Re: Electro Harmonix Freeze - Vortex Patch

[Dennis Moser <sinsofmachaut@gmail.com>]

Ahhhh, Andy...thanks again for the technical explanation...I find
myself often in the "Francombe Territory" of tweaking dials (tho' I
have bought my last two guitars on the basis of their native tone,
i.e., what do they sound like unamplified). As soon as you said you
keep your VTX input around 9:00, I thought, "Ah, that's what I've been
doing once I got it working!"

And, indeed, just a little tweak is all these puppies ever seem to
need. These are NOT tools for making sweeping changes at the input
level!

Best,

Dennis

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On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 8:34 AM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> mark francombe wrote:
>>
>> Im running it after my Fireworx.. now I AM having issues with distortion
>> actually.. now is that due to to high output from the fireworx into the
>> Vortex
>
> possible,
> I always have the vortex input volume down around "9 o'clock"
> for line level signals.
> A small tweak makes quite a difference.
>
> Ideal is that the red Overload LED only comes on when you hit
> the guitar v.hard.
> (although for sometimes that led also picks up overload within
>  the patch)
>
>
>> that the Vortex makes too high an output into my mixer?
>
> Unlikely, the mixer *should* be able to
> take it.
>
> Probably it's just needs "millimeter precision calibration"
> on the input knob of the vortex.
>
> I've used the vortex as a DI (2005 gigs), and it *is* handy to have 
>enough
> gain to just plug in a guitar...but it means
> the useful range for line level is awkwardly small.
>
> andy
>
>