AudioWonderland
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Working with a Carvin Legacy 3, old Marshalls, an Egnater Tweaker and an old Fender through the ISO cab I built loaded with a Eminence ToneSpotter speaker
So far the Tweaker has been doing OK. I have been able to dial up what I need without too much trouble at all.
I did some testing last night with the Legacy. After several passes and ultimately some rather severe EQ on the Legacy boosting Treble and Mids up to around nine and dropping the bass to around 2 I got a pretty good sound going. Just for comparison I plugged into my 75 JMP (w/6550 glass) and did a pass.
The Marshall did what Marshalls do. Big mid range snarl that is just a thing of beauty. Just a single 57 just off center about 3" back. The irony being that the Tonespotter is not the speaker known for that kind of thing.
The Legacy was definitely a little light in the mids and still had plenty of bass. Mixing the 57 with an i5 got a better result here. The Legacy is clearly missing those big upper mids of the V30 though.
At this point I think my options are:
1) Something in the V30 ballpark like a Governor but not as spiky as the V30 which would be a compromise between the TS and a V30. Hopefully a few amp tweaks would make all the amps happy.
2) Use some sort of EQ in the loop of the legacy
3) Find a mic that really emphasizes the frequencies the V30 does to draw them out of the Tonespotter. The 906 I have in the cab as a third option isn't really doing anything I like anyway. Its a great choice for really high gain/grindy stuff but thats not what I do. Maybe just another 57 dead center on the cone where the 906 is now might work.
4) Move the mic tree back a little further from the speaker. Started @ 1" back originally. Currently @ ~3" from the speaker which was an improvement. There may be some proximity effect still going on that might be eliminated by backing them off another inch or two.
What do you guys think? Would a V30 just totally screw up the Plexi vibe of the Marshall? I am inclined to think it would. Suggestions?
So far the Tweaker has been doing OK. I have been able to dial up what I need without too much trouble at all.
I did some testing last night with the Legacy. After several passes and ultimately some rather severe EQ on the Legacy boosting Treble and Mids up to around nine and dropping the bass to around 2 I got a pretty good sound going. Just for comparison I plugged into my 75 JMP (w/6550 glass) and did a pass.
The Marshall did what Marshalls do. Big mid range snarl that is just a thing of beauty. Just a single 57 just off center about 3" back. The irony being that the Tonespotter is not the speaker known for that kind of thing.
The Legacy was definitely a little light in the mids and still had plenty of bass. Mixing the 57 with an i5 got a better result here. The Legacy is clearly missing those big upper mids of the V30 though.
At this point I think my options are:
1) Something in the V30 ballpark like a Governor but not as spiky as the V30 which would be a compromise between the TS and a V30. Hopefully a few amp tweaks would make all the amps happy.
2) Use some sort of EQ in the loop of the legacy
3) Find a mic that really emphasizes the frequencies the V30 does to draw them out of the Tonespotter. The 906 I have in the cab as a third option isn't really doing anything I like anyway. Its a great choice for really high gain/grindy stuff but thats not what I do. Maybe just another 57 dead center on the cone where the 906 is now might work.
4) Move the mic tree back a little further from the speaker. Started @ 1" back originally. Currently @ ~3" from the speaker which was an improvement. There may be some proximity effect still going on that might be eliminated by backing them off another inch or two.
What do you guys think? Would a V30 just totally screw up the Plexi vibe of the Marshall? I am inclined to think it would. Suggestions?
