With the Laney LFR 212, most of the default presets and plugin presets from Archetype Nolly X sound far too bassy compared to my KRK Rokit 5 Studio Monitors.
It sounds much better if I max out the high pass filter on the Laney LFR 212. But still doesn’t compare to the KRK Rokit 5s. Additionally, if I put the volume on the LFR 212 around 12 o’clock or more, it sounds a tad better.
My setup is simple. Guitar into input 1, all default settings and input gain and NO global EQ. Then, 1/4” jack plugged into output 3 and routed to the input of the Laney LFR 212
Anyone else have this issue?
Try different IR from different vendors. I’m happy with York Audio. I use the Marshall and Mesa 4*12 and I mix them.
Hey man - I have a Laney too and I play with plugins and quad cortex. Having tried the studio monitors before I thought they are sonically totally different and I believe lacked the bass. Unless you use a sub woofer to compensate. So I very much preferred the Laney.
Basically dip the 250hz a bit and play around with that. It’s that frequency that gets accentuated a bit. But I think that’s more a NDSP thing. If you try other companies plugins they sound thinner to me because I actually like the bass. I went through the same phase and as my ears adjusted I brought the bass back in and now very much prefer that over not having it.
It’s a different box of sound so will take some getting used to and eq resolved about 100% of it. Any new mode of speakers amplifiers will require some eq. So play with it more.
A trick you can use is to boost the frequencies one by one to near full on the 10 band. Makes it super easy to recognize which ones your ears don’t prefer. Then dip that one and you’re good to go!
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I usually reference presets on studio monitors, too. That way I know the signal to FOH (on sends 3&4) should require very little tweeking at the board. My favorite way to get an idea of an FRFRs frequency response is to plug in a phone or tablet and play back a couple of well produced song files. I then have a good idea of how to set master EQ on the QC (assigned to sends 1&2) to compensate for the FRFR cab’s response. Works for me, anyway.
No matter what I’m using (IR or Cab model)I always do a HPF and LPF, at 80hz and 7000hz respectively, on that block. That will help tame the lows and any harshness at the top end. I use a Laney LFR 212 as well and my main setup is Diezel VH4 capture on CH3 and a Mesa 4x12 IR from York Audio.
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