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Recent content by artzeal

Axe-Fx III Firmware 23.00 Release Candidate #2 (Beta #7)

Amazing, really: Now all I need to do is hook up a proximity sensor to a cabinet: and have it trigger the endemic bumping the cabinet spring reverb sound. Be a great prank on an FRFR.
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- Post #51
- Nov 10, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
What Dyna-Cab Models Would You Like to See Added?

I'd make good use of 70s era cast frame Fanes (in a Hiwatt cabinet, unless there's something better), or perhaps a modern incarnation of those speakers like the Eminence Super V or Weber Thames: Those particular Fanes have a unique and useful compression character that's unlike any Celestions or...
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- Post #110
- Sep 10, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Release

Keep in mind that Alnico 5 magnets have greater force than Alnico 2,3, or 4 and that direct magnets will be different than magnetic force being transferred through steel poles, screws or blades: other factors include depth of the wound coils, proportion of nickel in the steel the strings are...
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- Post #539
- Jun 21, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Traveling through Airport Security with the Axe FX III

Once, when I carried on a Steinberger, the TSA guys pulled me over just because they wanted to know how it played and if the whammy system worked well: I replied best travel guitar ever, even if you don't travel. Along with a Korg Pandora and headphones, any wait at the airport was practice time.
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- Post #16
- Jun 21, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Release

Nice! Plus, the tone is repeatable and lasts longer. An actual hardware 5150 into a 1x8 would lead to shredded cone fragments pretty quick, I dare say.
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- Post #457
- Jun 16, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #6 (Beta 12)

ahhh. 8x10 SVT cab. I wuv you :loveletter: . If you didn't weigh more than any guy (or girlfriend or groupie) in the band, me and my hand truck would never have gotten hired as a roadie. All that free beer obliterated most of the memories, but there's a few left.
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- Post #186
- Jun 2, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #6 (Beta 12)

If a cab seems to be sounding wonky, maybe check the impedance curve. That might be mismatched. Maybe a setting didn't refresh or defaulted to a different assignment in a preset? Just a thought.
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- Post #150
- May 30, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #6 (Beta 12)

Who needs to be an Alpha, when it's this much fun chillin' as a beta?
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- Post #6
- May 25, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #5 (Beta 11)

That may mean you actually have two of them and one is out of phase with the other and cancelling it out. :D
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- Post #144
- May 22, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
DynaCab vs. legacy IR shootout

The only way to really have a valid comparison between Legacy and Dyna cab is to have the capture signal chain EXACTLY the same, and then the results processed to Dyna cab and with the same specific mic array locations as the Legacy. Two speakers of the same type are sonically similar, but not...
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- Post #15
- Apr 29, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #3 (Beta 9)

There's a heckuva difference between the speakers in a 4x10 bassman RI cab and a 4x10 SV. Who expects a Jensen P10R to sound like a CTS? And that's not even addressing the difference between cabinets? Comparing apples with oranges.
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- Post #65
- Apr 27, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta #2 (Beta 7)

The SM57 has been the acme of micing for almost as long as cabs have been miced; especially for touring on the west side of the pond, so its got to be included on most of the cabinet models, especially as it is the right color crayon for many classic tones (or less than classic, but what we're...
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- Post #431
- Apr 23, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Input Clipping Thread

When I first got Axe: I ascertained that the default 50 was fine for my guitars, never clips, and it's been parked there ever since. I do have a bass which can clip with slaps: but cleverly; the bass has a volume knob which when turned downed prevents clipping: lazy me does that, rather than...
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- Post #151
- Mar 29, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta (Beta 6)

The dyn-cabs are well implemented, and no issues installing or adjusting for me. It seems to me there will always be a range of desirable and undesirable sounds just from the interaction of timbal differences when combining speakers depending on placement. No doubt Fractal has put in the hard...
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- Post #455
- Mar 28, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 22.00 Public Beta (Beta 6)

One man's tickling is another man's noogie.
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- Post #446
- Mar 28, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion