HX Stomp: Beginner problem - low output
Hello fellow stompers,
I'm quite new with the pedal (any pedals for that matter) and need some assistance / tipps concerning the HX Stomps output.
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Story: I was playing around with the stomp, testing various settings but noticed: I could barely hear anything over my headphones. Volume knob to max. Ok, Superlux with 150Ω, fair, I was due for good headphones anyway, got the Beyerdynamics DT770 Pro with 80Ω. Same result: everything is kinda quiet.
So I tried some clean recordings in audacity to see, where the level's at without the human ear in between. My "standard" preset has peaks of around -16db, my "worst" preset of around -30db. Now I'm no expert in recording but ChatGPT told me, a peak of around -12 to -8db would be 'normal'/desirable.
In order to hear anything while playing at home I put a cheap headphone amp (behringer HA400 in between but for some presets I still need to amp this one up to around 8/10 (I could even go to 10/10 without considering it too loud - and no, I'm not hearing impaired (yet).
Setup: Fender Jazz Bass (passive, all knobs full) to HX Stomp mono in - from headphone out to headphone amp (stereo cable) - to Beyerdynamics DT770 Pro.
Pictures: My setup, my "-16db standard preset", my "-30db problem preset".: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCUr1C
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Thanks for bearing with me and helping a stomp beginner-yet-already-enthusiast!
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