Blackstar Amped1 + QC weird DI Sound

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Hi All! So in addition to this topic. I’ve got a new amped 1 from Thomann.
In the rehearsal space I’m using the QC with the Amped1 and a 2x12 Marshall cabinet.
There are two thing no bothering me and I can’t quite get my head around is.

  1. I’m missing “punch” when playing heavy (kraken amp) riffs.
  2. I hear an almost clean DI tone through the sound when playing with overdive/distortion. I cut back on the input of my guitar, but the sound is still there. Any tips or suggestion??
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I’m not familiar with the amped but perhaps its has some kind of “direct monitoring”? It happened on my Scarlett interface where I kept hearing a clean guitar signal even on high-gain tones… until I realized I had to turn off direct monitoring.

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Let’s see your preset- need more details on routing, blocks, etc

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There has to be some kind of direct path in your QC preset, else there’s no way the Amped 1 would get DI guitar signal so far down the signal path.

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Please share your preset and your signal path / connection.
Do you use the Linear response and flat voice on the Amped?

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Hi All,
Thanks for reaching out.
So this is the chain and yes I use the linear/ flat setting on the amped 1

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Looks like you have dry/non-amp signal currently going on in row 1, depending on how your split/mix at the end of that row is setup. Which then goes on to row 3 and on to Out 3.
Chances are, this is where you issue is.
One way to check this is to add a gain block right after the cab in row 1 and set it to -inf gain (effectively killing that side of the split and leaving only row 2 active). If there’s no more DI signal in the Amped 1 once you’ve done that, this is where your issue is.

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Absolutely has to be this

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