Announcing AxeCapture: A plugin to save Axe-FX presets in your DAW project.

Issue happily solved after opening a new instance of AxeCapture. After that, the old instances can be used without errors.

Than you for your kind support, @GlennO
 
https://forum.fractalaudio.com/threads/real-time-daw-control-of-axe.203083/post-2538599

NY Guitarist said:
Is there a way to control the Axe in real time with my DAW?

Ideally I would love to have an Axe-Edit AU or VST plugin so could automate parameter changes. This would be a powerful feature especially when re-amping thru the Axe.
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In all honesty I would love to have an Axe-Edit plugin so that all of the parameters are visible to the DAW and can be automated like every other plugin I use every day.

A good example of this would be Spectrasonics Omnisphere that includes software control of many hardware synths.

Note to Fractal Audio: I would pay for an Axe-Edit plugin!
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Personally, I think that would be an awesome idea. Imagine all the cool things you could do with a plugin that has automatable parameters that controls an Axe-FX. Not only could you use automation lanes to control Axe-FX parameters, but you could use a DAW control surface with hardware knobs and sliders to control an Axe-FX.
 
GlennO said:
Personally, I think that would be an awesome idea. Imagine all the cool things you could do with a plugin that has automatable parameters that controls an Axe-FX. Not only could you use automation lanes to control Axe-FX parameters, but you could use a DAW control surface with hardware knobs and sliders to control an Axe-FX.
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That would be sooooo sweet.
 
This is so great! Awesome job! Does this plugin work if you're not using the Axe Fx as an interface? I usually record via XLR or TRS because of my setup, but still use USB for Axe Edit. Will this still work?
 
henryrobinett said:
Yes, if I understand your question. I don't use Axe Fx as an interface. I use XLR to plug into my interface and TRS for DI - reamping. It works very well.
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That's amazing! I usually save my presets when I'm tracking guitars and will use scenes with labels as to what I used; which guitar too, etc., but this is a really great option!
 
GlennO said:
Personally, I think that would be an awesome idea. Imagine all the cool things you could do with a plugin that has automatable parameters that controls an Axe-FX. Not only could you use automation lanes to control Axe-FX parameters, but you could use a DAW control surface with hardware knobs and sliders to control an Axe-FX.
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It requires a couple extra steps, but MIDI can already do this.
 
kywabunga said:
It requires a couple extra steps, but MIDI can already do this.
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That's the point. While it's possible to control Axe-FX parameters via midi, there would be many advantages if it could be done via host automation. Not only would it require far fewer steps to set up, you'd be able to take advantage of the many benefits of automation, for example display of parameter names in the automation lane.
 
GlennO said:
That's the point. While it's possible to control Axe-FX parameters via midi, there would be many advantages if it could be done via host automation. Not only would it require far fewer steps to set up, you'd be able to take advantage of the many benefits of automation, for example display of parameter names in the automation lane.
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^ EVERYTHING GlennO just said!

***Fractal, take my money...please!
 
henryrobinett said:
Yes, if I understand your question. I don't use Axe Fx as an interface. I use XLR to plug into my interface and TRS for DI - reamping. It works very well.
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Would love to hear about your method for tracking guitars with the Axe. What are you using to track the dry guitar signal? Direct through your ULN-8?
 
NY Guitarist said:
Would love to hear about your method for tracking guitars with the Axe. What are you using to track the dry guitar signal? Direct through your ULN-8?
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Yes! Stereo XLR into inputs 3/4 of my ULN-8. Then the dry DI goes into either track 1 or 2 of the same ULN-8. The ULN-8 has fantastic pres and is a great converter. I record analog because I often record at higher sampling rates like 96k.
 
GlennO said:
Each instance of AxeCapture will capture whatever is in the Axe-FX when you press the catch button. You can have as many instances of the plugin in a DAW project as you like. Ordinarily you'd have one instance per track to capture what was used for that track, but you're free to use multiple instances in your DAW project to capture multiple Axe-FX presets however you like. For example, you could create tracks that don't have any audio, but have an Axe-Capture instance. That way you can capture multiple presets in a DAW project that only has a single track with audio.
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Hello. I've only been using this plugin for a few hours, and it's amazing. What a great idea. Thank you.

My question is related to the reply above. I'm not familiar with other DAWs, so I'm speaking specifically about Ableton's session view, where you can have multiple "takes" on the same track. I understand that the solution above allows you to multiple instances of AxeCapture to catch multiple Axe-Fx presets.

However, if I change the preset after each take and then catch it, is there a way to easily associate the preset with that take? For example, if I play back the take later and decide I like that version best, how would I recall that preset?

Also, in the demo, I saw that the DAW you used allows you to write notes about the presets. How is this done in Ableton?

Thank you.
 
AFAIK, there's no way in Live to have a different plugin instance per take. I suppose you could add another instance of AxeCapture to the track for each take, putting the take number in the preset name in AxeEdit before capturing to help you figure out which instance goes with which take.

Cubase allows you to attach comments to a preset. That's a valuable feature and one that is frequently requested in AxeFX wish threads. But, that's a rare feature in DAW's, and Live doesn't have that. At least in Live you can organize presets into folders. I find that valuable for managing my presets. One of the things I find most aggravating about the Axe-FX is the primitive way presets are stored in a long flat list of slots on the device. I find it much better to store presets in AxeCapture preset files that can be organized into categories. At around 3:40 in the video you can see I have my presets organized into categories.
 
GlennO said:
AFAIK, there's no way in Live to have a different plugin instance per take. I suppose you could add another instance of AxeCapture to the track for each take, putting the take number in the preset name in AxeEdit before capturing to help you figure out which instance goes with which take.

Cubase allows you to attach comments to a preset. That's a valuable feature and one that is frequently requested in AxeFX wish threads. But, that's a rare feature in DAW's, and Live doesn't have that. At least in Live you can organize presets into folders. I find that valuable for managing my presets. One of the things I find most aggravating about the Axe-FX is the primitive way presets are stored in a long flat list of slots on the device. I find it much better to store presets in AxeCapture preset files that can be organized into categories. At around 3:40 in the video you can see I have my presets organized into categories.
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Thank you for the workaround idea, GlennO.
 
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