Ok so I've been doing better with this. Really trying to watch my levels but I'm still pulling my hair out a bit. I've added a google drive link below with both the Patch with 4 snapshots as well as a quick audio sample to demonstrate what I'm experiencing. I love this unit and it sounds fantastic on Cleans as well as higher gain stuff... its just some of the lower gain breakup tones I'm struggling with but I'm determined to figure this out.
I appreciate any help especially for taking the time to download and look/listen to my files.
Snapshot 1 - Clean HiWatt amp with only reverb. Sounds great in Headphones and out of my amp. No Artifacts whatsoever as far as I can tell.
Snapshot 2 - Colordrive added. This seems to be causing the most trouble so far. I backed the drive way down and even tried raising drive and level from zero and as soon as it starts to do what I want which is a light break up/boost, the fizzy crackle appears. Its not even louder. If you listen to the audio sample or look at the waveform, the second set of strums has a drop in volume so not sure why its happening.
Snapshot 3 - TS808 stomp on, Colordrive off. The TS is set for mild gain but still quite low. It sounds better to my ears but seems to be still there. There is a slight boost in level but less artifacts.
Snapshot 4 - Colorsound and 808 off, OCD stomp on. Set it for low gain but even at a low setting its still kinda crunchy. Sounds decent and Fizz/crackle/whatever isn't as noticeable while playing but you can hear artifacts on the note decay.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UNG7gF1Y4odYh2LkSYl0f4zsnpnNl4Nm?usp=sharing