Hhuent
Experienced
I wonder how you guys who received their new AX8 hours before the next gig set a bunch of presets up in surprisingly short time. I own a FX8 - my first fractal unit - and found I had quite a way to go from an analogue pedalboard - the FX8 is more flexible, more reliable, but easier to set up? - in my case: no way.
From the very first moment I heard from the AX8 I wanted to have it - first modeler that I was ever interested in and just what the doctor ordered. My habit is to read a manual before I receive the unit. So I glanced in the AX8 manual to learn a bit about the amp block. Good god! Page 42 - 50 mention around 80 (!) different controls that can be tweaked and that interact with each other! Sure you can ignore some of them, but I am quite a bit overwelmed by what I read if not frightened. This seems to be quite a different game when going from the FX8 to modeler land.
How the heck do you guys set your new presets up so efficiently when dealing with such an amount of controls that shape your sound?
- factory presets as a starting point?
- what settings do you simply ignore? Which settings can easily be used to good effect?
- newbies, how steep was your learning curve?
Thanks for any hint that calms my mind ;-)
From the very first moment I heard from the AX8 I wanted to have it - first modeler that I was ever interested in and just what the doctor ordered. My habit is to read a manual before I receive the unit. So I glanced in the AX8 manual to learn a bit about the amp block. Good god! Page 42 - 50 mention around 80 (!) different controls that can be tweaked and that interact with each other! Sure you can ignore some of them, but I am quite a bit overwelmed by what I read if not frightened. This seems to be quite a different game when going from the FX8 to modeler land.
How the heck do you guys set your new presets up so efficiently when dealing with such an amount of controls that shape your sound?
- factory presets as a starting point?
- what settings do you simply ignore? Which settings can easily be used to good effect?
- newbies, how steep was your learning curve?
Thanks for any hint that calms my mind ;-)