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Hello, totally new to the forum and amateur sound guy, hope this is the right place to ask about this issue.
A little background on the PA setup, Mackie 1604 vlz pro board that we've had for about 6-7 years and been real reliable. We run in mono, all panned left, mains leave the Mackie left out to an eq, from the eq to an electronic crossover and out to speakers, tri amp setup. All equip is in place in large wheeled rack to make live setup easier/faster.
Here's the issue, when I try to set my bass up in the mix it sounds distorted and overdriven. Here's some of the troubleshooting I've done and if anyone can offer advice I'd appreciate it.
1-check the bass and amp combo alone, sounds clean and no issues.
2-set the bass guitar channel on the Mackie to mid/0 on all eq settings, select the correct PFL/solo and adjust until meter is approx "0" on main led's
3-have been using the line out of my Line 6 bass amp for the last 2-3 years so that is normal, when problem persisted regardless of adjustments on the eq's or trim control I tried mic'ing the cabinet and still sounds bad
4-tried different channels, different mic cord from the line out, the led's for the solo setting are not maxing out, not even in the yellow and no clipping on the eq or the power amp, just sounds terribly distorted
5-this is a passive bass so no battery issue, in fact tried both basses just to be safe, they are identical Musicmasters and same sound on both
6-I can get the 3 vocals, guitar, and even the kick drum to be loud as all get out with no issues, even tried the bass in the kick drum channel.....has all the "oomph" of the kick drum but bass still sounds distorted.
I know I rambled on the above troubleshooting, hard to remember the exact order but I believed I've verified the bass amp as working on it's own, ruled out the direct line out by mic'ing the cab, verified channels by trying different ones, cables ,etc. Did try a direct box out of the line out just for grins and same effect.
Maybe if someone with some real knowledge can make sense of what I'm saying they can ask appropriate questions to clear up what the issue is.
Thank you!
A little background on the PA setup, Mackie 1604 vlz pro board that we've had for about 6-7 years and been real reliable. We run in mono, all panned left, mains leave the Mackie left out to an eq, from the eq to an electronic crossover and out to speakers, tri amp setup. All equip is in place in large wheeled rack to make live setup easier/faster.
Here's the issue, when I try to set my bass up in the mix it sounds distorted and overdriven. Here's some of the troubleshooting I've done and if anyone can offer advice I'd appreciate it.
1-check the bass and amp combo alone, sounds clean and no issues.
2-set the bass guitar channel on the Mackie to mid/0 on all eq settings, select the correct PFL/solo and adjust until meter is approx "0" on main led's
3-have been using the line out of my Line 6 bass amp for the last 2-3 years so that is normal, when problem persisted regardless of adjustments on the eq's or trim control I tried mic'ing the cabinet and still sounds bad
4-tried different channels, different mic cord from the line out, the led's for the solo setting are not maxing out, not even in the yellow and no clipping on the eq or the power amp, just sounds terribly distorted
5-this is a passive bass so no battery issue, in fact tried both basses just to be safe, they are identical Musicmasters and same sound on both
6-I can get the 3 vocals, guitar, and even the kick drum to be loud as all get out with no issues, even tried the bass in the kick drum channel.....has all the "oomph" of the kick drum but bass still sounds distorted.
I know I rambled on the above troubleshooting, hard to remember the exact order but I believed I've verified the bass amp as working on it's own, ruled out the direct line out by mic'ing the cab, verified channels by trying different ones, cables ,etc. Did try a direct box out of the line out just for grins and same effect.
Maybe if someone with some real knowledge can make sense of what I'm saying they can ask appropriate questions to clear up what the issue is.
Thank you!
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