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

[iaresee]

I'll ask (jokingly) before the chuckleheads do: when is it going to be on FM3 and FM9?

B-A-N-N-E-D

 

[unix-guy]

B-A-N-N-E-D

But, I mean, honestly they're useless without this update...

 

[AlGrenadine]

Would love some A/B comparisons!

+1

 

[unix-guy]

Do you remember what happened to Mr. Creosote when he ate that wafer-thin chocolate mint?

I do!

 

[rossipedia]

It's like all the harshness on my hi-gain presets disappeared in my headphones. It's amazing.

 

[Gregmang]

I used Fractool. Amp resetter and chose what i wanted to keep. It worked well.

Ok - I’ll give it a shot !

 

[chris]

keep in mind: if you're keeping old settings in the amps, you aren't hearing the full impact of the update. a soft-reset or hard-reset of the amps will reset advanced parameters to the new defaults, and then you'll hear what this update has to offer.

 

[vector]

OMG

 

[R.D.]

Which amp and type of tone do you play ?

Same, what amp and music genre do you play ?

I've been stuck on either the Plexi's ( mainly the 6CA7 ) and the REVV Gens ....

I play mainly high gain 80's stuff ..., I was in a hair band for years, back when I actually had hair. Now I look more like Kenny Aronoff

 

[Budda]

Assuming my coffee kicks in I’ll make an a/b of 24.4 vs 25b later tonight

 

[My name is mud]

It's like all the harshness on my hi-gain presets disappeared in my headphones. It's amazing.

That’s cool to read that, I wasn’t dreaming.

But when I read « clarity » I don’t really have the same feel. Here the high gain things are « blurry » now

keep in mind: if you're keeping old settings in the amps, you aren't hearing the full impact of the update. a soft-reset or hard-reset of the amps will reset advanced parameters to the new defaults, and then you'll hear what this update has to offer.

This is what I will do later, I will reboot everything

 

[megachally]

If I want to make all the factory presets have this update correctly, I can just go into Manage Presets and select all of the factory presets and choose "Reset Amp Blocks" correct? Just wanted to verify before I do it.

 

[Erock93]

Assuming my coffee kicks in I’ll make an a/b of 24.4 vs 25b later tonight

Yes please !

 

[notalemming]

Will this new CX3 firmware 25.0 also require an updated xe-III Edit to work with it, or no?

@Michael Pickens -- inquiring minds want to know!

Could be. I'm on a Mac, have the latest Axe Edit 1.13.15 & it says disconnected. I can't get it to see the Axe. Fractal-Bot & FracTool work just fine so I doubt it's a cable/USB port issue.

 

[Randalljax]

That’s cool to read that, I wasn’t dreaming.

But when I read « clarity » I don’t really have the same feel. Here the high gain things are « blurry » now




This is what I will do later, I will reboot everything

This is what I think might be happening you will likely have to reset and then re tweak the bass mid treble and pres settings

 

[chris]

Could be. I'm on a Mac, have the latest Axe Edit 1.13.15 & it says disconnected. I can't get it to see the Axe. Fractal-Bot & FracTool work just fine so I doubt it's a cable/USB port issue.

mac here too, no issue after installing.

 

[austinbuddy]

Could be. I'm on a Mac, have the latest Axe Edit 1.13.15 & it says disconnected. I can't get it to see the Axe. Fractal-Bot & FracTool work just fine so I doubt it's a cable/USB port issue.

Well, I can run the editor with fw25/connect -- but that doesn't mean the editor is 100% compatible yet. So beware and let's all hear from Fractal Audio directly before you try to do anything with the last editor and new fw25.0. It may be that it is okay - but I never assume!

 

[TSJMajesty]

It's like all the harshness on my hi-gain presets disappeared in my headphones. It's amazing.

That's interesting. And may implore me to D/L it.
Can you elaborate? (I also play with headphones, AT M50x.)

 

[effulgent]

sounding great when I open up that volume -- many thanks!

 

[notalemming]

mac here too, no issue after installing.

I noticed the Axe wasn't being seen in the Mac audio preferences either. Restarting the Axe cleared it up. Axe Edit and the system prefs see it now.

Well, I can run the editor with fw25/connect -- but that doesn't mean the editor is 100% compatible yet. So beware and let's all hear from Fractal Audio directly before you try to do anything with the last editor and new fw25.0. It may be that it is okay - but I never assume!

@austinbuddy Yeah, I understand it may work but not be fully compatible but it wouldn't even connect to my Axe until I restarted it a second time after the firmware update. I thought it might be something specific with my setup since no one else had mentioned Edit not connecting. Anyway, it works now & the firmware sounds figging' great!