jonhollis Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 hi - just got my fire hawk. got the left(mono) straight into the input of my badcat amp. whats the best level setup to use for this config? if i switch the back of the device to amp it seems very low volume. i guess I'm looking for the most transparent way of sitting the fire hawk in my signal chain . as though I'm plugged straight into the amp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbeddall Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 If you have an FX loop on the amp just plug into the fx return instead of the front of your amp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhollis Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 hey guys i meant more the levels. you have amp/line out toggle switch - you have guitar level on the app and output level on the app. (however i shall be using the 4 cable method) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbeddall Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 When your output is switched to "amp" it reduces the volume a bit as it's designed to go into the front of a guitar amp (so the signal from the Firehawk is going through the preamp and poweramp sections of your amplifier) when the output is set to line the volume is slightly higher as it's designed to go into a pa desk, frfr monitor or a poweramp If you already know all that then soz that's about as much as I know about it for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhollis Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 thanks. what levels do you put in the app - you know the master out and the guitar level. or do these just apply to playing along with the music side of the app.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbeddall Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I think guitar level is only relative to the mp3 playback but haven't tried mine out yet so I'm not 100% sure on that, are you planning on using the Firehawk for effects only or will you be using the amp models? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhollis Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 just purely for FX - no amp modelling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bond19 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Unless you are needing to stream via bluetooth to your Firehawk, you can keep the red setting on the large know at around 10 o'clock, and the white around 2 o'clock, then the pink adjust to levels of your patches to make them all the same. What I found is that if you are going into the effects loop of your amp- be at 100% wet (all firehawk), and all the better if you have a volume control on the effects level of your amp, this allows you to adjust on stage volume, without affecting the mix going into the PA system from the Firehawk (if running live) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meuste Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I just have my tube amp on the clean channel with the eq all straight up. Use the channel volume for overall volume(living room or jam session) and the Firehawk to tweak levels further and use the onboard EQ. I haven't tried it in the effects loop because I'm getting good results this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhollis Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 an update - with the output set to amp mode and going straight into the front of the amp you need the levels both set to max to have a transparent path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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