Line 6 m9 Tremolo

[h0ss66]

Does anyone have any good tremolo settings for the m9? I can't seem to get it dialed in. I'm looking for that nice blackface-ish trem.

Anyone?

[jamiefbolton]

idk. the opto trem sounds pretty close to my BF DR. within reason of course.
i just back off the depth just a touch and roll with it.

[tonedover]

yup
this

[pitseleh]

Yeah I've always had trouble getting it dialed in well, but I've gotten to a point where I'm uh... more or less happy with it. It's always slightly too much but when you roll it back just a bit it goes from just barely too much to just barely not enough (i.e. the point where you can't even really tell it's on and want more but not that much more!).

I've never been entirely satisfied with it but generally speaking, I keep the sensitivity at 0, the shape at around 30-40% (I left it at zero for a long time but found it sounded TOO smooth/volume swellish), dime the depth, and adjust the mix to taste. This gives a pretty decent sound that I've been able to settle for without feeling too put out. You can also keep both the mix and the depth between 70-80% and it sounds pretty good.

But I'd like some setting suggestions from people who've had better luck! tonedover, it sounds like you had one, but I can't see it.

[mapleneck72]

I was never really happy with my tremolo sounds until I sat down for an hour and a/b'd with my Supa-Trem. I'm using the boost-comp to sweeten the sound of the Opto or the Panner.

[pitseleh]

What was the result of the A/B?

Also, interesting idea with the boost comp! I've found using the tube comp with some other modulations also tends to give them kind of a warmer, more chimey/organic sound, so I'll have to try that.

[mapleneck72]

The result is that I got something that I could feel good about using live. I don't think it sounds the same but I was using the Supa-Trem as a benchmark for a good sounding tremolo.

[StompBoxBlues]

Originally Posted by pitseleh

Yeah I've always had trouble getting it dialed in well, but I've gotten to a point where I'm uh... more or less happy with it. It's always slightly too much but when you roll it back just a bit it goes from just barely too much to just barely not enough (i.e. the point where you can't even really tell it's on and want more but not that much more!).

I've never been entirely satisfied with it but generally speaking, I keep the sensitivity at 0, the shape at around 30-40% (I left it at zero for a long time but found it sounded TOO smooth/volume swellish), dime the depth, and adjust the mix to taste. This gives a pretty decent sound that I've been able to settle for without feeling too put out. You can also keep both the mix and the depth between 70-80% and it sounds pretty good.

But I'd like some setting suggestions from people who've had better luck! tonedover, it sounds like you had one, but I can't see it.

I'm guessing you probably tried this already, but...

I find in a number of settings in the M13 (same as M9 models), when there is both depth and mix, that...not diming either helps fine tune sometimes.
I was running into that too, where you go from too much to not enough in a small increment (just to check also, you know about "fine tuning" the knob...that you can hit a button so the increments are much finer than "normal" when turning a knob?). It seems like sometime going back and forth between mix and depth helps.

On a tremolo...actually, I always thought they were very close to adjusting the same thing. Mix (I assumed always) is between the effected and unaffected signals, so you are kind of doing the same thing as the depth in that it affects how low, and high, how much effect there will be?


Just a thought.

[pitseleh]

Well, for me, not diming either ended up being more difficult to dial in. There was basically ONE SPOT I could find with the mix/depth at 70% or so, and if I went even slightly below that, the effect itself would retreat into the background and become barely noticeable. Past that, and it got too intense. I ended up diming the depth and tweaking the mix as a means to have more control. It ended up letting me have a wider sweep of usable tremolo sounds, but still not quite where I want it to be.

I didn't think to try the fine-tuning knob, but then I don't go crazy with the knobs as they are, and it's pretty easy to make relatively precise adjustments even without it. Still, you might be right... maybe the controls are REALLY precise, and that's where I'm having problems.

[theroan]

I think it's pretty usable.

[amp48]

How do you "fine tune" the knob to get more precise increments? I didn't know about this feature...

Originally Posted by StompBoxBlues

I find in a number of settings in the M13 (same as M9 models), when there is both depth and mix, that...not diming either helps fine tune sometimes.
I was running into that too, where you go from too much to not enough in a small increment (just to check also, you know about "fine tuning" the knob...that you can hit a button so the increments are much finer than "normal" when turning a knob?). .

[taco-man]

Originally Posted by amp48

How do you "fine tune" the knob to get more precise increments? I didn't know about this feature...

Press and hold TAP then turn the knob for the parameter you want to fine-tune.
For example, when you’re in Time-based mode, you may want to fine-tune your delay time to an exact number. This may be necessary to match a song’s tempo, or to set up precise stereo delays, to 240 ms L and 480 ms R for example. Here’s how to do it:
• Adjust Knob 1 to set the L delay time close to the desired value.
• Press and hold the Tap switch and turn Knob 1 again to enter Fine-tune mode.
• Now fine-tune your L delay time to the ms with Knob 1 - repeat with Knob 3 for R.