anaxcrosswords Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 My Line6 300W combo has a synth effect, accessed via a knob on the far right. The result is that the occasional note comes out as something resembling flatulence but, mostly, it produces nothing at all. Is it just a feature of the amp that’s known to be rubbish, or is there some trick in terms of other amp settings or maybe choice of pickups to get the desired input? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@23 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Without having played the amp, I'd say it's the way it is. I use a line 6 pod x3 as a backup/can't be bothered with a load in rig, and the synth sounds are much the same. Even on the bass presets, I haven't fiddled with them as I wouldn't use them anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyf Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Yes! My Studio 110 has same said Synth setting. It's not great lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek1071 Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I had the same amp: never managed to get anything useful from the synth setting either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Is it possible to get a good synth sound from a bass? The only one I heard that seemed OK was the Godlyke TWA but at a very hefty price. My experience of Line 6 is that they produce thousands of sounds with 98% of them being unusable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anaxcrosswords Posted May 25, 2015 Author Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) Thanks guys. I was just thinking about the [i][b]Hysteria [/b][/i]bassline and being prepared to buy an FX unit it if looked liked I'd ever get round to playing it with a band. It prompted me to remember there's a synth effect on the Line6 which I've never found a way to use properly - glad to know others have the same experience of the Line6. Edited May 25, 2015 by anaxcrosswords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Synth with bass= confusion and more trouble than what it's worth imho . Unless you spend a lot of cash and time . Okay for making belching noises in the bedroom, but not worth risking in the dog and duck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted May 26, 2015 Share Posted May 26, 2015 [quote name='anaxcrosswords' timestamp='1432479419' post='2781837'] My Line6 300W combo has a synth effect, accessed via a knob on the far right. The result is that the occasional note comes out as something resembling flatulence but, mostly, it produces nothing at all. Is it just a feature of the amp that’s known to be rubbish, or is there some trick in terms of other amp settings or maybe choice of pickups to get the desired input? [/quote] If there's no sound at all, there's something wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lojo Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I'm getting a good synth sound out of my markbass super synth but it's taken a bit of tweaking and experimenting with tone and playing style away from the effect to get the triggering sounding clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charic Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I used to use the Line6 Studio 110 and the 300pro. I used to use the synths fine on both. You have to play extremely cleanly though. It'll also help if you crank the treble up (as it's using note recognition). A line like hysteria is probably a bit quick for it though. I used to mess around playing Deeper underground with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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