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Line 6 M9 & M13 Club
- Thread starter Gus Borden
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Just picked my M13 up this past weekend and I'm having a great time with it! It is VERY user friendly.
Just got the M9, very impressed so far, and have an expression pedal on the way. Could do with some help trying to achieve an effect.
We do an intro song that just modulates from E to F#, the chord sustains for a long time before each change. I'm wanting to get a sustained sub-bass effect to go under this, pretty much as if I'm playing bass pedals. Previously I've just been hitting the string up high on the neck to soften the attack but I think the M9 will definitely give me something better. Any suggestions of how to go about this?
We do an intro song that just modulates from E to F#, the chord sustains for a long time before each change. I'm wanting to get a sustained sub-bass effect to go under this, pretty much as if I'm playing bass pedals. Previously I've just been hitting the string up high on the neck to soften the attack but I think the M9 will definitely give me something better. Any suggestions of how to go about this?
Hey guys. Just getting back into the swing of things and starting messing with my M13 today. Already, I have bunches of questions.....
I'm getting a lot of hiss. Someone, maybe cybersnyder offered some advice on that somewhere in some thread, so please offer any suggestions here.
What are your favorites of the following:
compressor
chorus
overdrive
Since I have not tried every combination yet, I'm not sure what I'll settle with, but right now, I like the Vetta comp and the analog chorus. Haven't been able to dial in a good overdrive yet, but I do love the bass octaver. It's mostly the overdrives that have most of the hiss, but it's prevalent on other effects too. I have got to get rid of that.
Thanks. Good to be back.
CD
I suppose you could try a delay with maxed feedback so it doesn't decay, follow it up with a limiter so it doesn't get too loud.
Also on the delay you could set the feedback to be controlled with your exp. pedal so (for example) toe down it drones, heel down it fades out. You could also stick a volume pedal as your third effect, might be good before the delay, might be better after, have a play.
You can customise the noise gate threshold per scene, maybe that would help? Go into setup and page through the options, you'll see it.
CD - What effects are you getting the hiss on? I haven't had that issue yet.
Alright - off to rehearse.
Alright - off to rehearse.
I'm getting hiss on a lot of effects. Like when you turn the treble and gain up real high on a stompbox. That's one thing I cannot tolerate is a noisy pedal.
Remember, I reset everything to factory settings. As I go from effect to effect, I even get some serious feedback on some of them, until I cut the amount of the effect back. I even have the treble cut back on my amp. I have active pickups on my bass, but I have everything set to flat, so there's no cut or boost.
When I work on it some more, I'll be able to give you more details. I'm on my computer in the living room, so I'm not near the pedal in my studio to give you a quick answer as to exactly which effects are hissing/feeding back. Btw, when I hook it up direct, I get no hiss, so I know it's not in the amp/cables/bass, etc, plus it doesn't do it when bypassed.
Thanks,
CD
Hmm. Active electronics shouldn't be an issue - all my basses are active pre's - so I find it odd. Can somebody else in our little club confirm if they've experienced hiss/feedback issues and what you did to get around them?
It's odd - I haven't had feedback as an issue.
It's odd - I haven't had feedback as an issue.
Okay folks - just letting you all know - if you pop up and ask for a number for the next week, it ain't gonna happen. I will be on vacation til the 28th. PM me and I'll hit ya w/a # when I get back. I'll only be in Mexico, and I know they have internet there, but I generally go "native" when I go south of the border. I disconnect as much as possible from technology, being that I spend SO much of my daily life with it in my face.
Anyway - you all have a good week. Catch you on the other side!
Anyway - you all have a good week. Catch you on the other side!
I suggest finding the units ideal volume level. There are two ways I do this. Use a triggered effect such as the Auto-volume delay or the Slow Filter. If my basses are at full volume these trigger once and then never trigger unless I stop playing for a long rest. When I turn them down to the right level these trigger pretty regularly. The other way is to use the Tron up and try to get a proper filter sound there by dropping your volume to the filter's sweet spot.
I've found that this helps get the proper responses out of the distortions as well as the compressors. They are a little more touch sensitive, less noisy, and not as flat. I still love my Muff'n post M13 to brighten the tone, but many are pretty usable as they are IMO.
I've found that this helps get the proper responses out of the distortions as well as the compressors. They are a little more touch sensitive, less noisy, and not as flat. I still love my Muff'n post M13 to brighten the tone, but many are pretty usable as they are IMO.
I've been looking for one also. There is a line 6 gig bag specifically for the M13 (and PODxt) but seems a little price to me at around seventy bucks at GC's website (although when I shopped it around online I found it for as low as fifty. I saw a Gator case for about $30 online as well but not sure about the size and if it will fit.
I use something similar to a beach canvas tote that I had. It has soft leather handles that lock together with a velcro overlapping strip. I would never invest in a road case for it, unless I had roadies handling it. Don't need one, since the M13 is light and durable.
My pedal(s) never go in the trailer. They stay with me, btw. If someone else is handling yours', I agree it's hard to beat a Gator case.
Just my $.02 worth.
cd
My M9 lives in a Designer Diaper bag we got at our first Babies Shower, and never used. It fits the board I built for it, my multi-plug ext. cord, and all my bass cords. And in case I play a really great solo, there's a changing pad.....if ya know what I mean. ;}
#31 - Gaetano Paul (M9) - Welcome Paul!
And again, I am gone for the week starting in 3 hours (just killing time til I board a plane at this point) so PM me and I'll hit you with a number when I get home at the end of the month!
And again, I am gone for the week starting in 3 hours (just killing time til I board a plane at this point) so PM me and I'll hit you with a number when I get home at the end of the month!
i use a electtro harmonix pedal board it fits nicely a m9+eb vp jr + 2 other pedals + power strip.
it works great.
it works great.
