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To be honest, I used a Decimator with my Powerball and it was perfect. I know they did revisions on the noise gate but ISP has come out with some neat stuff too.
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To be honest, I used a Decimator with my Powerball and it was perfect. I know they did revisions on the noise gate but ISP has come out with some neat stuff too.
Question for Engl Invader owners...
https://soundcloud.com/guitarplayingfuntime/dragonfire-screamer-pvinvader-plugin-test-take-2
Would you say this sounds somewhat close to an Invader? I'm using an Engl Invader VST by Vadim Taranov, and it's honestly my favorite VST to use right now. If an Engl sounds or feels anything like this WITHOUT a boost, then god I want one.
I threw a question at ENGL this weekend, just got a response, and thought I'd share:
Me: I've got an ENGL Fireball 100W that I've loved for the better part of 7 years now. I'm looking to upgrade at some point in the future and really like everything I've heard from the Savage. However, some of the new updates (featured on the Fireball 100W and Powerball II) are lacking on the Savage (noisegate, updated look of the front, etc). I was wondering if you guys had any plans to give the Savage an update in the near future?
ENGL: thank you for your e-mail and for playing our amps! I can totally understand that you miss our latest amp features like the noise gate on the Savage 120. We already thought about updating this amp but there are a few other things that we need to work on before we can start this project. I think that we will not find enough time to work on this in 2016. But there definitely is the plan to change the Savage in the future. I hope this will help you!
So, [extremely hopeful voice] 2-3 years down the road? [/ehv]
So, I have a lot of small tweaking planned in order to get the fully saturated tones I have in my head. For example I am replacing my two Eminence Legend loaded Krank 1x12's with Mesa mini-rectifier cabinets and the SD distortion pick ups in my DK-7Q with Lundgren M7's. Currently I have a TS-9dx in the front of the amp and it just isn't pumping my nads. I saw a demo with an MXR 10 band eq in the effects loop and was floored. Anyone else use this? It seems like the tweek that would have the greatest immediate positive impact.
Thanks,
Ted
I'm using MXR 10 band eq with my ENGLs. It is a very powerful tool but I prefer to use it as a spice - I'm trying to tweak the amp as good as it gets and then fine tune the sound with MXR.
So basically I use it to get rid of some nasty high frequencies that make the sound shrill.
My Ironball makes a clicking noise when I turn it on, like if the standby was switched on. I don't think this is normal when an amp is turned on (powered up). Any Help?
Hey Ted, Thanks for the quick reply. Yes Its coming from the speaker. I also can't get any clean sound out of it. After a few minutes it just starts making all kinds of noises and hisses like it's pissed at me for turning it on.
The click is the amp turning on, the noise comes out through the speaker, I have never heard any tube amp do this. My bad for not making that clear.
I need to get into the tubes but I have never done that before, looked in the manual and on the Engl site, no luck. Emailed support three days ago and still patiently waiting. If you have any tips as for doing this or suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.
Help.....
I'm using MXR 10 band eq with my ENGLs. It is a very powerful tool but I prefer to use it as a spice - I'm trying to tweak the amp as good as it gets and then fine tune the sound with MXR.
So basically I use it to get rid of some nasty high frequencies that make the sound shrill.