Thanks again for helping me unlock another important feature of the Headrush. I was trying to EQ each Rig to filter out bass and annoying icepick. This is going to really help. I'm slowly climbing the learning curve. The Headrush is making me think differently from the other MFX processors I have used over the last 30 years. Your videos are really appreciated.
Still fighting the fizz.. 😞 quick question. You never got into the "cut" settings. How does that work? Do we set a high and low frequency and it cuts everything up to the low and past the high? Help me lose the fizz and I'll buy ya 2 sweet teas!
Greg Barth instead of using a shelf just use that band to cut a small area around 3.5k. Make the Q pretty tight and that should help. I prefer doing this with a Graphic EQ instead of a global setting. Most clean tones work just fine without making any cuts. It’s the dirt tones that sometimes needs more sculpting. The Jason Roller Rigs has some great EQ settings.
Hi Doc, I find your videos really helpful. Are these global settings the ones you use with your FRFR or have you tweaked since then? If so, can you share? Thanks again 🤘😎
José Manuel GC I have it off for most of the time. I try to tweak the rigs accordingly without anything extra. But I do think it’s a good idea to tweak the low end when using the stock cabs since there isn’t that much control other than cab and mic selection. I would be more prone to tweaking a global setting instead of adding an EQ in each rig.
I have a problem with my headrush pedalboard.. when I connect the XLRs to my PA system i get this on going feedback like if the volume is too high I'm not to sure what's going on any tips would help also tried the 2 line through 2 DI boxes and it sounds way better but just wondering what's going on with thr xlr is there a setting I'm over looking? Thanks
Excellent video! Important topic. I find I’m often happy very happy with tones in isolation recorded or heard via studio monitors, however live gigs is a different animal. Often sounds thinner & less attack for cutting mix like a real amp. Find myself adjusting EQ at Presonus board for live gigs but struggle finding optimal natural sounding settings. Any suggested for flexible digital boards EQ setting at live gigs? Or should I be leaving it flat? What do u do at live gigs?
I really don't use the Global EQ. Its a good tool to have but I find I don't really need it. I get the sound I want within the rig itself by dialing in the tones on the amp. Stay away from placing your speaker too close to a wall and you should be fine. A wall can add extra bass that isn't really coming out of the speaker but it can be perceived as so.
I tried to watch all your videos in my spare time. Do you have one that explains how to record step by step? I'm running headrush pedalboard 4 cable method with effects loop through evh amp and blend all together. I'm unsure how to do it. I think I made headrush my audio interface with presonus sphere. Used use to send signals to record. Then hook up xlr outputs from headrush to my monitors. Hook my headphones to back of headrush unit? Does that sound correct?
I don't think hooking it up to an amp via 4CM will give you recorded sound you want. You could essentially put the amp input and FX Send in the FX Loop of the Headrush so you can take advantage of its preamp section (which I can make a video about) but otherwise you wouldn't be sending the full sound of the amp through the Headrush. I have a video on recording with the Headrush but I think you would be better off buying a $200 or less interface (focusrite, Arturia etc...recording gear suggestions are in the description of this video) so that way you can use mics for vocals or acoustic when the opportunity presents itself.
@@DoctorMcFarlandStudios Thanks. Would love to see a video on you blending headrush with a high gain preamp. For better or for worse Im obsessed with making this work.
The sound you get at home should be the same once you get to the gig. There are lots of factors on how we perceive the sound we are hearing but if its good on headphones it should sound great everywhere else. I use IEM at church and my sound is always consistent when I listen back to the live stream.
@@DoctorMcFarlandStudios I need to share something I just experienced. I think the answer to your question is Yes it will sound the same as long as the global EQ is turned off. The reason I say that is I was struggling to get the exact tone I wanted live as opposed to the headphones. I would set a sound at home in headphones and when i get to the gig, It would sound slightly different. I then put the headphones on and started to mess with the global eq by turning the EQ on and off.. Surprise surprise there was no change in what I heard in the headphones when I turned the global eq off or on. That told me the global EQ had NO effect at all to the signal that goes through the headphones. But the global EQ had been set as I bought the headrush second hand. So I then plugged my studio monitors (to act as PA) and again mesed with turning the Global EQ on and off. This time there was a massive difference. With the global EQ off, the sound was exactly how I had programmed in in the headphones. So I would turn the Global EQ off unless there was a really good reason to mess with it. Think about it this way: If when buildong your rig you are using your PA to listen, then by all means use the global EQ. If you are building your rig through headphones and you make them sound really good through headphones, then leave the Global EQ off as it will sound the same whn plugged in the PA. Perhaps a slight difference depending on the PA settings but I would leave the global EQ off unless I really needed it to shape the sound for the particular PA used.
@@jimtalltheislandbrothers6639 yes this is true. I rig made on headphones or studio monitor "should" translate well to PA speakers and that sound will translate differently depending on where you are in the room. So basically if it sounds good at the house but different when you get tot he venue just know the sound of your rig didn't change but the way you perceive it. I say crank it up and rock out.
I doubt it and it also does not work through the headphones. So setting the sound in the headphone perfectly will definitely not sound the same on the PA if the Global EQ is then activated as it will be different to what was set in the headphone. I just found that out myself as I though the headphones sounded perfect but not when going through the mixer via XLR or Jack.
What I found some kind of is irritating is the fact, that you seem to be prompted for "saving the current rig", after applying changes to the "global EQ". I wouldn't expect this behavior because the GEQ should not act rig-wise and therefore should not have to be safed except for the on/off in its settings, isn't it?
Doctor McFarland Studios excuse my English being so bad but I don't get the point. Did you say that you had to save or that you saved without being prompted, just as a habit? Sorry 😐
