New Amp - Boland - By Parkway

[Leirbagpdl]

Here's what I'm running into: I'm getting what I want out of the dirt channel...but nothing out of the clean channel. Reaper is showing audio output...I just can't hear anything. Any idea on what might be causing this?

Thanks,

Brett

This happened to me today, while finishing a head. But it was the opposite, I heard nothing in the dirty channel after a channel switching. I think there was a peak volume, because I clicked headcase to adjust the input volume (blue button) and the sound returned, but then every time I changed channels the sound from the distorted one disappears again. And i heard , also a "pop" sound when i changed channels.
I found that happened while i adjusted the clean channel, i 'm not sure but I think that certain adjustments brings a unnespected peak volume, which makes the input volume cut the sound

Was a unique case, it never occurred to me before, nor later. I separated the head and redid it avoiding the same settings in clean channel.

[Ken McLaren]

OK, I'll have to look at that...
Thanks guys..

[Ken McLaren]

If you remove too many lows, gain will suffer. So just crank the gain amount right?... Wrong, it gets replaced with hiss...
Its a balancing act sort of...Lows to gain amount..

I find starting with a good crunch, then adding the pedal, or boost, will bring the gain into the region you want. It also leaves you with a little more room on the amp to have the lows, which are crazy important for a good crunch/acdc type of sound. This way you can use the pedal/boost to remove the lows so that your sound when going for high gain does not turn into a fuzz box. Yet when the pedal/boost is off, you still end up with a nice natural type amp sound for open chord rock..

Ken,

I'm working on another amp. I'm starting off with one the test amps I've created and am taking what I've learned in the last couple of days to create one that will have the clean and dirt channel.

Here's what I'm running into: I'm getting what I want out of the dirt channel...but nothing out of the clean channel. Reaper is showing audio output...I just can't hear anything. Any idea on what might be causing this?

Thanks,

Brett

Is this the same thing that was brought up at the beta forum? If so then we need to look further into it. At the beta forum it sort of gort explained away, but having heard about it twice now, I think we need to do some investigating..

[Leirbagpdl]

I'll post here the HCB file w/ the damaged prototype (was the 6º smolski prototype).

[Ken McLaren]

Great.. thanks

[Leirbagpdl]

Here's Ken:
I know it is not necessary to warn you about volume peaks, but beware, this head makes a great "pop" when switching channels.




Folks, this file is only for Ken, do not try to download it because it is a weird file, and it could cause (or not) some unexpected damage.