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I have managed to get a really good sound with my JTV-89 and PODxt Live. It took hours and hours of research and testing to get that awful "Tin" or "Highly compressed" palm muting sound to go away. Once I got rid of that; I must say that I am HIGHLY pleased with this guitar!
My only real complaint at this time is that as soon as I plug in the VDI cable, my sound goes right back to crap :( ...Is there any possible way to be able to match the resistance of the VDI to a real guitar cable? Is there any way that this could be implemented in the firmware or Workbench?
So I take this to mean you first plugged in using the 1/4" jack. Got your sound, and then used the VDI cable. Did you remember to switch from your magnetic pickups to your modeled guitars? As I recall the VDI on the XT's defaults to the magnetic pickups when you first plugin so you have to press the model knob to switch from the magnetic pickups to the models.
Please realize that we know nothing about you - you'd be surprised at how many times the 'so-obvious-it's-insulting' suggestions are actually helpful to true novices. I'm sure brue58ski is only trying to help.
Here's another obvious suggestion (good troubleshooting always eliminates the obvious first): it could be a faulty VDI cable. To test, try a standard RJ45/Ethernet cable. Be very careful connecting it - since its ends are unshielded a careless connection could damage the jack on the XT Live or the JTV.
I have been using Line6 gear since 2000, so I am fairly familiar with the their products. When I plug in the VDI cable i get a noticeably brighter/dirtier tone. I am happy with the tone I get through a normal cable, but I can't seem to dial in a good sound with the VDI cable at all. There is a definite difference! I have read about this problem in other forums/posts. I was just using the resistance as a best guess...as it seems that the VDI cable doesn't produce as much as the guitar cable does...even a 6 foot guitar cable. If there was a way to adjust resistance on the VDI cable it would help match it up with a normal guitar cable.
The VDI cable transmits audio digitally (it's a form of AES/EBU digital audio), so is unaffected by resistance (the signal either gets through perfectly, or not at all). When running the 1/4" output, the onboard D/A converters convert that same signal to analog audio.
This signal gain makes a huge difference in playability and response, since it determines how hard the guitar signal hits the input of the virtual amp. So here's an experiment to try: Create two identical HD patches, but make one with a Boost Comp (with all neutral settings except for Output turned up 4-5 dB) as the very first effect. Then compare the "boosted" patch with the VDI cable to the "regular" patch with the 1/4".
Was there any resolution to this topic? Im experiencing the exact same situation as Ruttster. I really like the sound of the JTV when using a standard 1/4" cable, but it sounds very electronic and stale when using the VDI cable.
I finally found a fix for this. On the small sub board attached to the tone control is where the analog/magnetic pickups output connection resides provides an opportunity to add a low pass filter (capacitor) to mitigate those ugly highs associated with the active circuit on all Variax Tyler models as well as the newer Yamaha Variax Standards. I auditioned a variety of cap values and found 470pf to be perfect. My audition formula was to have a (non Variax) guitar plugged into 1/4 inch "Guitar Input" of my Helix with the exact same pickups as my Variax, with the Variax plugged into the CAT 5 input and A/B the two. In the pic, cap #1 is the lowpass filter. Cap #2 is a .1 mf for the tone control instead of the stock .022mf value the was stock in the JTV-69
First of all, i have played only digital processors, no real amps or cabs because those were the times, i couldn't afford a head and cabinet, but when i did, i prefered buying a kemper instead for versatility.
I have done a ton of research about the frequency response of the speaker cabinets and i know that the speakers made for guitars are in a range from 80 Hz - 5000-6000 Khz, and here is my misunderstanding.
From where are the 8khz -> 20 khz and up frequencies since the profiler is using the also the speakers in the cabinet to create a tone ? Is the microphones that are micing the cab enhances all these frequencies?
I know tone is subjective, but i would like some informations about this matter, in order to make my guitar/tones as close to the real thing (amp + cab + microphone etc) frequency wise, since i didn't own a real head + cabinet. Maybe i would have understand that better i have owned a real head, but now i am struggling to understand the real thing vs the digital one.
The 8 to 20Khz is rather the range for overtones that might be added on different ways. Personally I like to cut somewhere around 7-9Khz but I do this individually per profile. Some need more drastic cuts than others and I tried to avoid cutting too much. Same on the lower side of things. I used to cut below 100Hz but figured out sometimes this takes a bit too much away so I lowered it. If your sound guy has a problem with frequencies it's easy to put another low cut on the desk.
From where are the 8khz -> 20 khz and up frequencies since the profiler is using the also the speakers in the cabinet to create a tone ? Is the microphones that are micing the cab enhances all these frequencies?