It was axe 3.
Since i made a similar thread, Cliff said that the synth block only tracks to 47hZ. It isnt intended for use with bass.
It handles my low F# (4-string) fine, F and E not so much.
From what I know In order to detect the pitch you need to sample at least one full cycle of the input signal. At 47Hz this means about 20msec sample length and latency which I personally find quite annoying. No clue how other devices do the trick.
It could be that the other devices pitch shift the input signal up (maybe by an octave) before it hits the tracking. As @Fjord posted above, with the Axe III you can insert a Pitch block before the synth while using a bass guitar to pitch shift the signal up an octave before it hits the Synth block so it can track way down beyond the low B, in which case perhaps a future firmware update could just have this as a built in feature in the Synth block itself.
It would be great to know if a C4 style selectable tracking range would be possible. The C4 itself can even handle A0 even if it's not listed in it's not covered by it's tracking range
Yes, i know i can get the low notes within the fractal unit. But the axe fx does not track the low notes of a bass guitar.Set shift down an octave in synth block.
Yes, i know i can get the low notes within the fractal unit. But the axe fx does not track the low notes of a bass guitar.
Yep. Another workaround instead of feeding the Synth Block a Pitch Block octave up signal is to split the bass singal before it hits the Axe and run one split into a bass whammy set one octave up and then feed that to the Synth block (set one octave down) via one input on the Axe, and the other split as the dry bass into another input on the Axe.
Basically you would need to find the pitch shifting pedal with the lowest latency.
That seems like a real hassle. Then you might just as well buy a better dedicated synth pedal like the Source Audio c4 or something from Boss or so.