Sound Problem!! Aargh!

[Vai_Rose]

Hi to all softies..i really seek ur help in this..this might be a noob question..so sorry but here it goes..

I'm playing my electric guitar through a gt-8 and to the amp..just the normal connection..you see..when i play directly in front of the amp and when I'm standing and the amp is like at my knee level,the sound is different..well i know it is bound to sound different due to that my ears are not exactly right in front of the amp...but i would like to know what causes this difference? The sound becomes compressed when I'm standing? Or what?

Coz i like the sound more when i'm standing(amp at knee level,ears away from the amp) and how can i tweak my settings to make it sound exactly when i'm sitting down? Help needed !! thnks!

 

[EugeneSmasher]

The sound is different at different directions. Directly in front of the speaker, that is your dialed tone. Above, to the left or right, or to the bottom, the tone will be more muffled and less powerful. It's typical of small amplifiers. Not sure if this helps but I experience this a lot and have to live with it.

 

[asdf]

use headphones.

 

[junkiemanxl]

I dont think there's a problem.
it's the way sound travels.
some amps have tilt stands. tilt it up at an angle and you should be fine. some shops do sell amp stands that do this.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Agree with junkiemanxl's post. That stand looks like it would do the trick. I have yet to get one, though. Do they have those for small amplifiers? Those I've seen look like they're for really heavy-duty, big 100-watt combo amplifiers (I stick to 10 watts because they suit a room setting better. With a multi-effects processor, I don't even need an amplifier for performing, heh heh).

 

[Breen]

Its just the physics of sound and their waves and how it travels from a small transistor amp through it's small speakers man to the air and into your ear.

Sorry if I sound atas with the small comments.

 

[zerstorer]

Just pull a chair and put your amp on it.....

 

[Vai_Rose]

Thanks for the replies guys..appreciate it! But there's some confusion ..I actually mentioned getting the sound when i'm standing up..rather than the sound when i'm sitting down..eugene said..its more muffled instead when i'm sitting down..and so..how do i tweak my settings so that my sound will be muffled?

 

[zerstorer]

Just lower the treble and mids using your tone controls. Be mindful that what you hear from your standing position may not be what your bandmates hear or others hear from another position.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Vai_rose: In that case, assume the sound you get facing the amplifier directly is the 'true sound', since the sound waves are coming directly at you if you face the speaker directly. If that sound is too muffled, as Zerstorer said, increase the treble and mids, and/or decrease the bass.

Breen: I had the same experience with big 100-watt amplifiers too actually, but comparing the Marshall AVT150X and the Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus, the latter did not produce much of a 'muffling effect'. Perhaps the design also plays a role. The AVT150X was flat on the ground and I couldn't even hear myself unless I knelt down or bent down lower, and my bandmates also complained that they couldn't hear me much.

 

[theunknown]

hi TS, i guess thats why when people mic up their amps, they have that certain spot where they put their mics. i dont know about the physics but im sure even big amps are like that.

 

[junkiemanxl]

try putting a fan on the side of the amp and turn it up. even then the sound would slightly change.

It's all about the physics.

 

[jmb23]

this is a problem every guitarist face at least once.if you set it to sound nice when you are standing,it might not sound good to you when you are sitting close to it.so maybe if you want to seat down,seat at a further distance from your amp.hope this help

 

[Breen]

Breen: I had the same experience with big 100-watt amplifiers too actually, but comparing the Marshall AVT150X and the Roland JC-120 Jazz Chorus, the latter did not produce much of a 'muffling effect'. Perhaps the design also plays a role. The AVT150X was flat on the ground and I couldn't even hear myself unless I knelt down or bent down lower, and my bandmates also complained that they couldn't hear me much.

Yep it could be the speakers, the size of speakers, number of speakers, overall how 'good' or better an amp is over the other, the enclosure... I would take the JC120 over the AVT anyday~ Of course if it's only just these two choices... the Roland is bloody loud. Like alright~

And ditto on the fan experiment~

I have a probably not working Peavey under my Marshall at home, so I don't have much problem about sound going into my ears with the working amp at thigh level. The Marshall transistor design does give it some cut anywhere in the room. Maybe elevating your amp as you sit and play next to/infront of it would help you out Mr.TS.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Agreed, the Roland is very, very loud. It matched the drums at merely 2-3/10 and I was using the clean channel. But it's probably because it was massive and had at least two 12" speakers in it. Sounded great too!