So I've been spending A LOT of time looking at the wiki page & reading about the Amp model & fx.
I'm totally blown away by the sheer amount of amps & Cliffs comments & tips on how some of the different amps respond & sound.
I'm going into this knowing that a unit that goes this deep is going to take some time & learning to make it sound/feel right too. I understand that "Quantum" has helped all of this, but I wasn't around before this version was released & it will have no point of reference for me at all here.
At least I've got my mind set right & my expectations.
Helix was not plug & play for me & took hours of tweaking & IR testing. In the end, the tones were not stand out tones to me & I really wanted it to work-out. I created a bunch of audio clips & videos along the way too. I've gone back now & listened to them after some time away & still like what I'm hearing, but man it was a fight to get there.
I don't plan on being an endless tweaker & hope to find my core amp tones, but how can anyone not try-out all of these amazing amps inside the AX8?
I feel that even if I had the AX8 in my hands right now, it would take me months to get it set-up to play out w/ my cover band anyways.
Just some "Randome thoughts by X-Mann" & maybe my new forum series ?
X
Just wait X, Iam telling ya , amp, cab and some reverb and delay, you will be amazed. Iam no tweaker, heck i dont know what half the stuff even does, The splawn is so heavy, it will make you want to tune down and act like your 18 again, thankfully I have The axe fx II, so Iam not jonesing, but am checking my email and hoping..
Later Zac