Members damajackal Posted June 10, 2012 Members Share Posted June 10, 2012 I asked this question on the Line6 boards, because half of it is Line6 specific. The other half is general, maybe someone here can help: I've got a Line6 Spider IV 120w amp and an FBV Express Pedal Board. I'm trying to work out a trick with the auto-wah. I've got two questions: A) What the heck does the "Q" setting control? B) The auto-wah seems to react to velocity (aka. How hard I'm hitting the strings. More velocity = more treble). Is there a way to get it to constantly sweep? I'd like a wah that sweeps around automatically after I strike a single chord. In the song I'm working on, I need to end a quick loop and start playing a wah passage on the same beat. Obviously, I can't hit the button to end the loop and sweep the wah pedal on the same beat. I need an auto-wah that does the sweeping for me. I need it to sweep that first note, so two strums at different velocities isn't an option either. I'm not crazy, I'll re-write the song if I have to, but if it's possible to get the auto-wah to do the sweeping for me, I'd like that better! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 What you're trying to accomplish would be easy "in the box", with a plugin like Sonitus Wah-Wah. It has four different means by which the Wah is triggered. The Q setting refers to to the steepness of the Wah's filtration wave. The higher the number, the more dramatic and sibilant will be the "wacka-wacka" sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members damajackal Posted June 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 What you're trying to accomplish would be easy "in the box", with a plugin like Sonitus Wah-Wah. It has four different means by which the Wah is triggered.The Q setting refers to to the steepness of the Wah's filtration wave. The higher the number, the more dramatic and sibilant will be the "wacka-wacka" sound. Can that be added to a Line6 amp or just a DAW? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JeffLearman Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Q is the inverse of the bandwidth of the swept filter. Higher Q = narrower band. That's not a Line 6 term, it's generic. The height of the filter bump would be controlled by an "amount" parameter. The term "Auto Wah" usually means the filter is a volume envelope follower. What you want is an LFO-driven Wah. That would either be a different mode for the effect, or a different effect. Sometimes, the normal WAH function will do this whenever you don't have an expression pedal configured. Look for any WAH function with a "Rate" parameter. Can that be added to a Line6 amp or just a DAW? He's talking about software. Amps and stompboxes don't support plugins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Amps and stompboxes don't support plugins. Yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JeffLearman Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Right! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members damajackal Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Seems like a re-write is in order, but I'll have my way with the studio track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 A phaser with a narrow Q is an example of an automated wah. My suggestion would be to get a an actual wah wah or experssion pedal for your line 6so you have the ability to control the wah instead of relying on the note dynamics to accomplish what you're trying to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JeffLearman Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 My suggestion would be to get a an actual wah wah or experssion pedal for your line 6so you have the ability to control the wah instead of relying on the note dynamics to accomplish what you're trying to doThat's what the FCV is; he already has traditional wah pedal functionality. He wants a cyclic one (like a phaser, which might be the closest he'll get with that gear.) The Line 6 manual doesn't even show what the parameters for the AutoWah function are, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members damajackal Posted February 17, 2016 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2016 Zombie thread, but I'm back to recording (and asking dumb questions). Thanks for all the advice, sadly (or smartly), I ended up redoing this track on all acoustics and ditched the wah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Anderton Posted February 19, 2016 Members Share Posted February 19, 2016 Hey, thanks for circling back! But to answer your original question, sometimes you're better off adding effects during mixdown, when it's easy to do things like tempo sync. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlamoJoe Posted February 19, 2016 Members Share Posted February 19, 2016 This thread is making me miss my old Ibanez Auto-Wah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 It's only a matter of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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