Firehawk 4CM into amp and L2M stage source floor monitor

[andycarroll]

Hi

 

I have moved from HD500x to fire hawk simply because of the ease of selecting a tone I want to use with my iPhone as a remote. I have the fire hawk setup to my JCM2000 using the 4 cable method and it sounds great, no complaints at all and much more convenient.

 

I have a L2m which I had used on the HD500x as a floor monitor using the L6 Link connection. Obviously the L6 connection isn't on the fire hawk so my first question is which input do i use on the speaker initially, the L6 or the normal XLR input? I suspect it is just the normal output but wondered if there is any wizardry in the fire hawk which would identify the stage source and treat it accordingly.

 

The next question is regarding using the speaker as a floor monitor. I switched to line mode on the fire hawk and it seemed really loud on the amp but virtually nothing coming from the monitor. Any advice regarding setting on the fire hawk or stage source to help me achieve this kind of setup?

 

Thanks

 

Andy

 

 

 

 

[NBell]

Hi there Andycarroll,

 

L6 Link should only be used for "Linking" other L6 products together (POD HD500, other L-Series speakers, etc.)

 

The Firehawk does not communicate with any other Line 6 devices including L-Series speakers.

 

For this instance we will want to use the main Line input on the top of the back panel. This is a 'Combi' jack so either a 1/4" or XLR cable can be used with this input. 

 

With the Output Mode Settings there are two:

Line out mode - Optimizes the guitar sound for direct recording and full range monitoring, the guitar signal will be available through both the 1/4' and XLR outs.

 

Amp out - Sets the guitar output signal to instrument level (which is why this signal is only present in the 1/4" out's, a much quieter signal) this is also so if you were playing along with a song, only the playback would be present out of the XLR's

 

For what you want to accomplish I would  recommend going 1/4" left out to amp, and right out to a monitor. Since you're utilizing the 4-cable method this obviously won't work for your setup; which brings me to the headphone out. In either output mode setting, the PHONES output always receives the same audio as the XLR outs. Using this out for monitoring may be the solution. 

 

Let me know how this works out, or if you have any other questions. 

 

Thanks!!