Para acoustic di manual

I was skecptial, but tried this out a little while ago. I think there is a subtle but worthwhile improvement from running FX in the loop. Well worth the investment of a Y cable to do it with. KirschwasserFromAShell Member. Messages I used a Hosa Y cable to make the connection. It sounded fine, but did notice some white noise. I removed the insert cable and it was dead quiet. I have not spent much time investigating ways to mitigate the noise.

I tried using just the Verbzilla in the FX loop and still heard the noise. So either it's the pedal, or the cable causing the excess noise. Whenever I plug directly into the Para DI, my tone sounds a little stronger and there is no white noise. That being said, I'm curious if a series FX loop separate send and return jack like on the L. Baggs Venue DI would make a difference in the tone. Messages 13, I used the Para in series with my acoustic board with no problems whatsoever. Messages 39, I haven't used effects with acoustic recently, but when I have, I just ran the effects out front of the Para DI like an amp and I had no issues with ground noise or anything.

Was running a delay and reverb. That's what I meant. You save your Signal-to-noise ratio by going right into preamp with a weak signal.

Then you can do whatever you want with it in the FX loop. I just wired up an acoustic board around the Para DI. I was going to put just the reverb and delay in the loop, leave the tuner and comp out front but the Baggs manual suggested putting all of that in the loop so I did and it sounds good.

The SansAmp circuitry eliminates the harsh, unnatural harmonics of piezo pickups, while the Drive control offers some tasteful edge — just a little or over-the-top. Version 2 has exactly the same tonality and functionality with the addition of two new features: Rumble Filter and Air. The Rumble Filter removes unwanted sub-sonic frequencies that cause boominess and audible handling noises associated with acoustic guitars.

The Air button adds top-end clarity and sparkle to acoustics. Parallel, uneffected output to run a dry signal to a separate channel. I will not diverge into the reasons for using decibels as opposed to just simple linear multipliers like 10x there are a couple of reasons , but gain is just how much magnification of a signal occurs in the thing that is providing the gain.

Of course the word "volume" or "volume control" is often used as a synonym for gain. On your baggs, the gain control is labeled "VOL" at the upper right. You should moderate the General Boominess of the whole bass region of your guitar using the LOW knob first with all the other knobs set to zero.

The notch is primarily intended to tweak out isolated "wolf tones" just one narrow frequency range. Since your boominess exists at both G and drop-C on the lower string this is not a narrow region, so the LOW knob is likely to help the most.

After getting the best overall compromise with the LOW knob you can try tweaking out a low wolf tone area with the notch with a method like riddoug suggests. El Lorenzo de Ondas Sonoras. The gain is a small knob next to the input jack on the PADI. Turning the low to nine o'clock and notching - the A seems to have done the preliminary trick for Claudia.

I'm sure she'll report in after her gig. Good luck Claudia! Yes, I forgot about the little input "gain" control next to the jacks. Both the VOL control and the little knob on the side near the jacks are gain controls. The litte knob is "input gain" and is meant to adjust the input level from the guitar to a level that works best within the PADI.

This makes it equivalent to the "trim" control or input "level" control on multi-channel mixers or Amps. The VOL control is the output gain. For weak output guitar pickups like some passive contact units the little gain knob should be set toward the high clockwise side.

For high output guitar pickups like active ones the little gain knob should be set toward the low counterclockwise side. The internal circuitry for the PADI works best with a certain range of signal levels and that is the reason for the little "gain" control on the side to get the input levels to the right range. Unfortunately, without any level indicators since the PADI does not have level meters you have to set these two gain knobs experimentally.

The input gain control setting and the master gain setting on your amplifier are both going to make a big difference on how you set the two gain knobs on the PADI.

If you are getting a lot of distortion the input gain on the PADI is probably too high or the input gain on your amp is too high or both. In any case it would be nice to know how your gig went. Aloha kakou e ricdoug a e Lawrence, Tommy from the Crypt here.

Thanks for your help with Claudia's question. She sounded great on Friday! It was built so that a whisper would be heard by all--so imagine what an amplified guitar, built to sing out, would sound like A little help from the Baggs was indeed needed.

I'm sure Claudia's on her way to a long, happy, relationship with this piece of equipment-she sounded so nahenahe that night.