Master volume is an entirely separate entity that lives in the second stage of your amp, the power amp section. It provides the muscle. Think of it this way: the preamp (and gain control) provides the shape of the sound; the power amp provides the overall strength of the sound. In am...
There was also the gain on a guitar amp, which turn up the level of the guitar. Most guitars had both a gain knob and a volume knob, meaning that you could senda tonof gain into the amp, overload it, then keep the volume reasonably quiet with the volume knob. That’s how guitar ...
Gain, a.k.a.Trim, is a volume control for each channel of a mixing console. The Gain knobcontrols the volume being input into the channel, not the amount of volume output through the channel. Different types of input devices, from mp3 players to guitars to vocal microphones all have diff...
And that wasn’t all: since Apple is hostile to web apps, I had to install some special frameworks and add Cordova plugins that allow my app to do things like to play audio in the background, add the current song to the lock screen, control the song volume and play status from the ...
Gain staging isn’t complicated or hard. It’s simply a matter of paying attention to detail and setting a good level at each stage (everywhere there’s a gain or volume knob!) instead of simply cranking one stage until it’s loud enough and wondering why there’s hiss, distortion, or...
That's perfectly OK, but if you're new to amps - more specifically,new to buying an amp- it might help to know what gain is and how it's related to volume, as the two are closely related. Some amp basics are in order first. A guitar amp can be thought of as a device that ha...