Fractal is actually making a Marshall clone tube amp.
The Axe FX II does pretty much all we could want it to do right now.
Who are these "we" you're talking about? Cause this group certainly doesn't include me.
Well I said pretty much and for most but if that doesn't include you then that's fine!! There will always be new mountains to climb!
I would say most people don't use a fraction of what the Axe FX is capable of doing
Switching amps is something Im sure every one does so I would call that a pretty basic thing so Im not sure where you're going there.
How much did it cost in the past?
Still though the tone's I heard online 2500 clams ain't bad.I hope it performs like I have seen/heard online and is reliable.Early this year I bought an ISP Michael Sweet Theta Pro and that thing just kills it.Incredible unit but it is not a modeler and I want more easy to reach tones for my studio client's and myself so the AXE seems to meet my needs.The Kemper......not interested at all.Some $2500 or so. Not sure if enyone actually paid that price. I got it cheaper. Not $1700 cheap though.
The frequent update's and Fractal's involvement with their customers seems second to none and that closed the deal for me.It's certainly very reliable. And sounds great.
One thing about me I am not into the latest and greatest........I want a recording tool that sound's amazing,get's frequent free updates and is bulletproof hardware.I have in my studio right now over $40k of Avid/Digidesign hardware that are nothing but doorstops right now.Avid stopped supporting my PTHD software,hardware including all of my Digi interfaces,my Control 24 console,etc.Was a loyal 15 year customer and got a school bus shoved up my ass by them for my loyalty.Will never happen again and Studio One 3 blows Pro Tools out of the water anyway.The new one is actually going to be called the Axe-Fx XXL.
And the law says you cannot touch.