Tip #13: EQ - STACK - EQ

Thumbs up - I used to do a similar thing with my Demonizer. What a shame Damage Control is gone, they made some quality pedals!

-djh

Very great tip Armin! I believe that with the chain EQ STACK EQ we can create a lot of great sounds

Thanks for remember this

I used to have a Glass Nexus and a Liquid Blues, regret having sold them every day....

related to this tip (#13b, if you will):

try (G)EQ - DRV - (G)EQ before an amp. The Akai G-Drive among others had the same concept (too bad the distortion itself was weak).

many additional great tones can be coaxed out of existing drive pedals like this.

Hi armin. Which eq do you place before and after the stack and what frequencies do you modify?

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What is (G) ??? btw

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Graphic Eq, and not (P) Eq = Parametric

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Graphic Eq, and not (P) Eq = Parametric

right.

the Studio EQ is of course also very powerful in this setup, but to get a feel for the pre-dist-EQ plus post-dist-EQ concept, I recommend the GEQ with it's fixed bands one octave apart.

cool !

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Yes, there is an EQ block in the KPA - with big knobs

But there is much more - we have separate EQ blocks.

If a parametric EQ block is placed before the STACK (D slot) and another EQ block after the STACK (X slot) - then a lot can be done with the raw amp sound of the profile.

Especially if you are after HighGain sounds - reducing the bass a lot before the STACK and then add it later after the STACK.

I used to do the same with a distortion box called 'Womanizer' from DamageControl:
Parametric EQ - Womanizer - Parametric EQ

This can create great HighGain sounds.

Now I can do the same with the KPA only

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Yes, this is one key for deepest sound editing.

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right.

the Studio EQ is of course also very powerful in this setup, but to get a feel for the pre-dist-EQ plus post-dist-EQ concept, I recommend the GEQ with it's fixed bands one octave apart.

im looking at EQ for the first time, and happy to find my strat neck pickup has finally come to life with a little EQ. could someone describe the 'fixed bands one octave apart' quote? so i know what im looking at on the kpa GEQ values

+1

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For more exact adjustments is the 'Studio EQ' in the KPA.
This one has only 3 bands (low, mid, high) but the frequency of each band can be freely adjusted....

the Studio EQ has four bands:

low shelving
2 fully parametric bands (over the whole frequency range)
and high shelving

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the Studio EQ has four bands

Can you tell us the centre fequencies of the regular EQ in the Stack section and the monitor out EQ?

I Would like to know it because after a gig I want to implement the changes that I made while playing into the settings of the Studio EQ. Thus I can keep the Stack EQ pritty much in the centre positions in order to have the most widest possibilities to react in different stage situations so that I don't have to touch the Studio EQ during a gig.