I just got an Eleven Rack and spend a day dialing in some amazing tones. I'm running it through a Marshall 8008 and a 2x12 using the amp outs with the cabs off.
I created and downloaded a number of great patches that made my hair stand on end and made me want to play! That evening I plugged my headphones in (using a headphone amp through the amp outs with cabs off, no settings changed) as I just wanted to sort some effects out and figured having cabs off didn't matter for that. Anyway it sounded amazing! So good I thought cabs must have been on, but they weren't, I had to check!
Anyway I sorted some effects out and came to do some rig balancing and noticed I didn't have metres; I was running firmware 1.0.1. I did the update while I was playing as it was already hooked up. When it rebooted suddenly it sounded s**t and fizzy as hell (as I originally expected it to through headphones with cabs off) I checked in the settings to see if anything had changed, but everything was the same. I plugged it in through my cab and the sound isn't the same, its thinner, fizzyer and all of the patches sound more similar; the plexis with a hint of breakup now had a fizzy drive to them. It still sounds good but all of a sudden that 'oomph' and desire to play it has gone. Hair no longer stands on end. It sounds no different to any other cheap modeller.
Is this a known thing? A deliberate global eq tweak by avid for some bizarre reason? I haven't updated from 1.0.2 to 1.0.3 yet so it could be fixed, but I read the release notes and nothing is mentioned. Any ideas?
Edit: oh wait no, I am on 1.0.3
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As for it sounding fizzy and digital through my cab, I guess the honeymoon period was short and sweet and I just don't like digital gear...?