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I am sure I will eventually end up with one. I don't even know why I am fighting it.
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AxeFX fans... still waiting, what clips do you consider representative? I still haven't found any I think that sound good, and I've listened to a bunch!Comment
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Heh, could be. I want to like it though, but I'm just waiting to be convinced!Originally posted by Matt_B View PostMaybe you just don't like it.
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The ones on the official site are ok, but those were made from a very early firmware... there has been literally over a dozen firmware edition upgrades since that time.Originally posted by Bert View Post
Go to the Axe Fx Forum and listen to the user clips, they are much better, and are much more representative of what the Axe Fx can do now.
Personally I think most of the user posted clips sound very good, and definitely sounds more organic and tube-like than any other digital modeler out there. YMMV
- Leo.Comment
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But we don't have to convince you, you have to convince yourself.Originally posted by Bert View Post
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Great thread...I have heards tons lately about this Axe-FX stuff and I was kinda scratching my head bc I never heard of it until I started reading hugeracksinc.
That being said...I agree with earlier statements that most pro's only need 2-3 channels to get their sounds ...that is...unless your the Edge. Lol
I guess this unit would be great if you were a session musician or a hired gun.
Also, Im a complete IT geek ...I develop software for a living and even I think at some point reading a manual to play guitar is not very sexy.
There is something romantic about just plugging straight into a great amp ( with a pedal or two ) and cranking it.
Heck, I just watched the new Jeff Beck DVD and I can say that he blew me away and all he had was a Strat and a Marshall. He can get harmonics and melodies out of that guitar with ZERO technology.
Have we lost our way with all of this gear???
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Originally posted by Matt_B View PostNo. Some of us are just taking a different way.
BTW,,,I'm 1 week in and I'm still blown away at the vast array of tones you can get out of it,,,,this thing just kills
Best money I have ever spent on tone.
MOSHON
DAVE"It's because the speed of light is superior to the speed of sound that so many people look shiny before they actually sound stupid"
"All pleasure comes at someone Else's expense"
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OK, I just got this very confusing peice of equipment hooked up VIA midi though my Motu Ultralight (Midi and Digital connection) and got it hooked up to the computer and started playing with the patch editor that they have. I want to say that the patches that this thing comes with are for the most part, useless. Not really and killer grind tones but, once I got this thing hooked up and working, the first thing I was throw a couple of switches in the editor, tossed in a boost, adjusted the amp a little and Gawd Damn.... I was impressed. Even through a set of BX-8A's this thing sounds fucken tough. The cleans that this thing pumps out are damn amazing too. It's a keeper =)
-Nate
Originally posted by MOSHWITZ View Post
BTW,,,I'm 1 week in and I'm still blown away at the vast array of tones you can get out of it,,,,this thing just kills Best money I have ever spent on tone.
MOSHON
DAVEInsert annoying equipment list here....Comment
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I'm still doing that shit,,and smiling all the time.Originally posted by nateb View Post
There are three things you'll want to have,,
1)Download the archive of user presets,,there is some great stuff in there.
2) Download Bome's SendSX,, to send the user presets to the AXE
3) And IR converter, to change all your favorite Cab IR's(.wav) to the AXE-FX's (Sysex) format.....then load them into the ten user slots in the AXE with Bome's SendSX.
Tweak away,,,,,,Enjoy
MOSHON
DAVE"It's because the speed of light is superior to the speed of sound that so many people look shiny before they actually sound stupid"
"All pleasure comes at someone Else's expense"
The internet is where, The men are men, the women are men, and the children are FBI agents.
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You guys are killin' me..
stop it..
"Bill, Smoke a Bowl and Crank Van Halen I, Life is better when I do that"
Donnie Swanstrom 01/25/06..miss ya!
"Well, your friend would have Bell's Palsy, which is a facial paralysis, not "Balls Pelsy" like we're joking about here." Toejam's attempt at sensitivity.Comment
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Originally posted by deflep View Post
Agree with most of what you said... just that most of us don't get to crank our tube amps as loudly or as often as Jeff Beck can.
For someone who wants the same tonality of a cranked amp (or an approximation that is extremely close to it) at any volume, the Axe Fx looks from all indications to be a very good option.
Plus... after years of mediocre digital modeling solutions, this is the first truly significant step toward finally fulfilling the promise of digital. From this point on, the possibilities are truly endless.
- Leo.Last edited by Leo Chang; 06-07-2009, 05:57 AM.Comment
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Come on Bill, you know you want oneOriginally posted by horns666 View PostYou guys are killin' me..
stop it..
And did I mention Jeff Loomis uses one?
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This series of 7 videos was posted on YouTube by one of the folks from the Axe-Fx boards. He covers the plethora of tones the Axe-FX offers and if I hadn't already ordered one, these videos would have convinced me to do so.
Please note how dynamic the high gain patches are. That's always been my gripe with other modelers. They never had the processing power to replicate the range of dynamics a real tube amp can get with picking attack and volume control manipulation. I guess being digital devices, they like to be binary - on or off. Anyway, enjoy.
#1 Cleans and SFX
#2 More Cleans and SFX
#3 Crunch and High Gain Part 1
#4 High Gain Part 2
#5 High Gain Part 3
#6 Pitch Shifter
#7 High Gain Part 4Comment
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