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Post subject: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 2:50 pm
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Haven't used these but i was thinking about it and i thought i'd heard these are NOT affected by the global master volume knob. Is this true? I can't use it if thats the case.


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:05 pm
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Yes, that's true. Which is great, because you can use your amp as a monitor and just turn it louder or quieter without screwing up the PA mix.


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:26 pm
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Thanks. Not good for my purpose unfortunately.


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:55 pm
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What is your purpose then?


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 2:12 am
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The XLR (D.I.) outputs have their own volume control. Thus you can set the D.I. level separately from the amp's own speaker volume. This is intentional and desirable for most scenarios.

If you do need both the D.I. and speaker volumes to change together, in response to a single knob, then you have a few options; two are:
- use the EXP-1 pedal in Volume mode (this volume control affects all the amp's outputs - but be aware of where this control is in the signal chain, after the amp model and before the post- effects, in case that affects your usage
- (mis-)use the per-preset Volume level, as set by the VOLUME knob (not the MASTER knob); this works fine as long as you don't change preset; when you do change preset, the volume reverts to the saved preset volume. This is a limitation, but may be suitable depending on your scenario

Which, as above, begs the question: what is your scenario, what is it you want to achieve?


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:41 am
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The purpose isn't important, but the fact is i need the amp and DI volumes to ride together with the global master so end of story.


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 6:47 am
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oczad wrote:
The purpose isn't important, but the fact is i need the amp and DI volumes to ride together with the global master so end of story.

Excuse us for trying to be helpful.


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Post subject: Re: MIII V2 D.I. outs
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:04 am
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The purpose isn't important, but the fact is i need the amp and DI volumes to ride together with the global master

Given that the DI volume doesn't "ride together" with the amp's power-amp master volume (and that this is a deliberate behaviour that is what is wanted in most scenarios), then the purpose IS important to allow others to understand what you want to achieve and thus offer potential work-arounds.

The obvious (and ubiquitous) thing to do of course is to use a conventional DI box to 'tap' the speaker outputs and thus provide a DI output with volume matching the amp volume. Suggest you try that.


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