Strange sounds in acoustic electric...

[Pedro]

Yes, try to go directly. Beware of nearby power sources, these can be hum sources.

[jkevinwolfe]

Should also be note that the Ovations use piezo pickups. These by their nature pick up a lot of high end. They also can pick up string scratches and have a tendency catch an obvious percussive bass pop when you flex a string and let go of it when playing fingerstyle. I have read that Ovation pretty much perfected piezo pickups with gold plating and an individual pickup for each string.

There is a piezo setting toward the end of the guitar effects presets. I'd try this and see if it sounds better.

Since Ovations have that crisp high end, as mentioned earlier, backing off treble will reduce hiss and shouldn't make things sound unnatural. Try reducing the treble control on the guitar itself before messing with the treble on your Micro. If you still get the hiss, then your preamp in the Ovation is just hissy. You might changing the battery in the Ovation. Weak batteries often cause electronic circuits not to function up to snuff.

The pops by nature will get worse if you boost the bass. They are also incredibly loud. I have a Kramer Ferrington with a piezo pickup. The volume of the pops is far too loud for every piece of processing gear I have ever used, including the Rockman, the Pocket Rockit and the early Zooms. The pop overdrives the audio circuits. It clips, distorts and it takes the circuits a half a second to recover with each strum or pluck. But the pickup and electronics in the Ferrington are pretty primitive and very old. Though I have had no luck using it with the Micro, you still may get a nice sound out of your Ovation with some tweaking.

If you want to develop your own patch, try setting your Effects to Compressor, set the Attack to 100. (Increasing the Attack of the Compressor clips the beginning of a pluck or strum and starts 100 milliseconds into the sound. This may remove some or all of your pops. Don't add too much Sustain or you'll get an electric sound.) Try setting the Amp model to Clean, reduce the Volume, increase the Master, and reduce the Treble if you can keep it sounding good. You also might try messing with the Noise Supressor. (Increase the Threshold until the hiss goes away, and toy with the Release until it sounds natural.)

Hope that helps.

Kevin

[Olarte]

Yes, the Piezo patches seem to be the best for plain acoustic, that or no effects at all.

I also use the Digipedal 350 for even better effects before connecting to the Microbr