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  1. simeon

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 25.00 Release

    thanks cliff and the beeta team!
  2. simeon

    Dream Weaver effect?

    yeah i dunno plays by itself when you un-bypass the synth block
  3. simeon

    New mega zip file of ambient Presets and Blocks to download

    i made a sitar preset, but not a tampura. searching back through old posts, i think that was a user called geamala. not sure if it ever made it to the III. i know @yek had a version of it, but i think that was for the ultra. did you ever update it @yek?
  4. simeon

    Not a Bug Controller issue

    that's the only one that works with both pedals connected and only one pedal connected
  5. simeon

    Not a Bug Controller issue

    testing this a bit more, it actually works in all scenarios (one pedal and 2 pedals) if the operator is set to "src1 x src 2" just leaving the solution here for anybody who searches for it in the future
  6. simeon

    Not a Bug Controller issue

    Apologies for the paucity of information, it’s been a long day. The pedals are connected to an FC12. It was my understanding that if the pedal wasn’t connected, then the default value was the one set by the user, but I see now that’s incorrect. I’ve changed the relevant presets to accommodate.
  7. simeon

    Not a Bug Controller issue

    the unit is supposed to detect whether the controller is connected. if it isn't, it sets a default value for that controller. mine is set to zero, but it thinks it's either set to 100, or something else has happened
  8. simeon

    Not a Bug Controller issue

    so i have two volume pedals connected to one volume block. this works fine if i leave one set at toe up (0%), i can use the other as normal, as operation is set to src1+src2 however, if i unplug one of the pedals, then the one plugged in does nothing. setup > midi/remote > initial value of...
  9. simeon

    Wish Pitch Block - TransTrem Sim

    it would take 2 minutes to set this up with the tools we already have
  10. simeon

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 25.00 Public Beta (Cygnus X-3)

    exciting! what i normally do when there's a significant change to the modelling, is copy the amp i'm using into the B channel of the amp block and then reset the A channel. i then have a copy in the B channel i can refer to when tweaking the A channel. useless if you're using all the channels...
  11. simeon

    Wish Fuzz Factory by Zvex

    obviously this has come up before. fuzzes are the achilles heel of the axe fx, because of the way guitar pickups interact with pedals and specifically fuzz pedals. i can't remember the details...something about impedance...someone will fill in the details, so it's very difficult to model their...
  12. simeon

    Deluxe Reverb Tone - Can Axe-FX Do This With No Pedals?

    https://simeonharris.co.uk/fractal.html
  13. simeon

    Deluxe Reverb Tone - Can Axe-FX Do This With No Pedals?

    download my presets (latest batch at the bottom of the page, link in sig). find the preset called Deluxe Pedalboard. turn gain to 10 and treble to 10 in the amp and the reverb level down in the spring reverb just before the amp block.
  14. simeon

    Wish Barberpole Flanger

    i thought we had a barberpole already? i don't know anything about this, so i looked it up. a synchronized dual flanger, realises the desired effect in an innovative and economic way using two cascaded time-varying comb filters and cross-fading between them the only place we have comb...
  15. simeon

    Recreating the Line 6 DL4 “Sweep Echo” and the HOF Trinity T2 Reverb (reverb option 2)

    If you can post audio examples or link to a vid, it’ll help us to help you
  16. simeon

    A few new patches and a layout for you to try.

    if you're new to the fractal world, pay attention. these presets (and others like them) are gold. not only does burgs have great taste when it comes to guitar tones, any presets that have been road tested and dialled in for live use by experienced users should be snapped up, assimilated...
  17. simeon

    Is there a way to simulate and electric sitar sound in FM9?

    nobody mentioned the ehx ravish sitar pedal? edit: just went and looked at a demo. man, that thing does not sound good...
  18. simeon

    Is there a way to simulate and electric sitar sound in FM9?

    i don't know if this will run on the FM9. maybe someone who has a III and a 9 can try it and see if it needs adapting. maybe @2112 if you have time, bro? use the gtrbody ir in the cab slots panned left and right i did have a recording of it somewhere, i'll look for it ps - it'll be a bit...
  19. simeon

    Wish Update Looper to expose Trim Start and Trim End to modifier control

    oh i've just discovered a slight problem. with loop start and end points moved closer together, the loop is essentially shortened. any new material is recorded into the space between the start and end points, rather than into the whole loop length. you can record something into that smaller...
  20. simeon

    Wish Update Looper to expose Trim Start and Trim End to modifier control

    it might be nice if the end time < start time, then playback is reversed.
  21. simeon

    Wish Update Looper to expose Trim Start and Trim End to modifier control

    title says it all. stutter madness. let's do it! :)
  22. simeon

    Wish Glitch, Buffers, Granular

    one update that could work quite well, would be to expose the "trim start" and "trim end" parameters in the looper to modifier control. put the looper into overdub mode and it's basically a buffer delay. you could put the loop start and end points quite close together and then move them randomly...
  23. simeon

    Wish Glitch, Buffers, Granular

    maybe teach a man to fish is the way and then he can use the info to make his own? do i have to make a video? i hate making videos. so many i said i'd make and never got round to it, because i just don't have the gumption.
  24. simeon

    Wish Glitch, Buffers, Granular

    yes, exactly. the only way i can see is to create the preset and then include step by step instructions on how to link the necessary controllers depending on your situation and preferences. that all seems a bit clunky and laborious to me.
  25. simeon

    Wish Glitch, Buffers, Granular

    i mean, it's not like some of this stuff is already do-able. the difficulty is creating presets that are usable for everybody. i can make stuff that uses momentary switches, but they have to be created as FC Per Preset Overrides and deposited into a single layout. that's tricky, because you...
  26. simeon

    Wish Glitch, Buffers, Granular

    that's nothing. check out what andre lafosse is up to with the loupe
  27. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    just send from out 3 and back in to in 3. stereo pairs. place the in and out blocks in your presets where you need them
  28. simeon

    Octavia effect

    yeah, i thought that too. or effected guitar. one nice thing you could do, is put the pitch block in a sidechain with a chorus and delay (set the pitch block to 100% wet if you're doing this) and effect the lower octave differently than the main guitar. branch off from the main line after the...
  29. simeon

    Octavia effect

    oh yeah, i hear it now. an added octave down, judging from where he's playing it on the neck. just add the pitch block, select the octave divider type and blend it in gradually until you hear the amount you want. you might want to turn down the "2 octaves down" level.
  30. simeon

    Octavia effect

    using an octave effect shgouldn't make your tone sound "thin and wirey". some kind of user error going on there, imo. tip - if the original guitarist was using a pedal, then try putting the effect it in front of the amp, like you would in real life btw, i just went through the whole stone...
  31. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    i'll do it like that if rebecca dirk is is presenting
  32. simeon

    Different tone than youtube

    you shouldn't really be hearing that. sounds like you're hearing processed guitar from your monitors and the unprocessed di tone which is reaching your pc through the usb.
  33. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    yeah, loopy pro is awesome. it's just the price that has put me off getting it until now.
  34. simeon

    what's your go to spacey Reverb model?

    try cirrocumulus, but reduce the time to about 8 seconds, or try the plex verb (edit - i see IR has just suggested that) if it's the early reflections that are bothering you, then you can always turn them down, or use a long predelay time. they have their own level control and as budda said...
  35. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    yeah, i'm using albeton this way as well. i've never used it as a daw, not once. it's an incredible digital mixer though. so easy to route audio and midi in, out and through and so easy to control via midi. i'd be lost without it.
  36. simeon

    Different tone than youtube

    just try some different pick thicknesses on your acoustic guitar to see how much difference it makes. almost more than anything else. the amount of top vs bottom is amazing. i have loads of different ones so i can choose the one that gets me 90% of the way there without needing too much eq in...
  37. simeon

    Different tone than youtube

    i wonder if you're hearing the sound of your guitar strings. have you tried comparing a recording against the youtube audio? it might be helpful if you could make an mp3 with a bit of the reference and a bit of your playing so we could have a listen to it. we're flying blind at the moment.
  38. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    the repeater is the only looper i've come across with the ability to do that. i loved mine and wish i'd never sold it. i loved the artefacts it generated at the extremes of speed and pitch manipulation. you using version 2 of the firmware? it's a massive step up if not. hit me up for the zip if...
  39. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    have we crossed paths on the old loopers delight mailing list or elsewhere?
  40. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    would people be interested in that, do you think? i love that axe makes it so easy to interface with other bits of gear. i can use one usb cable to the macbook, or even use a usb plus the camera connector straight to the ipad. i can also use the macbook and the ipad at the same time, so it's...
  41. simeon

    How many are using external loopers w/ Fractal?

    i'v been looping since 1999. i'm currently using expert sleepers augustus looper as a basic tape looper hosted in ableton, as part of a huge live set containing multiple granular and delay plugins controlled by lemur running on an ipad. i also run borderlands granular on an ipad as well...
  42. simeon

    Wish Spectrum analizer

    lol! i thought about going there and then decided against it..!
  43. simeon

    Wish Spectrum analizer

    gotcha, but moving the mic a few cm one way or the other across the cone is going to give you a different reading. the best way to do it is with your ears, imo. play some music through the axe and use the global eq we already have to get a nice balance. if it's something familiar, you'll hear...
  44. simeon

    Wish Spectrum analizer

    you might need to give this another think through. where is the signal coming from that the spectrum analyzer is measuring? from the synth block? if so, it wouldn't matter what frfr you were running through, because the speaker is after the analyzer.
  45. simeon

    Blocks

    yeah, i got a bunch. link in sig. (thanks neo)
  46. simeon

    Wish Add envelope modulation to the filter block with the block input as a possible source

    it's not just that, although that thread reminded me i've wanted this for ages. loads of cool stuff you can do with it.
  47. simeon

    Help making a synth tone?

    the auto swell type in the volume block is your best bet. adjust the threshold to where you get the response you want and tweak the attack time. works pretty good and you can play chords too. put it first in your chain. you can follow it up with a compressor if you want (i think kurt uses one...
  48. simeon

    Mic Settings on Mac Messing with Input to Logic - Heads Up

    us long time mac users already know about this. when it says "microphone" it really means "audio input"
  49. simeon

    Wish Add envelope modulation to the filter block with the block input as a possible source

    so that you can control the filter frequency and q with the input to the block. like a delay repeat, for example.
  50. simeon

    Wish Tera Echo

    for a cut down version that sounds similar, use the megatap in a side chain at 100% mix, with time alpha on about 60% and diffusion on about 5%. follow it up with a band pass filter that has frequency controlled by envelope. it's got the same vibe.
  51. simeon

    Wish Tera Echo

    so just before 5 mins, you can hear him hit a chord. the delay repeats sound just like the megatap delay with time alpha at about 60 percent. the problem is the filter, as it seems to retrigger several times about a second apart and filtering different groups of delays. it's triggered by...
  52. simeon

    Wish Tera Echo

    ah ok. impossible to hear that on the demos i listened to.
  53. simeon

    Wish Tera Echo

    very hard to discern what's going on with it from YouTube demos of people playing cowboy chords or blues licks through it. if someone has one and can record a single hit through it, so we can hear what the delay repeats and filtering is doing, we might be able to get close to some settings.
  54. simeon

    Wish Tera Echo

    it's the megatap delay with an envelope controlled bandpass filter after, isn't it?
  55. simeon

    New AX8 user having random volume changes

    i'm not referring to drive blocks really and they only have two bypass modes and that's thru and mute. i'm thinking about delay or reverb blocks. think what the mix control actually does - when it's on zero, it's all dry signal and no effect. when it's on 100%, then there's no dry signal and...
  56. simeon

    AFIII What do you think about this sound?

    ooh, that's nice! which cabs, brother?
  57. simeon

    New AX8 user having random volume changes

    If the bypass mode is set to thru, then it is at full bypass and 100% of the signal is going through, but you have it set to 80% mix, which means when it’s on, only 20% of the signal is passing through. That’s why your3 getting a volume jump. You need to set the bypass mode to mute fx in, so...
  58. simeon

    New AX8 user having random volume changes

    i'm wondering if you have some blocks in parallel, but you haven't set the mix levels at 100% and when you're bypassing those blocks, you're getting a change in level. it can also happen if you have a block in series with a high mix value and a bypass mode set to "thru". make sure any blocks in...
  59. simeon

    FM3 for REAL jazz

    If I did, do you think I would have bothered to type all that out, or just attach the preset?
  60. simeon

    FM3 for REAL jazz

    agreed. the polytone is basically just a solid state clean amp through a 15 inch speaker. the tube pre is the most flat sounding and least guitar amp like amp we have, so it's probably a good option and i think the speaker ir is going to give you the flavour, so finding the right one is the most...
  61. simeon

    FM3 for REAL jazz

    my metheny preset uses a bit of compression into the "tube pre" amp with gain on 7 and master on 8 with the bright switch on. that goes into legacy cabs 99 and 100, which are a 4x10 bassguy mix and a 4x10 superverb mix. i use the peq next to notch out 2db at 300hz with a Q of 2. then for the...
  62. simeon

    Why I can’t get delay repeats on one side?

    oh man, i totally missed that. sorry dude.
  63. simeon

    Why I can’t get delay repeats on one side?

    attached to post #10
  64. simeon

    Why I can’t get delay repeats on one side?

    look at his photo attachments. that's what he's doing.
  65. simeon

    Why I can’t get delay repeats on one side?

    make sure in the symphony control app that the spdif input is set to stereo. if it's on two separate channels, either link them together as a stereo pair or pan one left and one right.
  66. simeon

    Why I can’t get delay repeats on one side?

    everything looks ok there, so it could be what's happening after. we know you're listening on monitors, but what's in between the axe and the monitors?
  67. simeon

    Axe-Fx III Firmware 24.04 Release

    thanks chief!
  68. simeon

    Bogren's IRDX core

    mikko actually did a good test....
  69. simeon

    New 27-year-old Guitar!

    that's a beauty! i was lucky enough to be a dragonfly owner for a while, when they were ridiculously cheap. one of those guitars/bits of gear i which i wish i'd never let go.
  70. simeon

    Effects preset packs?

    i think you'll have to define what you mean by "effects preset pack". there are lots of effect presets in the axe fx already, which you can find if you use axe edit. and there are lots of effects presets floating around by various users, which you can install into your block library. i have a...
  71. simeon

    Bogren's IRDX core

    https://bogrendigital.com/products/irdx-core i'd love to know what this thing is actually doing all the demos i've listened to, it's been extremely subtle. i'm wondering if it's maybe a dynamic saturator, or even a dynamic multiband phase shifter. my spidey senses are telling me it's not...
  72. simeon

    Implemented Multiband distortion/ saturator

    dynamic does not equal multiband, but multiband can be dynamic. dynamic refers to reacting to input level in some way. multiband refers to splitting the signal into discrete bands and affecting them differently, like a multiband compressor, for example. a multiband distortion could apply...
  73. simeon

    Preset for a Gibson Acoustic Guitar

    Tone match it to a recording of one. Honestly the best results.
  74. simeon

    Implemented Multiband distortion/ saturator

    no. it's a dynamic distortion.
  75. simeon

    Implemented Multiband distortion/ saturator

    it's the dynamic distortion block. i have to admit, i've totally slept on this block. set flat, with the different clip types selected, here's what it does to a 1000hz sin wave.... hard med hard med soft medium soft i'm going to try using it in conjunction with the filter, as well as...
  76. simeon

    Help recreating this wah

    it's unusual, because the Q increases as the frequency increases, and it's usually the other way round. i've no idea if you'll be able to open this preset or not, i made it on my III. if not, i can screengrab the settings for you. the filter doesn't have a mix parameter, so we have to...
  77. simeon

    Welcome STANLEY JORDAN to the Fractal Audio artist roster!

    wow, legend! :)
  78. simeon

    When's the last time you broke a string during a gig?

    quite a while ago. i had one break at the beginning of sweet home alabama. it was a top E and i had some in my guitar case. i managed to get to my case and get the strings out, but they were tangled together. i didn't get the new string on by the end of the tune, because i spent abut 3 or 4...
  79. simeon

    Not a Bug modifiers list and legacy modifiers from old presets

    yes, it's a bug in the conversion i think @AlGrenadine the links between the old externals and the parameters are orphaned, they no longer exist, you can see from the screenshots above. i'll just remove them manually when i get time thanks all
  80. simeon

    What happened to ‘save a preset to a new number’ in axe-edit?

    right click on the save button? no idea that did anything. learn something new every day!
  81. simeon

    Not a Bug modifiers list and legacy modifiers from old presets

    i used fractool. so i guess it's just copied the modifier attachments which have then become orphaned. i don't think it's a problem, tbh
  82. simeon

    Didgeridoo?

    Please write a book one day!
  83. simeon

    AX8 through power amp and cab - thin and very harsh

    if you have power amp simulation on, then what you need is volume. these threads come up a lot and cliff has commented a few times and said you need to turn it up. have you tried it at gig volume?
  84. simeon

    Not a Bug modifiers list and legacy modifiers from old presets

    so this is really two things that relate to the same topic. firstly, if i assign two externals to a single parameter, only one shows in the list... secondly, i have a bunch of presets that i migrated over from my axe fx 2. i was using externals to turn fx on and off, but now i'm using CS...
  85. simeon

    Anyone try a Kiesel Osiris guitar?

    the delos and the leia are my two favourite kiesel headless models. i'd have one of each if i could. those both look lovely.
  86. simeon

    Anyone try a Kiesel Osiris guitar?

    the steinberger trems have a locking lever at the back, so you lock, tune, unlock and then master adjust with the spring wheel. do the kiesel and strandy trems not have a locking lever? seems daft not to, for the exact reasons you outline. (ned is a genius, no doubt)
  87. simeon

    Didgeridoo?

    that's good, yek!
  88. simeon

    FM9 Help/opinions needed with Iron Maiden sound

    i think we worked out that if the jmp is on 6, then put the fractal on 6, even though the fractal goes up to 10, it's still a 1:1 match. big thread about this a while back when the models got updated. might be worth a search to verify i've remembered it correctly.
  89. simeon

    Didgeridoo?

    ok, here's a slightly better effort. i did a tonematch with this recording of some real digeridoos... Digeridoo you will need to import the "Digeridoo Tonematch" IR into a user slot in your axe fx and then load it into the IR player block that's in the preset and i managed to get some of the...
  90. simeon

    Axe-fx ultra

    Yeah, I was gonna suggest picking up old Mac laptop. I have one from 2011 that’s still going strong. I put an ssd in it and use it to record gigs. It starts up in about 30 seconds and has a lovely keyboard on it.
  91. simeon

    Axe-fx ultra

    dunno what you mean by "is the firmware still working". everything works, bro. check out the downloads page to see if you have the latest versions of everything - https://www.fractalaudio.com/axe-fx-gen-1/ and to download the editor etc
  92. simeon

    Didgeridoo?

    here's a very quick first try. the tone isn't right, it needs eq'ing or filtering a bit more and i think the vowel sounds are wrong too it plays by itself when you unmute the volume block preset updated below...
  93. simeon

    FM9 Help/opinions needed with Iron Maiden sound

    weren't they big JMP-1 users for ages? you've got all the modes in the axe and there's this (but i doubt it's accurate) https://sound-design-tonstudio-hof.de/Marshall%20JMP-1%20Sound-Settings.pdf
  94. simeon

    Didgeridoo?

    Yeah, whadya want? Didgeridoo, eh? Buggered if I know! Hmmm...lemme think about it. If anyone has any ideas....? Not sure it’s possible, to be honest. I think crimson king’s suggestion might be the way to go.
  95. simeon

    Fractal Plexi vs. UA Lion 68

    there's like a million demos of that pedal on youtube, should be easy to have a listen and come up with an opinion, i would have thought?
  96. simeon

    Some real-time 'movement' control possibilities in effects?

    it's super old (almost vintage) but you could watch a vid i made about the internal controllers a few years ago. it might help you get your head around how it's done watch in glorious 480p... if you want things to lock in to a tempo, then you choose a tempo division (like 1/4, 1/8 etc next...
  97. simeon

    Looking for wide, beautiful, clean chorus presets to buy or download…

    here's a preset. i'm not sure it will work though, because it's the latest axe fx 3 firmware. i converted it to FM9 though, so maybe...
  98. simeon

    Looking for wide, beautiful, clean chorus presets to buy or download…

    @fractalman did you find what you needed?
  99. simeon

    Looking for wide, beautiful, clean chorus presets to buy or download…

    There isn’t really anything like that in my lot, tbh. Too ambient or weird. These kind of presets are pretty easy to make. Leon has some, posted above, or search for “landau”
  100. simeon

    Wish Reference IRs by waveform instead of location

    So this was suggested over three years ago, now. Such a great idea, what happened? No dice?
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