AITR

[Joe Bfstplk]

Where will the new ir's be stored on the mk2 axe, will we lose some preset or user ir bank storage space?

Mk2 Axe has more "NV" memory (non-volatile, aka storage) due to a change in the NV memory chips.
Same brain processing power as the Mk1, but bigger closets.

 

[vangrieg]

You completely miss the point that you may be at a gig and need to build 80 presets between soundcheck and your first set.

Indeed. And that's usually the time to experiment with IRs.

 

[Piing]

Indeed. And that's usually the time to experiment with IRs.

The prefect time, indeed. 2048 IRs, at 10 seconds per IR, only requires 5,7 hours to be tested

 

[grandinq]

The prefect time, indeed. 2048 IRs, at 10 seconds per IR, only require 5,7 hours to be tested

Totally! I like to play a riff into the Looper and have it endlessly repeat as I scroll through IRs. The audience loves it!

 

[GLiDE BPM]

I'd give up half my user preset slots on my MkI Axe 3 just to have the capability.......

 

[Jasha]

me2

 

[randyman]

The prefect time, indeed.

Ford Prefect?



(and I promised I wasn’t going to go off topic again. Bad randyman. Bad!)

 

[jin1995x]

I got a dream this morning that 17.00 was released and Cliff managed to incorporate the double the number of upcoming Full res IR's into user bank 2 on the Mk1.

Was a nice dream i must say!

 

[flash6]

Before applying the upgrade:
1) Use FracTool to list all the links between User CABs and User Presets in a Excel file
2) Highlight the CABS at User Bank 2 that are linked to a preset
3) Move them to Bank 1 and re-link the preset

Coming soon:
Use the Axe-Edit "Save Preset + CAB bundle" feature to save you presets together with the CABs

I fooled around with this a bit. It looks like muted cabs are omitted from the Excel file. True? Or am I missing something?

 

[skategeezer]

The hardware is locked at 48kHz, but IR length will be increased to 1330 ms

Thanks for the response. I do recall now 48kHz being the standard or limit. I also recall a few very funny threads on that very thing in the past.
I look forward to experimenting with longer length IR's in the AX3 MK2.
I have other equipment that can load 500ms IR's and those IR's are good for some uses but not all. Also depends on what the IR capture contains beyond 200ms. In my experience it can vary depending on the vendor and your ears/taste etc. I will be interested to hear the ones that Fractal provides as factory full-length IR's.

It is also worth pointing out that outside of this subject the one setting that has helped save me time is the auto trim setting in Axe Edit.
I find I do not need to adjust the align setting in the cab block as much to resolve phase issues when mixing IR's from different vendor or factory ones as well.

 

[sprint]

I got a dream this morning that 17.00 was released and Cliff managed to incorporate the double the number of upcoming Full res IR's into user bank 2 on the Mk1.

Was a nice dream i must say!

 

[reclavea]

I’m in with Admin M@‘s $1.00 bet post!

 

[TG3K]

Totally! I like to play a riff into the Looper and have it endlessly repeat as I scroll through IRs. The audience loves it!

Dude, that's MY jam!

 

[Chuck P]

Totally! I like to play a riff into the Looper and have it endlessly repeat as I scroll through IRs. The audience loves it!

"Play LT TV Mix 3! Wooooo!"

 

[steadystate]

I doubt it. The IRs used in this clip are room mic IRs. They have lots of reflections. Far-field IRs have (ideally) no reflections.

Is an IR made with a distant room mic still considered far-field even though it has room reflections?

 

[FractalAudio]

Is an IR made with a distant room mic still considered far-field even though it has room reflections?

No because it has reflections. A far-field measurement is only the response of the transducer.

There's a couple ways to do far-field measurements:
1. Suspend the speaker and mic in air far enough above the ground so that the ground reflection arrives after the direct signal.
2. Use a ground plane measurement technique outdoors or in a space large enough that any reflections arrive after the direct signal.

A room mic is completely different and it will have the room reflections, which are desirable and give the mix "space". It will also have the response of the mic "baked in".

 

[Erock93]

I'm not sure how much extra work it would be,
But what if 2 separate firmwares were released (16.06HighRes) + (16.06NON) ,
The first having IR slots reduced for the high res , and the second just keeping up with regular firmware updates and not losing out on IR slots, than you'd have the choice ?

 

[DougB415]

I'm not sure how much extra work it would be,
But what if 2 separate firmwares were released (16.06HighRes) + (16.06NON) ,
The first having IR slots reduced for the high res , and the second just keeping up with regular firmware updates and not losing out on IR slots, than you'd have the choice ?

They'd have to maintain this dual identity moving forward for every FW release. I doubt this is feasible.

 

[vin156]

I know I'm in the minority but I vote to keep user bank 2. 1024>32 in my opinion. To me it doesn't sound like having an amp in the room but room miking an amp that's in a room. Either way I'll update to 17

 

[sean.e]

They'd have to maintain this dual identity moving forward for every FW release. I doubt this is feasible.

I imagine they already have similar compilation configurations to support FM3 / FM9 / Ax3 from a common codebase. Just innocent speculation -- not prescriptive advice...