Here is the scenario, and week after week I keep thinking it is EQ and the difference between home (small room) and stage (big room), but I finally realized our power at Church on stage is probably bad/dirty. I actually thought it was the inferiority of the HD500, and made up my mind to sell my PDN Axis SS as soon as it arrives and get a Kemper (mind changed however, the HD500 is not hte problem).
I know this a large topic, but this is what i am using:
POD HD500
Roland Cube 80XL
Furman Power Conditioner/pedalboard
EBMM Silhouette Special
Already eliminated issues, this is at home, and again, amplifier and all settings to include volume are the same: Pickups, even the single coils, make almost zero noise at home, even with lots of gain. At Church, there was this ridiculous, almost swirling but not consistent like a phaser swirling when I swithed to my neck pup with just some medium gain. Amplifier has so much volume and headroom left at home, the 80XL is an 80 watt amplifier and is VERY loud, 12" speaker......at Church, it sounds like I am using a trying to crank a 10w 8" speaker..........everything is flubby, saturated, NOT dynamic, at home, the feel is very lifelike, bass doesn't get muddy, and there is no noise. Everythign plugs into the pedalboard in both venues, however, I think the problem is the extension cord I plug the Furman into at Church.......it does have a couple other things plugged into it as well, however, thinking about our stage, every extension cord has like eleventeen things plugged into it.
Any ideas anyone? I was seriously thinking that it was just the large auditorium vs. the small, and that the HD500 is just digital garbage, but even my wife notices the difference, and it is not just the smaller room. I am actually kind of relieved to have discovered this issue, but any ideas on what to do if finding a dedicated outlet or using another cord doesn't solve the issue. Temperature and humidity are literally identical as well, this is not the difference between an indoor and outdoor gig.
Any help from anyone with any previous experience with these types of problems will be appreciated. I've received some responses that said dimmer switches are prob the culprit, I am bringing a 50' extension cord next week to try and find a clean outlet...........I am optomistic, I have had good sound a few times, it was a while ago, I just can't remember where/what I plugged into, and there have been additions and deletions of equipment on stage as well. Thanks
I know this a large topic, but this is what i am using:
POD HD500
Roland Cube 80XL
Furman Power Conditioner/pedalboard
EBMM Silhouette Special
Already eliminated issues, this is at home, and again, amplifier and all settings to include volume are the same: Pickups, even the single coils, make almost zero noise at home, even with lots of gain. At Church, there was this ridiculous, almost swirling but not consistent like a phaser swirling when I swithed to my neck pup with just some medium gain. Amplifier has so much volume and headroom left at home, the 80XL is an 80 watt amplifier and is VERY loud, 12" speaker......at Church, it sounds like I am using a trying to crank a 10w 8" speaker..........everything is flubby, saturated, NOT dynamic, at home, the feel is very lifelike, bass doesn't get muddy, and there is no noise. Everythign plugs into the pedalboard in both venues, however, I think the problem is the extension cord I plug the Furman into at Church.......it does have a couple other things plugged into it as well, however, thinking about our stage, every extension cord has like eleventeen things plugged into it.
Any ideas anyone? I was seriously thinking that it was just the large auditorium vs. the small, and that the HD500 is just digital garbage, but even my wife notices the difference, and it is not just the smaller room. I am actually kind of relieved to have discovered this issue, but any ideas on what to do if finding a dedicated outlet or using another cord doesn't solve the issue. Temperature and humidity are literally identical as well, this is not the difference between an indoor and outdoor gig.
Any help from anyone with any previous experience with these types of problems will be appreciated. I've received some responses that said dimmer switches are prob the culprit, I am bringing a 50' extension cord next week to try and find a clean outlet...........I am optomistic, I have had good sound a few times, it was a while ago, I just can't remember where/what I plugged into, and there have been additions and deletions of equipment on stage as well. Thanks
