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JonG

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Saturday, February 11th 2012, 2:06pm

Wah settings - I eat my words

As I posted before that the wah was terrible....that may have been a bit hasty. I can eat humble pie, no problem.

The problem is that you need to take some time to setup the wah to your expression pedal. Once I grasped this concept fully it was then fairly easy to get a sound that I now like.

and here's an example of

http://soundcloud.com/jonguk/slowthing3-wah-test

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Saturday, February 11th 2012, 2:12pm

:thumbsup: Well done, happy it is now working for you!

Edit: would you mind sharing the settings for all the newcomers here?
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Saturday, February 11th 2012, 2:20pm

RE: Wah settings - I eat my words

Quoted from "JonG"

As I posted before that the wah was terrible....that may have been a bit hasty. I can eat humble pie, no problem.

The problem is that you need to take some time to setup the wah to your expression pedal. Once I grasped this concept fully it was then fairly easy to get a sound that I now like.

and here's an example of

http://soundcloud.com/jonguk/slowthing3-wah-test
What was the problem?

JonG

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Saturday, February 11th 2012, 2:31pm

RE: RE: Wah settings - I eat my words

Quoted from "ckemper"

Quoted from "JonG"

As I posted before that the wah was terrible....that may have been a bit hasty. I can eat humble pie, no problem.

The problem is that you need to take some time to setup the wah to your expression pedal. Once I grasped this concept fully it was then fairly easy to get a sound that I now like.

and here's an example of

http://soundcloud.com/jonguk/slowthing3-wah-test
What was the problem?
When I plugged in my expression pedal I was expecting the wah to just work and sound like my crybaby wah for example....but it didn't. It takes quite a lot of fiddling about with the settings to get the wah to sound like a real pedal. Are there any presets of different wah pedal types in the KPA? if not, it would be nice to add some.

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Saturday, February 11th 2012, 2:36pm

Yes, the wah is not plug and play (yet).
I believe Christoph said, there would be some wah presets coming soon.
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Sunday, February 19th 2012, 10:17am

Ack! I spent a couple hours trying to conjure up a wah as well. Not claiming these settings are optimum, just that it's sensible with an M-Audio EX-P Expression Pedal. Also experimented with using a tip-and-sleeve Line6 expression pedal for this purpose, (their Stompbox Modelers use these for wah) but to no avail. Stick with the Roland (Type 1) or Yamaha (Type 2)-style TRS expression pedals.

System Settings
Page 4
...1: Expr. (Type 1) Wah Wah

Wah Wah Stomp Settings
Page 1:
...Manual 3.5
...Peak 8.0
...Pedal Range + 27%
...Peak Range - 44%
Page 2:
...Mix 100%
...Volume + 5.0
...Pedal Mode Bypass @ Heel

-djh

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Sunday, February 19th 2012, 11:24am

I use "Low Pass" & "High Pass", not Wah Wah

LOW PASS - Les Paul
Manual...2.7
Peak...0.0
Pedal Range...+ 34%
Peak Range...100%
Mix...69%
Volume...+ 0.1
Heel Mode.

HIGH PASS - Tele
Manual...2.0
Peak...3.0
Pedal Range...+38%
Peak Range...100%
Mix...75%
Volume...+0.5
Heel mode.
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Tuesday, June 5th 2012, 11:06am

Quoted from "Guitartone"

I use "Low Pass" & "High Pass", not Wah Wah



LOW PASS - Les Paul

Manual...2.7

Peak...0.0

Pedal Range...+ 34%

Peak Range...100%

Mix...69%

Volume...+ 0.1

Heel Mode.



HIGH PASS - Tele

Manual...2.0

Peak...3.0

Pedal Range...+38%

Peak Range...100%

Mix...75%

Volume...+0.5

Heel mode.

What is better, wah wah or high/low pass ? difference?

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Friday, June 8th 2012, 12:29am

Great info, thanks!

Quoted from "dhodgson"

Ack! I spent a couple hours trying to conjure up a wah as well. Not claiming these settings are optimum, just that it's sensible with an M-Audio EX-P Expression Pedal. Also experimented with using a tip-and-sleeve Line6 expression pedal for this purpose, (their Stompbox Modelers use these for wah) but to no avail. Stick with the Roland (Type 1) or Yamaha (Type 2)-style TRS expression pedals.

System Settings
Page 4
...1: Expr. (Type 1) Wah Wah

Wah Wah Stomp Settings
Page 1:
...Manual 3.5
...Peak 8.0
...Pedal Range + 27%
...Peak Range - 44%
Page 2:
...Mix 100%
...Volume + 5.0
...Pedal Mode Bypass @ Heel

-djh

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Friday, June 8th 2012, 2:35am

Quoted from "TheViking"

Quoted from "Guitartone"

I use "Low Pass" & "High Pass", not Wah Wah



LOW PASS - Les Paul

Manual...2.7

Peak...0.0

Pedal Range...+ 34%

Peak Range...100%

Mix...69%

Volume...+ 0.1

Heel Mode.



HIGH PASS - Tele

Manual...2.0

Peak...3.0

Pedal Range...+38%

Peak Range...100%

Mix...75%

Volume...+0.5

Heel mode.

What is better, wah wah or high/low pass

Funny question.
Just try it out and trust your ears ;)
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