Sustain/Ring out decreasing prematurely? HX Stomp

[jleifer1349]

I've been trying to dial in my clean tones, but I've found when I let a note ring out it doesn't decrease in volume linearly.

It will ring out at full volume then decrease in volume abruptly and continue to ring out at a lower volume until the signal is gone.

 

This is not the case with my Boss GT8 which the HX is supposed to be replacing. I've done a few A/B tests against the two units with effects on and off. I'm getting a nice linear decay of the signal from the GT8, but the HX stomp has this sudden decrease in volume once the signal starts to decay.

 

I've turned off the input gate and removed all effects but still get this problem.

Tired using headphones as well as the the out from the HX Stomp into a separate UBS interface into a DAW

 

I've tried messing with some compressors to try and mitigate the issue but still gives me a noticeable sudden drop in volume when trying to hold out a note.

[rd2rk]

EVERY clean amp? I just tried US Double, Essex A30 and Jazz Rivet, no such problem.

Please attach a preset where you've noticed this.

[codamedia]

11 hours ago, jleifer1349 said:

I've tried messing with some compressors to try and mitigate the issue but still gives me a noticeable sudden drop in volume when trying to hold out a note.

 

The problem shouldn't be happening, therefore adding any sort of band-aid to the fix will not be a solution, it may just complicate things. 

Start with an empty preset..... and one by one add the blocks you want. Take note of when the problem arises.... 

 

If the problem exists with an empty preset, then something is not right. You need to get it right before adding blocks. 

I don't own a Stomp so I don't know the input options... my suggestions may or may not be relevant. 

• If there is an impedance setting, set it to 1M to see if that solves the problem.
• If there is an input gate... disengage it.