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  1. toolfanem

    NGD - EBMM Majesty 7-string Limited Edition Starry Night finish

    Congrats man! few guitars have the same built quality and feel as the EBMMs.
  2. toolfanem

    Overdrive 'Fizzyness'

    There are numerous uses for spectral analyzers. Having one running on your screen or on top of your console is never a bad idea, especially if you are not in ideal room. That being said, I doubt you are going to visually see the fizz before you hear it. Once you find the culprit area with your...
  3. toolfanem

    Binge shows -your favorites?

    Is there any one watching Black Mirror? Because its fantastic. 96% fresh https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/black_mirror/
  4. toolfanem

    Any thoughts on the new wah block improvements?

    Different strokes for different folks I guess :) I use it all the time, but I never thought it sounded right when swept low in the heel down position.
  5. toolfanem

    I'd really like to see Mezzoforte with the Axe-Fx

    Cool stuff! None of these guys are gonna have bottom lips left by the time this song is over...
  6. toolfanem

    Any thoughts on the new wah block improvements?

    Hey all! I haven't gotten to update to the new FW but was curious and excited about the new wah improvements! Anyone digging in with the new wah stuff yet? My only complaint about the past versions was that I didnt think any of the options had enough depth. Any thoughts?
  7. toolfanem

    AXR FX II XL Noise over Palm Mute

    Is the amp in the same room as the axe fx? Its most likely interference in the room somewhere (computer, lights on dimmers). Turn off all of the gates and move around your room with the guitar plugged in on a preset with a decent amount of gain. Is the noise changing? Getting worse in some...
  8. toolfanem

    Legacy Firmware Solution

    Thanks cliff!!! Excited about the wah update!!!
  9. toolfanem

    AXR FX II XL Noise over Palm Mute

    interference from a near by computer? or lights that are on a dimmer switch?
  10. toolfanem

    Freeze Pedal

    The work arounds for this pedal in the Axe FX are ok IMHO, however they don't match the pedal. The pedal doesn't impart any reverb qualities and is sustains indefinitely. This is one of the few pedals I still wont sell.
  11. toolfanem

    New User Lost With His Sound...

    The cab IR is THE most important element to your overall tone. Finding the right IR is the first step in getting to the sound your looking for. You may also want to try doing some tone-matching to your favorite artists, as this may also get you in the ball park faster.
  12. toolfanem

    Noise Only When Playing

    If you are in an apartment dont underestimate your neighbors lighting. My studio room is above my neighbors bedroom and he has a dimmer on his drop lighting. It causes interference constantly unless I ask him to turn them off.
  13. toolfanem

    Noise Only When Playing

    is the input gate on?
  14. toolfanem

    New Spectrasonics Plug

    Nice! Spetrasonics always puts out quality stuff, I doubt this will be any different. Lots of cool options with this pack too.
  15. toolfanem

    Question for EZDrummer Users

    Scratch
  16. toolfanem

    More pick attack

    Try a compressor block before the amp that lets the attack through. Also maybe reduce the gain a bit so you can pick harder to get the gain your looking for. There is also a pick attack parameter in the deeper setting. I think reducing the transformer match with help with this a bit too.
  17. toolfanem

    Owl City "Fireflies" - 2-Handed Tapping

    Dude so funny. I hate to admit it, but I love that song and especially that synth line. Nicely done!
  18. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    I'm guessing the first one is the axe fx.
  19. toolfanem

    S/pdif with Axe Fx as slave issue [no input clock]

    NM reread this
  20. toolfanem

    FX on heavy rhythm guitars?

    Use the same reverb you are using for the drums on the guitar, etc. That way it all sounds like its in the same space. You may need to eq the send or return a bit differently for guitar but that will help a bit. I use the room parameter at about 10-20% just like you. Blending guitars into a mix...
  21. toolfanem

    S/pdif with Axe Fx as slave issue [no input clock]

    Have you actually tried reamping anything yet? I get this all the time with PT and I am using spdif, but as soon as I hit record it goes away and there is no difference in sound quality.
  22. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    You do that.
  23. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    Fair enough. Actually wait, no... If someone has a brain and can use it to think for themselves its not easy to get caught by the idea of a loadbox because researching the limitations of loadboxes is not difficult or even that time consuming. Lets not act as if Spec is being "dishonest" by...
  24. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    Every opinion can be misconstrued as fact, you will burn yourself out trying to correct everyone. Every opinion should be taken with a grain of salt, including your's and mine. If people cant figure that out for themselves than they are lost at sea anyway.
  25. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    Wow, I am really surprised by your response Mikko. It bothers me that you right off his personal experience as an "agenda". Listen, I love my AFX2 and wouldn't use anything else at this point, but it makes me think that if I ever had a similar experience and wanted to share it I would be written...
  26. toolfanem

    I want as little latency as possible, should I get a analog mixer?

    Well, you are right if he keeps the buffer at 128. But if he sets the playback buffer to 1024 because he's not feeling the latency anymore through the analog mixer he 's gonna be surprised when he plays it back. I am just suggesting that whatever the playback buffer size, just be aware of what...
  27. toolfanem

    I want as little latency as possible, should I get a analog mixer?

    There is always going to be some issue with latency, due to the fact that your protools return is always at the mercy of the playback buffer delay. If you are going to go the route of analog mixer, just notate your playback buffer size and compensate for that delay by adjusting the file in...
  28. toolfanem

    BIAS port of an AX8 amp?

    Right, this is exactly what I meant. Of course the Axe FX itself is digital model, however the wording of the page makes it seems like its an alternative to the axe fx, when it should be marketed as an alternative to the amp itself. Even if the person who made this used the axe fx as the...
  29. toolfanem

    BIAS port of an AX8 amp?

    https://jimmypickboy.wordpress.com/2016/07/26/axe-fx-ii-dizzy-v4-silver-3-bias-amp-model/ Found this on Facebook. Its apparently a port for Bias of the AX8 Dizzy 4 Silver model. Weird, initially my reaction was to think "well, this seems a little disingenuous." But after thinking about it for a...
  30. toolfanem

    New Cab Pack! ML Bulb Zilla UltraRes™ Collection

    I have been patiently waiting for jokes about the D... Thank you sir!
  31. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    He know how to use it, trust us. Brian's got better ears than most, including me.
  32. toolfanem

    axe fx sounds muddy

    Can you just run some regular music through the axe fx and see how that sounds? use something you know pretty well and see if that sounds muddy. At least you'll know if its something like a bad cable or connection. If its actually the axe fx, try using a balanced amp like the HBE and find a...
  33. toolfanem

    It's been an interesting run

    BLASPHEMER! jk glad your happy buddy. Now give me something to listen to already damn it ;)
  34. toolfanem

    New Cab Pack! ML Bulb Zilla UltraRes™ Collection

    Thats awesome! Yeah its just me, kind of a one-man band situation over here. Appreciate the listens! I have been digging the spacey clean preset so much that a modified version has become my new basic clean preset for jazzy stuff. So much fun.
  35. toolfanem

    RECORDING TECHNIQUES w/AXE FX II

    I come at this from the writing/recording perspective as I am sure lots of other folks here do. My personal belief is that you should only print effects that are crucial to that particular sound. For instance, if the axe fx reverb, compression, whatever makes that sound what it is, use it and...
  36. toolfanem

    New Cab Pack! ML Bulb Zilla UltraRes™ Collection

    Great pack! I also really loved the presets! Funny, the cleans/mid gain stuff is by far my fav part about this pack! And the Suhr Badger 30 is my new fav clean amp now :) I find myself rolling off the highs in the cab block to 5k, there is a bit of grain up top that I wanted gone. But thats a...
  37. toolfanem

    GetGood Drums snare comparison + ML Bulb Zilla + Darkglass

    Smart of them to do so.
  38. toolfanem

    GetGood Drums snare comparison + ML Bulb Zilla + Darkglass

    Would buy these instantly except.... Kontact! Wish these were for Superior Drummer :( Makes sense that they are doing things on their own though.
  39. toolfanem

    Noise and the joys of condo living...

    Thanks for the advice! Have you ever tried this stuff yourself? Did it work for you? I thought that you needed to build like a grounded cage and everything, but even if it helps a little its worth it to me. The frequency of the interference is across the spectrum from what I can see on my...
  40. toolfanem

    Noise and the joys of condo living...

    Hey folks! After many months of frustration chasing down intermittent ground/interference issues, I finally made a break through this weekend! When unplugging my guitar after playing for a bit, I dropped the cable onto the floor in the middle of the room. All of a sudden there was lots of...
  41. toolfanem

    FAS-FX Reverb 1.1

    Arghh! Why do you guys tease me with this stuff!
  42. toolfanem

    Axe FX in Fallujah video

    Love this band. Great solo is this vid too. Not sure if they're using the axe for fx only but whatever, thought I'd give these guys some love on here. I heard they were Kemper dudes... Maybe things have changed?
  43. toolfanem

    Need serious help with IR-s :(

    This is in a different direction, but have you tried doing a tone match to a CD you like? I did that ages ago and its still my go to.
  44. toolfanem

    Rush are officially retired from touring

    This is making me realize there a lot of great bands that I love that I have never seen live. Too damn bad, they are definitely one of the best live bands around. Congrats to them for 40 years of great music!
  45. toolfanem

    My guitar solo[YouTube video] for #Solocontest2016- MLSOUNDLAB UPCOMING 2X12 CAB-PACK

    God damn! Really liked the phrasing! Good stuff man!
  46. toolfanem

    Some thoughts on preset programming

    Wow sounds really great!!! Looking forward to these!
  47. toolfanem

    eliminating noise!?

    If your still using the Mayones Regius you should be good on the cavity shielding. My regius is the only guitar I own that is basically dead silent even with absolutely crap power I have in my condo. In fact, I didn't even know how bad the power was until I got my PRS and started walking around...
  48. toolfanem

    Veil of Maya - Mikasa (ML Sound Lab Bulb pack 13)

    Nice job man!
  49. toolfanem

    Is FAS reverb available?

    NM, how can I delete this thread? I just read the news section and got caught up.
  50. toolfanem

    Symphonic Modern Metal Thingy-(demo) CP13 (bulb)

    yeah dude this is freaking cool! Reminded me a bit of like SYL with the cool layering of extra sounds. Keeps things really interesting, really cool additions. The drums sound great too, do you mind me asking what you used?
  51. toolfanem

    Upgraded to Quantum from 16.01... presets sounds shitty

    If the core amp modeling has changed (for the better), which in turn effects every amp, then doesn't it just logically make sense that you might need to adjust your presets? At least just a little? You can't have your cake and eat it too.. just like you can't have your pudding until you eat you...
  52. toolfanem

    Startling discovery... for me at least...

    This is just a routing mistake that's increasing the volume. The only reason it may sound different by turning the amp level up to match the scenario where the reverb block is at less than 100% mix is because your feeding more signal to the reverb block effectively increasing the amount of...
  53. toolfanem

    Startling discovery... for me at least...

    So the reverb is seeing your clean guitar signal? and then you're combining that and the amp tone after the fact?
  54. toolfanem

    Haunted Shores full song released! (Cab Pack 13: ML USA Bulb)

    I can def hear that too, especially with the chorus of voices and additional sound elements like the synth and strings. WTF is with that song title though haha!
  55. toolfanem

    Haunted Shores full song released! (Cab Pack 13: ML USA Bulb)

    I gotta say, this song kicks far more ass than I was expecting. Only a few parts are anything like Periphery IMHO. Kinda has a bit of an Opeth thing going on melodically. Fyeah!
  56. toolfanem

    NGD! - Returning to My 7 String Roots

    Nice guitar! How are pulling off F# on a 27"? I have a 72 as my heaviest string and I only drop to A haha. Got dat flop??
  57. toolfanem

    Decapitated Tone?

    Straight from wikipedia: EVH 5150 Amplifiers and Cabinets (Blood Mantra, and live performances) Maybe also try tone matching the intro of Exiled in Flesh.
  58. toolfanem

    His Koa-berg 6 for my Holcomb, would you do it?

    I would stay with the PRS
  59. toolfanem

    Fremen Quantum 1.0 presets

    Awesome presets, awesom-er playing, awesom-est playing faces!!!!
  60. toolfanem

    ML SOUND LAB ENTRY & FIRST RECORDING

    Definitely has that LOG style to it and that Mesa sound! Nice work!
  61. toolfanem

    What A Tool!!!!

    Glenn kind of reminds me of Andrew Dice Clay. At first everyone loved him, or at least loved to hate him. Then people got bored and disappeared. I sense history repeating itself.
  62. toolfanem

    MESA/Boogie Mark IV - Amplitube 3 vs Axe-Fx II

    Its not even close.
  63. toolfanem

    Can we please boycott "it sounds more real".

  64. toolfanem

    The Tone!

    It sounds like a wacky thing to do, but I used to do this with amplitube metal. I would blend just a tiny bit of a pretty compressed DI signal in parallel and run both the amp and DI through the cab. Worked pretty good for rock stuff that needed to be super punchy. I stopped doing that with the...
  65. toolfanem

    Axe-Fx II "Quantum" Rev 1.00 Public Beta

    Wha, wha, whAT!!!!
  66. toolfanem

    Cab Pack 13(METAL) short riff demo

    sounds pretty damn sick!
  67. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Yeah man, I have been digging them a bunch! So many IR's lately haha
  68. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    which samples were missing? thats weird. you should be good with the packs you have... I do have metal foundry, however I am 99.9% certain I didn't use anything from that pack. Let me know. I am looking at the standard mapping for Metal Machine, the mapping I have in the patch should work fine...
  69. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    Haha well I gotta make u work for it! Nah jk. I'll see if I can adjust the mapping to meet the standard mapping. Sympathize with me, I'm an SSD convert!
  70. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/hgkh5pkt9qooam7/ToolFanEM%20Metal-Rock%20Kit.s20?dl=0 Okay, here it is. I use a slightly different mapping than most people I think so here is some info. Kicks: C1 (right), B0 (left). I use this for double kick parts. One kick is tuned the finest bit higher than...
  71. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    Protools. Won't matter though, all the drum processing is done in SD2.
  72. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    haha no thats the combo of the avatar plus the other EZXs.
  73. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    Yeah you should be! And the Avatar kit but that comes with SD2 so you should be good to go. Ill check for sure when I get home later and let you know. Its the kit I used in my signature and on my latest track which you can check out...
  74. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    My own personal opinion, stay away from the BenDETH pack. I got burned on that one...
  75. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Thanks fellas!
  76. toolfanem

    Help SeeD :)

    I tend to put Frankenstein kits together based on the EZX packs. For example; the toms in Rock Solid are amazing, but to me the snares/kicks are a bit thin. The big crack snare from Metal! is great, but the floor toms are distorted on the actual sample itself making them unusable (weird right...
  77. toolfanem

    A question for Cliff... what makes the "fuller" amps sound... fuller?

    Where does the Cali leggy end up out of those two? Plate or cathode?
  78. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Thanks!
  79. toolfanem

    Using inverted riffs to create new ones - Axe-FX II / Friedman HBE model

    Mind=blown
  80. toolfanem

    MOAR METAL: Every Hour Kills new track on Revolver

    Its a tough balance but you guys obviously know how to arrange properly so that your not stepping over each other. Good stuff!
  81. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Thanks bud! I used the FAS 6160 if I remember correctly for rhythms and the Citrus 50 for leads :) FW19
  82. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Oh and I forgot to mention that the rhythm guitars are using ML Sounds Misha Mix #5 from the new pack!
  83. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Thanks for the kind words! Rush is a huge influence so that's pretty cool!
  84. toolfanem

    Here is some heavy music!

    Hey all! Here is a track from the EP I will be putting out in October! Let me know what you guys think! This tracks got one of my favorite solos in it at 2:25, feel free to skip around!:) https://celestialflesh.bandcamp.com/album/mono-no-aware
  85. toolfanem

    Question for Fractal about plugins

    How is this thread not exploding? We can't be the only people excited about Fractal plugins...
  86. toolfanem

    Question for Cliff

    Thats amazing. Honestly, the dedication to amps and amp modeling is insane. And, yeah, that would be a great picture!
  87. toolfanem

    Drive parameter in delay block

    It can be a big difference depending on the amount of repeats/feedback and volume level of the repeats. Lots of loud repeats can cause the sound to build up in front of the amp, essentially driving the amp harder. If the delay is after the amp, you dont have that issue. I like doing it both...
  88. toolfanem

    Hey Guyth! My Metal band did a video thing

    NICE JOB! SICK!
  89. toolfanem

    OwnHammer v4 beta cab! fw19, Herbie... gooey metal riff

    Ah that is some goodness! I like how Spec is getting right to the tough questions :) Sounds sick, as usual man! The guitars have just enough chew, and cut in the right places. Nice on the ears, while still being clear. Solid, what is the cab?
  90. toolfanem

    Who would you bring back?

    Freddie Mercury. That guy was so multi talented and had so much to say.
  91. toolfanem

    Fractal Audio has been challenged, or so it seems.

    I'm not sure what it is exactly but something just irritates me so much about that guy. He's always making that face. ughh.
  92. toolfanem

    EZdrummer2 or Superior Drummer?

    Both are excellent. I was using SSD4 also before I switched over to Superior Drummer. Reasons I vote Superior Drummer: 1.) It allows you to do things with routing/bleed that you cant even do with a real kit and a console which is AMAZING when you really like the sound of a kit but there are...
  93. toolfanem

    Dual Rectifier comparison (real vs axe fx)

    Its tough to tell which is "better" without using the same IR or micing the same cab. Both sound good to me. The axe fx version cuts through the mix better, but its got more mids so that basically a given.
  94. toolfanem

    Orange + Marshall is a Great Strat Combination

    Sounds fantastic!
  95. toolfanem

    Misha Mansoor / ML Labs Cab Pack Q&A

    Thanks for the reply! Makes perfect sense. Question: The first IR from the pack I tried was the Misha Mix 1. Its definitely an IR that cuts through a mix! Did you use specific amp sims with this IR? I found that particular IR to be great for bass-ier sounding amps like the Rectos. Just curious...
  96. toolfanem

    returning FX8 for refund

    Doesn't sound that way
  97. toolfanem

    Zero Crunch kills

    Cool find! Looking forward to trying this out over the weekend. I am also hoping that Cliff will chime in on this thread and give us more info on the crunch parameter. Its always cool to learn new stuff about my black magic machine.
  98. toolfanem

    Question for Fractal about plugins

    wha...what...what!!!!?!?!
  99. toolfanem

    Misha Mansoor / ML Labs Cab Pack Q&A

    I thought that it was interesting that you choose IR's based on "feel". Can you explain this a little bit? Do you ever track with one IR for feel and then reamp for a different IR's tonal qualities if you don't really like its feel?
  100. toolfanem

    Mark I incoming! Super deal. I'm on cloud nine.

    Congrats! Its freaking embarrassing how much I paid for my AFX2 when it first came out. Got it from someone on ebay when FW2 was still loaded on the machine, and he definitely knew what he was selling! I was so damn impatient I was to get my hands on it that I actually drove from NJ to Long...
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