lt3 yet Try them out , you might find something that works

Are you plugging into the fx return on the amp or the guitar input? Also, which output setting are you using? Amp or line? You should select no cab when using the firehawk into a regular guitar amp , it will make it sound less muddy and more direct

I nearly ditched the firehawk because of the slow patch changing and warped sounds on firmware 1.10 but I liked the editor so much that I hung out to see if things improved and they did improve with 1.20 I'm still in the process of dialling my own patches in as I haven't had the lt3 speaker very long , we had a rehearsal tonight and I managed to tweak 3 or 4 patches between songs and the more I use the firehawk The more I love it, my advice is to definitely stick with it, it can be very frustrating at times when something sounds off but as you get more and more patches dialled in it gets easier and easier as you learn more about the machine, we do quite a few varied covers and I'm yet to find a tone that I couldn't recreate Last week we were running through streets have no name by u2 and I tweaked the preset that comes with the firehawk to sound good through my lt3 , it took me about 3 minutes to sort the eq , change delay level and alter the reverb so I was happy with it , halfway into the 2nd verse the band from next door came in and asked if they could listen for a while, they all commented on how close to the edges tone it sounded

An easy fix for hitting the top row of switches is to replace the rubber feet at the back of the unit for bigger ones, quite a few of us here have done this by buying bits off ebay for a few quid You can get the same tones for live use that you get at low volumes, you just have to program your patches at gigging volume otherwise your just guessing your eq settings and reverb levels in particular

I used the firehawk for everything , amps and effects so no I wasn't using 4cm , I just had a cable from the firehawk output (L mono) into the fx return jack on the mustang (that uses the power amp part of the mustang only so the mustang preamp doesn't affect tone ) I liked the mustang but decided to go for a FRFR speaker set up instead because I wanted to run direct to the pa , therefore I need to monitor the sound with something that sounds similar to a PA, which for me was a stagesource LT3, also I record direct a fair bit and I wanted the patches to cross over easier There is no shortcut to creating really good patches, you simply must dial them in using the gear you use live and at the same volume you play live, that is the mistake most people make with modellers (myself included) So if you get a mustang and get it sounding great , it won't sound great when you plug into a different amp or speaker or if you record direct, you need to create different patches for different applications even though you're aiming for the same sound The most likely reason your patches sounded bad at the gig is because you created them at low volume, when you amplify the same patch to loud levels the bass and treble overpowers the mids, it needs to be eq'd differently

Yeah when I used the mustang I used the firehawk amps with the cab sim off (no cab) With the cab sim on you effectively have 2 cabs in your signal chain , the modelled cab and the real cab of the mustang , in some cases it can sound OK but generally the sound is much more clear and direct with cab sim off I use the lt3 in reference pa mode, as with all FRFR speakers it takes a bit of eq tweaking to get it right but the pay off is that everything sounds that bit clearer and more defined , clean sounds with delay are a definite highlight, still not 100% happy with my distorted sounds but I'm pretty sure I'll get there soon

From my experience everybody whoever played through one rates them, even guys who really like their pro level gear can't deny that it's a great amp, when you factor in the price and value for money it's a no brainer, I honestly regretted selling mine since the day it sold but I needed the cash flow at the time, if I'd waited a month I could have hung on to it and still got my lt3 speaker but I was a little stuck for space also and didn't want to just dump it in the garage to be forgotten about. Still, after about 100 gigs and roughly 200 rehearsals it certainly didn't owe me anything I'd be really interested to hear how you think the stereo effects sound through it if you do indeed set it up stereo

Good stuff hopefully you have no further problems

I ran through the input for 6 months by selecting the studio preamp model on the mustang , I did this because it was before the update was released and the amps still coloured the sound due to the fx loop position, definitely much better after the update going into the fx return , much clearer and punchy There are some good amps in the mustang , fender ones definitely the highlight but I preferred the control of the firehawk and the mustang effects are very limited I never experimented with 4 cable method for long because I didn't think there was an amp in the mustang that covered all my tones and I didn't want to be switching 2 pedals for 1 patch (changing fender amp models and firehawk patches)