Dr. Dipwad
Experienced
Hey, unix-guy & GreatGreen:
There is a way to have 4 amps at once, and cross-fade between them using Scene changes. In fact, you can set the cross-fade time to 500ms, or even longer. (I prefer 500ms.)
Here's how: You have to have 2 Axe-FX II units.
That, basically, is my rig: I didn't know the Axe-FX III would arrive so soon. So I bought a second Axe-FX II and wired it up with my first Axe-FX II which I'd had for years.
In every program I have 4 amps (not using X/Y): 2 are in Axe #1, and the others are in Axe #2. I blend the Clean and Gritty amp sounds in #1, and send the blended sound out the Left Side of the effects loop (I send an unprocessed sound out the Right side).
Then I bring the Left and Right of that same effects loop into Inputs 1 & 2 on Axe #2. I send the unprocessed (Right) side into my Crunch and Lead amp sounds, then blend THEM. Then I take the two BLENDS (the Clean/Gritty blend and the Crunch/Lead blend), and I blend THOSE to make the final tone.
The level of each amp is continuously controlled using the Scenes Controllers.
And, level of each amp has a Damping of 500ms.
So, when I change scenes (say, from Clean to Lead), the old amp fades out WHILE the new amp is fading in.
It works.
But it's complicated and I can't backup a program to my PC easily, because I'd have to back it up from BOTH Axe-FX II units.
So it's a pain. That's why I'll ultimately change to the III.
(But it goes to show you how far some folks will go for seamlessness.)
Any time you change Amp block X/Y state, even for an amp that is bypassed, there is a gap in the audio. If you truly need 4 amps in a preset, there are going to be cases where there is a gap... Because you have to change X/Y to get to all of them.
There is a way to have 4 amps at once, and cross-fade between them using Scene changes. In fact, you can set the cross-fade time to 500ms, or even longer. (I prefer 500ms.)
Here's how: You have to have 2 Axe-FX II units.
That, basically, is my rig: I didn't know the Axe-FX III would arrive so soon. So I bought a second Axe-FX II and wired it up with my first Axe-FX II which I'd had for years.
In every program I have 4 amps (not using X/Y): 2 are in Axe #1, and the others are in Axe #2. I blend the Clean and Gritty amp sounds in #1, and send the blended sound out the Left Side of the effects loop (I send an unprocessed sound out the Right side).
Then I bring the Left and Right of that same effects loop into Inputs 1 & 2 on Axe #2. I send the unprocessed (Right) side into my Crunch and Lead amp sounds, then blend THEM. Then I take the two BLENDS (the Clean/Gritty blend and the Crunch/Lead blend), and I blend THOSE to make the final tone.
The level of each amp is continuously controlled using the Scenes Controllers.
And, level of each amp has a Damping of 500ms.
So, when I change scenes (say, from Clean to Lead), the old amp fades out WHILE the new amp is fading in.
It works.
But it's complicated and I can't backup a program to my PC easily, because I'd have to back it up from BOTH Axe-FX II units.
So it's a pain. That's why I'll ultimately change to the III.
(But it goes to show you how far some folks will go for seamlessness.)