I’m really glad to hear you say that about channel two, I have the same issue and I thought it was just me, the high gain tone sounds kinda thin , I’m going direct into a headrush 108ii monitor, the digital power section just seems weak, that being said I absolutely love Friedman products and think Dave’s cool as hell, I just haven’t been able to bond with the high gain channel…yet 🤘😎
Hello Lee from the live stream @TSR. Didn’t know you had your channel. I am subscribed now and will look forward to you up coming Boss tones video. I use my old POD 2.0 which has been serving me well but I would like to upgrade to some newer tech. 👍
I bought the IR-D. It feels like a real valve amp, and i mean full pre-amp and power amp. through a little fender fr10. I got quite a few comments on how good my amp sounded from others on stage. very controllable output level, from quiet bedroom to stage, it sounds great unlike pure valve amps. I would say to the metal side of things, it's like a real amp, where you normally would goose it with a pedal into it and/or an eq in fx loop like a mesa mark series. you can definitely get metal out of them if you want to. Very happy. now i feel comfortable leaving my single rec and quad at home and have a solid tone and feel from my IR-D
If you haven't already, download the 2.0 firmware for the IR-X. It redoes the power amp sim and adds some of that much needed body. The volume control also works more like the actual amp, so if you crank it you get some of that much needed chunk and aggression. Great tones and playing regardless. Had no idea you had a channel!
I completely agree. I love how it sounds,but missing thickness and punch in lower frequencies..It sound kind of ,flat,to be honest..Colour is there,but nothing like BE100 with load box+IR. Mabe better power amp sim could help here..
I'm with you on the second channel. I am a bedroom metal guy who plays in a church setup as well, so I love the first channel and how it takes od pedals, but when it comes to the second channel, it's a little disappointing. Even with my fishman fluence pickups and a ts9 or a precision drive in front, it's missing the 'punch'. I concluded that no boost in front works the best for the heavy second channel.
I would say the kraken preamp has more gain, but it doesn't have the ir thing. I'm using it in the loop, so it's kind of waste of money to get a friedman ir. I like the ir-j most of the three.
Well you left all the eq at 12h! You need to boost the Mids and treble a bit! And turn the boost up. Most people like Steve Stevens use a Klon style pedal for solos. It's not know to be a metal amp anyway. But I reckon with an EQ pedal you could.
A lot of Friedman products are high-gainers for people who don't play metal (Not to say boomers with money? Friedman knows his target market). They have gain, but no rawness; they are polite and not offensive, almost too perfect and smooth. I think the Jake E. Lee and Phil X models might have less absolute gain, but sound a lot more raw. I'm into the Synergy stuff and I'm hoping Friedman or Bogner bring out something more raw in module format, like a JEL or Helios.
I’m really glad to hear you say that about channel two, I have the same issue and I thought it was just me, the high gain tone sounds kinda thin , I’m going direct into a headrush 108ii monitor, the digital power section just seems weak, that being said I absolutely love Friedman products and think Dave’s cool as hell, I just haven’t been able to bond with the high gain channel…yet 🤘😎
Didn’t know you had a channel! Subscribed. 😀👍
Good Video! Keep them coming!
More to come!
Hello Lee from the live stream @TSR. Didn’t know you had your channel. I am subscribed now and will look forward to you up coming Boss tones video. I use my old POD 2.0 which has been serving me well but I would like to upgrade to some newer tech. 👍
I bought the IR-D. It feels like a real valve amp, and i mean full pre-amp and power amp. through a little fender fr10. I got quite a few comments on how good my amp sounded from others on stage. very controllable output level, from quiet bedroom to stage, it sounds great unlike pure valve amps. I would say to the metal side of things, it's like a real amp, where you normally would goose it with a pedal into it and/or an eq in fx loop like a mesa mark series. you can definitely get metal out of them if you want to. Very happy. now i feel comfortable leaving my single rec and quad at home and have a solid tone and feel from my IR-D
have the ir-x and ir-d and I like the ir-d a bit better. Use it mostly as a pedal platform.
If you haven't already, download the 2.0 firmware for the IR-X. It redoes the power amp sim and adds some of that much needed body. The volume control also works more like the actual amp, so if you crank it you get some of that much needed chunk and aggression.
Great tones and playing regardless. Had no idea you had a channel!
@@lattjeful indeed I did try the latest update
I completely agree. I love how it sounds,but missing thickness and punch in lower frequencies..It sound kind of ,flat,to be honest..Colour is there,but nothing like BE100 with load box+IR.
Mabe better power amp sim could help here..
I'm with you on the second channel. I am a bedroom metal guy who plays in a church setup as well, so I love the first channel and how it takes od pedals, but when it comes to the second channel, it's a little disappointing. Even with my fishman fluence pickups and a ts9 or a precision drive in front, it's missing the 'punch'. I concluded that no boost in front works the best for the heavy second channel.
Interesting… cheers
Can you stack a ts9 before the pedal, if the boost of the IRX is engaged, or that boost of the IRX takes too much low end already?
I would say the kraken preamp has more gain, but it doesn't have the ir thing. I'm using it in the loop, so it's kind of waste of money to get a friedman ir. I like the ir-j most of the three.
Well you left all the eq at 12h! You need to boost the Mids and treble a bit! And turn the boost up. Most people like Steve Stevens use a Klon style pedal for solos. It's not know to be a metal amp anyway. But I reckon with an EQ pedal you could.
A lot of Friedman products are high-gainers for people who don't play metal (Not to say boomers with money? Friedman knows his target market). They have gain, but no rawness; they are polite and not offensive, almost too perfect and smooth. I think the Jake E. Lee and Phil X models might have less absolute gain, but sound a lot more raw. I'm into the Synergy stuff and I'm hoping Friedman or Bogner bring out something more raw in module format, like a JEL or Helios.
Perhaps utilizing the software and adding a little thump would help.