giallanon

Actually I'm using 10s on the guitar, and have no problem with bridge, which BTW is not a LoPro but an Edge Zero

Maybe the fact that saying "EQ" means nothing? I asked for some eq tips. If you bother to answer, you shoudl also provide valuable information, like a range of frequencies, a specific eq tools or whatever. Saying "eq your signal" means nothing

@spaceatl thanks, I'm gonna play with pu and tremolo to see if I can "fix" it

I'm using hd500x and StageSource L2T and an ibanez EGEN18 (Herman Lee signature). I've foudn a nice distort sound, pretty big on E string, a little less on A string but still good, very thin and "metallic" on D string. I've played with EQ trying to find a good freq to boost the palm muted D string, but with no luck. I've also played at rehearsal volume (and we play pretty high with the double bass that kick so hard..), so it's not a volume problem It could be a problem in my technique, but even if I try to play slow, moving the right hand around the bridge, I still can't find a somewhat fat sound on D string. To some extents, the problem is even worse on G and B string, I can't get the nice palm muted sound like in the intro of welcome to the jungle for example, but this is primaly a fault of mine, since I can get a quasi decent sound from G and B string if I really really pay attention. Anyway, last night I've tried a Les Paul of a friend of mine (into a Line6 spider combo) and I could sound fat on D string (and G and B). Surely the Les Paul helped a lot in this case, but I guess that with a bit of eq in the right spot(s), I can reach my goal with my equipment. Any tips?

Also try removing the reverb. Usually when playing live there's already tons of natural reverb in the room, you don't need more 😊

TBH, there's another problem with L6Link. You can't eq even if you have a separate eq pedal or board, just because you can't plug the L6link into an eq pedal and the pedal to the L6Link on L2T. I have to use a FXloop block inside every patch in order to eq my sound so to have a quick and dirt fix for eq-ing the sound depending on the venue, without having to go throught all the pacthes and edit one by one. I could use XLR out instead of L6link in order to have all the benefit of eq-ing, but the quality of sound is so much better with L6Link that I stick with it

...if you don't run out of DSP power, there's a limit in how many effects and amps you can put into a single patch

Edstar is right, eq does not work when you use L6link

GEQ does not work when connecting throught L6Link

Yes it has a sensor but you can override it using the hd500. I always use it in reference mode, never in monitor or guitar mode. Anyway, even in monitor mode, the floor is drastically affecting the sound

Yesterday I went to a local shop to buy a pole for the L2t, but they didn't have any. So I opted for an amp stand, but it was too short for my taste and I had the impression that the sound would hit my knee... After some brainstorming, I bought a keyboard stand (not sure it's called like this, but you can see it from the picture). Short version: it sounds very good and consistent, both at home and in rehearsal (tested in 2 different rehearsal room). Long version: Using a pole or a stand to raise the L2t was indeed a good idea (thank you). Getting rid of the floor helps a lot in keeping the sound consistent, no matter where you play. I would say that the keyboard stand solved 80% of the problems I was facing because now, what I hear at home is quite similar to what I hear in rehearsal. As a plus, having a keyboard stand with the L2t on top, both behind me, feels (and looks) like having a real amp head, just without the cab, and it's waaaay more metal than having the speaker mounted on a pole eheheh. As you can see from the picture, after some experiments, I decided to put the L2T with the L6 logo pointing up to the roof. I'm not sure why, but this settings helps keeping the sound less fizzing and more smooth. I positioned the L2t at about 1 meter from the floor and, moving around the room, I can feel little changes in the percevied sound, depending on the distance from the speaker and the angle of the listener, but it's not something to worry about. The main sound remains the same even at about 5 meters from the speaker, sitting on the drumer chair. So I guess that with this configuration, the audience and the rest of the band will hear almost what I hear. I said that the stand solved 80% of the problems, because some adjustments are still required depending on the room, but this is something you can handle in 5/10 minutes and with minor tweaks. First af all you've to tune you reverb/delay settings. Every room has it's own natural reverb, so depending on where're you playing, you'll have to turn the reverb up/down, but this is just a matter of setting the reverb mix parameter up/down, which is a very quick operation. Generally I don't use any reverb at all, but yesterday I was in a room so dry that I had to add a touch of reverb. On the other side, the 2nd room I've tested had a more natural reverb so I had to turn my reverb off. The same goes with the delay (if any). Finally I found a "trick" to let the sound become rich and powerfull almost like a real tube amp. Maybe you're aware of this, but just in case you aren't, try adding a tube compressor AFTER the amp (actually mine was the very last effect of the chain), with an output level around 8/16 and compression from 70% to 100%. It really added something to the tone, which now feels alive.

@piano: I understand what you say. Problem is that I already create patches in my create-room (also trying to use a live volume as much as I can), but the same patch and guitar sounds very different from rehearsal to rehearsal. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not. If I play twice in the same rehearsal, I get the same sound (even good or bad, but at least the same), so the "problem" is the room and the floor. Expecially the floor I guess. I'm gonna try with a pole, so to remove from the equation at least the damn floor. I will create new patch in my room using the pole and see how it sounds in rehearsal. Thank you again for your answers

Yes, the floor is something to avoid, it's too random :) Since I'm using it as my main amp, I'll try with the pole and see what happens, Thank you

Thank you both. @piano: having to create a new patch from scratch every time I change room, rehearsal, stage, seems a bit overkill giving the time I spent to create the tone I like.. on the other hand, I don't see another solution, sigh @max: yes, I'm going to buy a pole tomorrow to see if this will help me create a tone that sounds at least acceptable more or less everywhere. Some tweaks will always be necessary, but having a nice starting sound will help. I wonder how others are using the L2t live, always mounted on a pole?

So, i'm running the hd500x with an L2t through L6Link and looking for some sort of power metal distortion, like stratovarius, edguy, sonata arctica. To be clear, I don't think this is a fault of hd500 or L2t, I just need an hand to solve an issue.... Point is that, depending on how/where I place the L2t (standing still or on its side as a floor monitor), the sound greatly change. Also if I put it over a chair, or even higher, the sound change again in another way (more trebly I would say). I know it's probably due to the floor acting as a sort of resonator for basses (and the room also influence the sound), but the problem is that I can't find a sound that will sound good at home AND in rehearsal room. Changing rehearsal room will (again) drastically change the sound I hear. Last week I was in a rehearsal room and the sound was just good, very close to what I hear at home, even better due to higher volume I guess. Yesterday I went to a different rehearsal room, and it was ugly (same patch, same guitar, same hands...). I mean, ugly.... not "not very good" or "not as good as last week", but ugly, fizzy and boomy at the same time (removing reverb helped a bit). I don't pretend to hear always exactly the same sound, but how can the sound change so drastically, from very good to ugly? How am I suppose to find a good tone if the room, the speaker position, the weather, the whatever is influencing the sound soo much? Also, If for some mystical combinations of whatever, it happens that I hear a good sound, how can I be sure that people are also hearing the same (or similar) sound? My guess is that when I hear a good tone, people 5 or 6 mt away are hearing something very different. How do you guys handle this? Also, how/where do you place your L2t? I find that the "floor monitor with 60°" is the best but, again, it depends on so many factors...

Anyway, Hard gate and Noise gate are 2 different things. Noise gate is always on, and it's trying to always reduce the noise, no mattere if you're playing or not. Hard gate is a sorta of switch; when it's on, nothing pass the gate, so you hear nothing, no noise, no guitar. This is handy when you stop your string and don't want to hear buzzing sound. When the gate is open, any sound will pass, so it won't reduce any noise at all

Also L6 link has a lot less noise than 1/4'' out