bnelly428 said:
I have my Mark V and i love it.
I use a TC electronics nova system in the loop and when the loop is plugged in I lose a ton of volume. Is this normal or is it an input level issue on my pedal? Any help would be great!
B
I also have a Nova System in my Mark V combo loop. It's been a month, so it's probably too late - but goes.
The trick for any setup like this is to find unity gain. You want to make sure that the volume level is the same whether the loop is off or on - which is where the term unity comes in. The thing is, we have 9 different volume controls that are affecting the signal path even before it hits the effects return - 3x channel gain 3x channel master, 1xeffects send level, 1x Nova System input and 1x Nova System output.
1) Set your channels up how you want. The key here is that the gain/master pairs for each channel are going to have to stay wherever you set them... more on this later, but this is taking gare of the first user 6 controllable levels.
2) Set the loop send to the mid-notch. 2 more control to go.
3) Then, turn off all effects in on the Nova and navigate to the input level in the menu. Set your guitar to the loudest pickup combination andbang away at it with your picking hand while using your other hand to adjust the input gain on the Nova. If you see an "O" on the screen that means you've clipped, and you should set it lower. You should never have any clipping on the Nova's input - it sounds really bad.
4) the final step - set the Nova's output to unity gain. As in the last step, hammer away on the guitar but this time you're setting the Nova System's output level in the "levels" menu. The trick to this is to repeatedly turn the Mark V's effects loop on and off, all the while listening to hear them line up at the same volume. One thing I like to do hear when I think I'm done - keep turning the loop on and off without looking at it. Try to get to the point where you don't even know whether it's on or off and listen a little harder to see if you can hear a difference. Once you can't, you're all done - Happy Unity Gain!
Note that this is one of the most important aspects of your setup! At this point, you're going to have to retweak your compressor settings and drive settings, as they're probably going to be waaay off. Finally, you should redo this every time you change your rig around - i.e., putting it in front of the loop, adding pedals to the board - even when you change your preamp tones on the Mark V - because that will change the whole balance of sound hitting the input of the Nova System.
Hope this helps,
Dave
, i was hoping someone could help me out with a good master of puppets tone. any help is greatly appreciated.
