lqdsnddist
Axe-Master
I think the MFC takes up very little stage space, its only like 1.5x1 foot or so, and can be powered via the ethernet cable, so not extra cords to run, no extra AC adapter etc on stage.
I've owned stuff like a Midi Mouse before, but honestly think that if you've got a Axe-II XL your kind of missing out on tons of the cool features it can do if you don't at least have a few scene buttons and maybe an exp pedal or two. At least one.....
You can make some many cool tonal changes from scene to scene, you can control any parameter, or parameters even with an exp pedal...just a vast amount of options and stuff that used to require a $20k custom Bradshaw rig to do are right at your feet
I dreamed for half my playing career of being able to press one switch and have my delay kick in along with a flanger and a lead boost and not have to tap dance all over my pedal board. Scenes gives me just that...
I have my first MFC row as scene 1-5, next rows are presets 1-10 et al. I could get by with slightly fewer switches but having each tone at the press of a foot switch is actually really handy, as is having a visual reference of what swtiches are active, the patch name visible on the MFC etc
Saving a few hundred bucks, (or less) and giving up so many cool features just doesn't seem to make good sense to me, especially when your Axe cost over $2000....why skimp on the controller ?
I've owned stuff like a Midi Mouse before, but honestly think that if you've got a Axe-II XL your kind of missing out on tons of the cool features it can do if you don't at least have a few scene buttons and maybe an exp pedal or two. At least one.....
You can make some many cool tonal changes from scene to scene, you can control any parameter, or parameters even with an exp pedal...just a vast amount of options and stuff that used to require a $20k custom Bradshaw rig to do are right at your feet
I dreamed for half my playing career of being able to press one switch and have my delay kick in along with a flanger and a lead boost and not have to tap dance all over my pedal board. Scenes gives me just that...
I have my first MFC row as scene 1-5, next rows are presets 1-10 et al. I could get by with slightly fewer switches but having each tone at the press of a foot switch is actually really handy, as is having a visual reference of what swtiches are active, the patch name visible on the MFC etc
Saving a few hundred bucks, (or less) and giving up so many cool features just doesn't seem to make good sense to me, especially when your Axe cost over $2000....why skimp on the controller ?