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    Axe Fx with Sennheiser IEM 300

    Sennheiser IEMS have two "mode" settings on the body pack. Stereo mode and Focus mode. In stereo mode whatever signal you send down the left side goes to the left ear etc. Mostly useful when you have a dedicated monitor board building a custom mix just for you. In focus mode you can send...
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    Axe Fx II - Tuner & Setting Intonation

    My understanding is that almost any tuner is "accurate" enough. It's just math. Not even complex math. But the displays can make some tuners better for use onstage and some are better for intonation on a workbench. Meaning that that needle type is often "damped" to keep the needle from bouncing...
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    New to Axe FX. What do I get?

    One problem I have run into in certain venues is that some PA systems merge the stereo to mono. Some stereo delay types and settings can then cancel each other out. The cancelled delays means ZERO delay being heard. If that happens have the engineer mute one side of you stereo path and VIOLA...
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    IEM's anyone?

    I've used IEMs for about 8 years. Started with a pair of Ultimate Ears UE7s. I still have those and use them regularly. I also have a pair of Sensaphonics 3D ambient. Those are cool that they have tiny mics on the earpieces where I can dial in or out the amount of ambient sound to be mixed...
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    U2 at Sean Penn Haiti fundraiser (Axe FX II spotting)

    I have this whole conversation somewhere in my files. It goes on for quite a bit longer as they test different sounds for different songs. I believe it was an AXE FX II with an early firmware…. maybe around version 2-3. Either way, Edge was happy enough with whatever he was using to spend...
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    U2 at Sean Penn Haiti fundraiser (Axe FX II spotting)

    Looking at this again I wonder if he's using the wedges behind him for his main amp sounds with AC30 sims inside the AXE FX..... and splitting off the guitar signal for shimmer into the Fender amp? A Fender has been the last part of that path for him in the past. Maybe it's still that way...
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    U2 at Sean Penn Haiti fundraiser (Axe FX II spotting)

    For whatever reasons Edge may or may not decide to tour with his big rig, For an event like this Fractal makes sense. Here's a potential thought process. Bono: Hey guys, Sean Penn has asked if we'll play a few songs at his fund raiser…. whatya say? Edge: Yeah we can do that. If it's only a...
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    Midi player?!

    Alesis Data disk... if you can find one used.
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    Feedback or feedback simulation

    You could also try using a guitar with a sustainer in it... Fernandez retrorocket works for me. And one of my Strats has a sustainiac in it. Works great. I can get the strings to vibrate like feedback with the amp turned OFF if I need too.
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    flying with axe fx II and guitar

    I do it all the time ... with more stuff than that actually. I usually put the Axe FX in the overhead in it's rack bag. My backpack (laptop, change of clothes, toothbrush etc) goes under the seat in front of me. Other non-guitar playing members of the band (Drummer, Singer, Manager) each carry...
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    MFC-eathernet-Axefx2 and MFC-MIDI-controling other fx ?

    It does come from the MFC.... Every MIDI command comes from there. It's just that the first unit ignores the commands that aren't relevant to it and pass them down the line to the next unit and so on. Hypothetical setup here... Axe FX is MIDI channel 1 GCX is channel 2 MFC is programmed to...
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    Using MFC III with Ultra & Axe 2

    I could see it being a cool rig.... run as many as FOUR amps at once for example. And the Backup is always there and always plugged in ready to go.
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    MFC-eathernet-Axefx2 and MFC-MIDI-controling other fx ?

    You should be able to use Ethernet from the AXE FX... and then a standard MIDI cable from the AXE FX MIDI out/thru to MIDI IN of anything else you have that receives MIDI. Send info from the controller on different channels (set each unit to receive in the appropriate channel) and it will pass...
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    Using MFC III with Ultra & Axe 2

    I don't have an MFC (no editor and I need one to program each show's setlist) but with proper rig programming this should be possible with just about any decent MIDI controller. MIDI controllers have been running FAR more complex rigs than that for many years before Fractal was around. I use...
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    In ear monitors

    Stereo help you to pick out different parts of the mix. Your brain has an easier time momentarily listening to the Bass player vs the snare vs your guitar when things are panned at least a little bit. When different sounds seem to come from different directions it's easier to hear each one...
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    In ear monitors

    When you're on in ears often it's too much to be hearing everything and still be able to play well. Less is more... but a guitar players version is FAR different than the Singer or Bass player. For example my own mix has my own guitar and vocal quite loud. The lead vocal somewhat less but...
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    In ear monitors

    There's a whole discussion from a week or so ago. http://forum.fractalaudio.com/rigs-routing/78825-~500$-ear-recommendation.html There's more to your question than meets the eye. Are you asking about earpieces that you stick in your ears? Or the wireless/wired system that gets the signal...
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    Anyone changing patches via a MIDI interface with an iPad LIVE with a click track?

    Yes this is done all time to control MIDI gear of all types. Not just guitar rigs. It COULD control everything... sounds, lighting, digital mixing. Just depends on how much programming you want to do.
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    Anyone changing patches via a MIDI interface with an iPad LIVE with a click track?

    Any DAW capable of recording and playing back MIDI could do this. I know that Eric (soloact) does it using digital performer. You need to have a MIDI track that contains whatever PC#s or CC#s that you want to send. Send those as an output from your DAW into the AXE FX and it'll work just fine.
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    Shimmer Reverb

    It can also be stated the reverb is nothing but a whole bunch of delays simulating the reflections of a space. Some reverb units now have the ability to do shimmer. But it still has to have some kind of pitch shift most of the time. Not pure reverb. I was pointing out why its not found in the...
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    Shimmer Reverb

    Shimmer isn't really a type of reverb anyway. It was invented by taking a pitch transposer up an octave... through a delay.... and feeding back that signal to the input again so that the pitch cascades upward by octaves until it dies out. Often a reverb block is useful at the end of a shimmer...
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    How many amps do you actually use?

    Since i'm recreating Edge's rig ... he has three different AC30s, A Blues JR (for the shimmer path mostly) and a Fender. Guess what I'm using in the AXE? I DO use 2-3 other amps because I got the sounds out of them that I wanted .... but that's it. I have 65 presets for the live show. Almost...
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    Setlist rearranging

    I've been using an axess FX1 to control my rig since before Fractal was around. It's always been completely reliable and powerful enough to run my entire rig. And I've been using AXE FX since standard firmware 2.00. It always evolved perfectly to meet the needs of my rig. In the last year...
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    ~500$ in-ear recommendation

    Recommended options for #2 and #3 #2) You could use a headphone amp and a long cord. There was a solution posted earlier that combines that with your guitar cord. The danger here is that straight headphone amps do not have any protection built in to protect your hearing from and sudden loud...
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    ~500$ in-ear recommendation

    To do IEM correctly you need three things. 1) The earpieces. The actual things you stick into your ear. Get custom molded ones... they fit better and sound better because of that. These go from $200 to $2000 2) Something to feed sound to #1. Usually this is a wireless system with a...
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    Axe-Fx II Sighting

    Been there. Done that. Javajunkie (Sean) was my guitar tech for the show. Used my original Axe Fx Standard.
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    The Axe-Fx takes on Harmonica: John Popper's New Rig

    I'll be curious to see if he uses this rig when he plays pick up gigs with my buddies band in Vail. Its a tiny tiny stage up there.
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    This guy needs an Axe-FX!

    At least he's not limited to only 12 blocks..... I wonder what happens if you turn them all on at once?
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    Plugging a tube amp into the Axe FX II....

    Clearly he changed the value on the transformer, Set the Sag to 2.4 and used a custom IR. :)
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    Stereo or LR sum , when running mono ?

    Lots of your fancy stereo sounds disappear when summed to mono. Some types of stereo delays will cancel out and leave you with no delay at all. This can also happen even if you feed both sides to the PA. If it's a mono system (many large PAs are) or the sound guy pans both channels to center...
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    laptop just died :( now the question is mac or pc? to use w/axe and for recordings

    Its a simple analogy to guys who like fast cars. A PC is great if you like to build your own or tinker with it trying to get more performance. To do that you have to want to understand everything that's going on under the hood. If thats you.... then buy a PC .... and build your own hot rod...
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    mono vs stereo ? direct to the mixer

    I always build my presets to work in mono. SO many PA systems are mono anyway. And even if they aren't quite a bit of an audience may not be seated in an area where stereo works. If half my audience can't hear an awesome sounding stereo preset, what's the point of it? I learned my lesson early...
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    The history of Axe Fx so far.

    My first standard arrived with firmware 1.xx. But 2.01 was available for download already. I think I downloaded it right away before I started saving presets. When Sean and Eric tried my first unit it was probably still on 2.01.
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    The history of Axe Fx so far.

    Pete and I both got our standards in late 2006. Fractal was selling off the last few units that were not ROHS compliant for a really cheap price ($900 or so) so I grabbed one. After I got it and was using it. Sean (javajunkie) and Eric (soloact) were interested in checking it out. They...
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    Stoopidist Band name evah.

    There was a band in Detroit in the 80s called "Beer on a Penguin" I think that qualifies.
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    setting live patch levels via daw and real time metering

    The easiest way to get volumes leveled is to use the feature built into the AXE FX for doing this. First you may not actually WANT them to be exactly the same. Certain songs and presets are going to need more volume when the band is really rocking out. I don't think of it as "same level" as...
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    The history of Axe Fx so far.

    My first standard came delivered with firmware 1.xx. 2.0 came out that week. Both Solo-act (Eric) and Javajunkie (Sean) came to fool with mine before buying their own. The Ultra wasn't available for another year or two. Originally I bought mine when Cliff was blowing out a limited number...
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    Best Practices: Preset Ordering

    This is why I don't have an MFC. Since there is no editor, the setlist mode is much harder to use than it needs to be. On my Axess FX1 (Liquidfoot works this way too) You can make presets anywhere you like. Then group those together as Songs..... then put the songs in setlist order with an...
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    2290 delay

    Go in and change the phase in the delay block.
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    Band is now all Axe-fx for guitars

    The Presonus is nice. But without moving faders it's not as useful to me as it could be. We use a Yamaha O1V96. When we call up each mix (we use 4) the faders jump to their positions and even a drummer can tell where the level is set for each input before he starts moving stuff. The...
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    Band is now all Axe-fx for guitars

    It's always a good idea to carry your own split snake as well. Plug all your stuff into your stage box so that your IEM mix is always what you want. Hand the house sound guy a snake tail labeled with your inputs. EWI makes a good inexpensive "poorman's split snake" about $350-$400 If I...
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    laptop with the band???

    As others have said DP is a great live product for this usage. Lots of major acts use it (U2 etc). I have it. I found it to have more complexity than I needed for running a few audio tracks. I use no samples or soft synths I burn those down to audio files instead. I use Logic because...
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    Can someone help with dotted eighth notes?

    Ping pong for Streets is just flat out wrong. At least if you're trying to sound anything like U2's versions of it. Since Edge uses mono delays with mod (2290s). That's all you really need as far as delay. All of my patches are mono. Too many PA systems in various venues collapse stereo to...
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    Can someone help with dotted eighth notes?

    Wanna hear how U2 actually does it? Listen to just about any live Version of Pride (in the name of love). Before counting in, Edge will usually strike the strings a couple times with a muted strike. This gives the band the tempo to play. Drummer (larry) doesn't decide the tempo (he does...
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    What is the cause of the pop sounds I get when playing through Cubase?

    If you're getting "pop" sounds through your speakers, try turning off the Katy Perry "music".
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    Line 6 Relay wireless

    My G50 sits just fine ziptied to a 1U rackshelf. My 4U fly rack has the following.... Korg A3 (1U) Axe Fx (2U) and a rack shelf containing a 1/2 width interface and a G50. Once it's in there you can't adjust the knobs on top. It's the only drawback. I've never needed to touch them...
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    Where to place pitch block for using Crystals?

    Are you trying to get a shimmer/crystals/plex shift sound blended along with a regular guitar tone? Normally this is done with parallel paths. Build your guitar tone as normal. Then right at the input split the guitar signal so that it makes a parallel path that has the crystals block along...
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    rack mount wireless suggestions? (not line 6)

    You can rack mount just about anything that you decide on.... Use a rack shelf and put it between two other units in the rack with the antennas in front. Velcro/dualock/zip tie it to the shelf and the unit above it will also hold it in place. I have done that with several different units...
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    Shure PSM 900, or Sennheiser ew 300/EMG3 ?

    There is a reason that touring acts use the Sennheisers over any other unit. The Shures (600 series and higher) are a close second. Everything else is the IEM equivalent of the POD. They work for many users, but pros often find them unacceptable. Usually because in tough RF environments as...
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    Quality of delays in AxeFX II?

    Most of the professional "edges" still have to use an A3 for Mysterious Ways. Nothing else quite replicates whatever is unique to that particular sound. I've said before.... The A3 sounds like crap, But, For the Achtung Baby album tones, It sounds like that particular type of crap.
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    AXE-FX only as an FX unit?

    For FX only it's about as good as an Eclipse. But with a couple of advantages. The Eclipse doesn't really have some of the blocks that are staples for some guitar players. It's missing things like Drives, Wah, compressors etc. Also the lag on switching presets with the eclipse can be...
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    What are you using for backup?

    I use another Axe FX. I currently only have 1 controller for my rig though (FX1). If that goes down...... I'm screwed. But I just got an HD500 this week. It already has shown it's limits for what I'd need it to do. There are at least a few patches that it simply can't replicate by itself...
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    Idea to tweak my live rig.

    I already use the AC30 models in firmware 5.xx along with various pedal sims in front.... FET works pretty well quite often to replicate the triad. It's just that the "improved" amp sims after about version 7 cause the CPU to choke if I also want a shimmer path (either pitch or multidelay) So...
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    Idea to tweak my live rig.

    I'll start by saying that I was one of the early adopters of the Axe FX. Before there was such a thing as an ultra I bought my standard. Several of the major posters on this board (javajunkie etc) tried mine before buying theirs. My original unit arrived with firmware 1.xx and was upgraded to...
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    Delay switching presets during live use

    I routinely switch between virtual rigs from verse to chorus etc. It switches quick enough that its finished between my right hand hitting the chords as I play. One key will be to be sure that your patches are leveled to similar volumes since a dramatic jump in volume can sound "glitchy"...
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    Do you take a lap top to the gig?

    I bring a laptop just because I always have it with me anyway. I don't ever use it for AXE stuff though... I do all that from the front panel anyway. I do use it to edit my FX1 for setlist order. Usually that's done before arriving at the venue.... but I have connected it a couple times to...
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    Sensaphonics or Ultimate Ears??

    I agree with Pete on almost every point that he makes. For what I do (U2 tribute on various sized stages ... and NOT traveling with our own monitor guy) the 3D ambient makes more sense.
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    Sensaphonics or Ultimate Ears??

    Everyone will tell you to buy the ones that they have. There are very few of us that have more than one set of custom molded IEMs. So, very few people will give you a true A/B comparison. I actually own both Ultimate Ears UE7s and Sensaphonics 3D ambient. The UE7s don't really have more...
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    Looking for something to play backing tracks, sound effects.

    Re: Looking for something to play backing tracks, sound effe I use a Digitech GNX4 .... just the tracks part. (i've never once plugged my guitar into it). I create the backing track in my computer DAW and import it into the GNX4 memory card with a USB cable. Once the tracks are in there the...
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    The AxeFx would not be the same without...

    Yeah.... That was a fun show. We're doing a short tour of California at a few House of Blues venues over Labor Day weekend. Those are always good stages too.
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    The AxeFx would not be the same without...

    He hasn't been to my house either.... and it's only about 200 yards away. To be fair, Sean did come over a couple times to my old house (about a mile away). One time was to try my AXE FX before he bought his. (yeah I had mine first ... also Demoed it for Eric "soloact" before he got one) And...
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    The AxeFx would not be the same without...

    Sean could easily land a job as a touring guitar tech for a major artist..... and he's a good player as well.
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    Anyone in ear monitors?

    Yes I've used IEM for a few years now. Pros: 1) I can hear the show exactly the same every night. 2) If I walk around on larger stages I can still play in time with the band. (60 feet from the drummer means approx a 60ms delay in hearing the timing of what he's playing..... IEMs eliminate...
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    Live question???

    And if you had miked an amp at a reasonable stage volume, He would have buried that too. Some engineers like to show off how many watts they have tied up in subs. They just LOVE kick drum and bass. Bad bad bad engineer.
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    Tips for dialing in a good classic AC30 tone?

    When someone says something like "classic Vox tone" I always wonder exactly what that is. Is it Queen? The Beatles? U2? etc. I can speak a bit about the classic U2 sound. Edge uses various AC30s from a few different years. (Mostly mid 60s vintage) Most of the time he's pushing the front end...
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    Axe FX gets the thumbs up at rehearsal

    That's been my experience with the 3D ambient as well. I also came from Ultimate UE7s. One cool trick I did once in a festival setting on a fly date.... The sound company was not really set up to be able to do much of a soundcheck to build a decent IEM mix... so I just listened to the stage...
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    Live

    I use lots of patches because I play in a U2 tribute. Each song tends to be a highly unique sound and some songs have 2-4 very different sounds in various sections of the song. Most other gigs probably wouldn't need that many. Also be aware the if you feel like you need to do every firmware...
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    Live

    I play live with my rig almost exclusively. I can't recall ever actually recording anything with it in a studio yet. And, I've had mine a LONG time (before firmware 2.0). You need to connect it up to a similar speaker type and turn up the volume to near gig levels to tweak properly. I've...
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    Is this possible with the Standard?

    I'm a long time standard owner. The week I got mine, Cliff released firmware 2.xx. I also play in a U2 tribute. The standard can do what you need for U2 sounds. But you might want an ultra just for the CPU power. The Ultra wasn't available when I got my first unit. I'm still running 5.xx...
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    Axe FX VS Tc Electronics G-Force

    Playing out is a good start. Unless you have chicks in rows in front of your living room sofa.
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    Axe FX VS Tc Electronics G-Force

    Lacking? Lacking how? Complete bullshit. I've owned every decent delay unit known to man. It's the basis of what I do in my gigging life. (U2 Tribute ... duh). I have a TC2290, the absolute holy grail of delay units, that is collecting dust. If the Axe FX can do what the 2290 does, there's...
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    Axe FX VS Tc Electronics G-Force

    #1 for me, even before the Axe FX was available, is there is no Modulating Delay on the G force. (or any other current TC product except the D2). Pretty freaking stupid to leave that off if you ask me. Especially since the original 2290 had it and is so sought after. Right away it wasn't...
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    Has anyone given up on updating?

    Ok... I think I win the prize for doing the least updates recently. I'm still on 5.13. My system is stable and sounds really good. I do have 7.13 on my backup AXE unit (I have two standards) But about half of my patches go over the CPU limit when using 7.xx. Whatever the advances in amp tone...
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    axe fx hardware > what kind of preamp!?

    Ya know the germans always make good stuff .... Must be true. I saw it on a sham wow ad.
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    how to set up live ??????

    I did that for a long time. But frankly the miced amp was too inconsistent and the sound guys used very little of it. Now I just feed FOH a mono direct signal from the XLR. I still have an amp onstage to provide some stage wash so that the folks in the front rows hear something besides drums.
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    IEM Recommendations Anyone?

    This question comes up every few days on prosoundweb. This is a forum for pro sound guys. Many of them are the engineers for the major tours that you know well. (monitor engineers too) These are the inevitable responses .... and not surprisingly, I have found this to be true myself. Having...
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    How do you guys hear yourselfs and the band onstage?

    I have a Vox AC30 onstage as well. It's turned up enough so that it balances with the volume of the acoustic drums. We found that the people in the front rows need some amps for it to sound "right". The PA tend to blow past the people that are close to the stage so there needs to be some...
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    How do you guys hear yourselfs and the band onstage?

    I also use IEMs. But not an aviom system. I've never used one of those. They look perfect for things like Sean's church group. I don't think I've seen one used yet for a touring band. For that you usually see something like what we carry. We have an actual IEM monitor rack with a split...
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    Psionic Triad / Korg SDD-3000 Pre-Amp in the Axe FX

    You did read that wrong. I have two Axe Fx. One is my main rig. The other is currently programmed identically as a backup. I had considered using the backup unit as part of a bigger rig. But, I just don't have a need to do it .... or the motivation right now.
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    Psionic Triad / Korg SDD-3000 Pre-Amp in the Axe FX

    I had a triad in the axe fx loop for quite a while. It doesn't clip the inputs (at least not the way I was using it). It does push the front end of the amp models in a similar way to how it does it with the real amps. I eventually took it out of my rig because I needed to make my rack...
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    On which firmware have YOU joined the club?

    I got one of the last pre ROHS compliant units.... it arrived with 1.xx and 2.00 was out within days. Nov of 07 I think.
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