kane21014 Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 SO for some reason my HX Stomp distortions sound terrible. Going straight into Headrush 8" FRFR. Even the DIR settings sound really bad and just wondering if anyone has any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NBell Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Hi Kane21014, I would suggest ensuring that the 'Contour' setting on the back of your Headrush Monitor is set to flat, as well as ensuring your signal to the speaker isn't clipping the input. If you are still concerned regarding the quality of playback with distortion models; I would then recommend auditioning tones through a quality set of headphones or another FRFR speaker to help determine the culprit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codamedia Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 8/12/2020 at 2:42 PM, kane21014 said: SO for some reason my HX Stomp distortions sound terrible. Going straight into Headrush 8" FRFR. When running into an FRFR it starts with amp/cab choice.... get a good tone there, then add the distortion blocks. IMO... cab/speaker/mic choice is critical when setting up good overdrive tones. 13 hours ago, NBell said: I would suggest ensuring that the 'Contour' setting on the back of your Headrush Monitor is set to flat, ^^^ this ^^^ is also very important 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 What's in your HX Stomp signal path? Are you using a cab model or IR? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkelley Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 You ARE using a cab after your distortion box in your hx blocks, right? And you probably will want to cut highs on the cab or after the cab (or using global eq) around 8k-ish by a few db. If you aren't using a cab block, it'll sound like crap, just like taking a distortion pedal and plugging the output into a PA system or a recording interface. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kane21014 Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 Thanks for your help guys, it's been a combination of all of the things mentioned and i'm beginning to get things figured out. My main issue at the moment is adjusting presets depending on which guitar im playing. Going from Squire Strat to EMG 85/81 so presets don't work well for both guitars at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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