vkinetic
Inspired
Just taken delivery of my AX8 (and EV-1).
Might be laughable to some but stepped up to the AX8 from a Boss MS-3, which was the core of my pedal board (along with my favorite drive and mod pedals) going into a Fender Super Reverb (now for sale!).
The MS-3 revolutionalised my set up in that I was finally able to fine tune my sound for the song the band was doing, since it had programable presets. My band does what we call 'pub rock' - anything from the Stones, Steppenwolf, ACDC, The Angels through to Powderfinger, Nirvana, Foo Fighters etc etc. So basically I had a preset for each song, and I would arrange the preset order for the song order in the sets. That was all fine and good unless the order for one reason or another would change (which it did often) , or if we got a request - I would have to scroll through the presets to find the preset for that song, which took precious time.
But I always thought that when I got my AX8 I would abandon the idea of having a separate preset for each song and just go with a few presets (along with their scenes) to suit the basic genre (eg, a basic preset based on Fender amps, another for Marshall etc.) That was until I discovered Moke's fantastic presets, many of which are song based. So I'm just trying to figure out the best and most efficient way to use my AX8 live.
So I would love to know how you use your AX8 live - especially those who have been using them live for some time.
Thanks!
Might be laughable to some but stepped up to the AX8 from a Boss MS-3, which was the core of my pedal board (along with my favorite drive and mod pedals) going into a Fender Super Reverb (now for sale!).
The MS-3 revolutionalised my set up in that I was finally able to fine tune my sound for the song the band was doing, since it had programable presets. My band does what we call 'pub rock' - anything from the Stones, Steppenwolf, ACDC, The Angels through to Powderfinger, Nirvana, Foo Fighters etc etc. So basically I had a preset for each song, and I would arrange the preset order for the song order in the sets. That was all fine and good unless the order for one reason or another would change (which it did often) , or if we got a request - I would have to scroll through the presets to find the preset for that song, which took precious time.
But I always thought that when I got my AX8 I would abandon the idea of having a separate preset for each song and just go with a few presets (along with their scenes) to suit the basic genre (eg, a basic preset based on Fender amps, another for Marshall etc.) That was until I discovered Moke's fantastic presets, many of which are song based. So I'm just trying to figure out the best and most efficient way to use my AX8 live.
So I would love to know how you use your AX8 live - especially those who have been using them live for some time.
Thanks!