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Recent content by blastbeatdown

Input 1 gate vs using a Decimator.

Can anyone else confirm? I’ve had my input gate set to noise reducer for months. I use a gate block after the amp, so the input gate isn’t really doing anything anyway. Figured it can’t hurt, but I could be wrong. I don’t play at gig volumes lately.
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- Post #66
- Monday at 3:00 PM
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

Custom made preset, the only 3rd party stuff I use is IRs
- blastbeatdown
- Post #56
- Apr 19, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

Again, at the risk of sharing irrelevant info on this.. I use my Axe Fx primarily for 8 strings and bass. This hasn’t happened on my 6 string yet
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- Post #44
- Apr 18, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

Other than @Thalagyrt it seems we were all connected to axe edit when it happened, if you can please confirm? Just hoping for everyone’s sake this won’t happen during a gig
- blastbeatdown
- Post #22
- Apr 17, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

Probably irrelevant but I’ve recently been alternating between two IRs in the same cab block a lot by muting/unmuting.
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- Post #20
- Apr 17, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

@utkanos like you I’ve seen the few reports with varying contexts so I’m less inclined now to suspect it has to do with what I’m running through.. but for what it’s worth, this never happened to me in the 3+ years I’ve had the unit until I started running through SPDIF and setting my interface...
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- Post #17
- Apr 16, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

I’ll be surprised if anyone can duplicate it with my preset without playing for many hours, if ever. Again it’s only happened twice. But when it happens nothing I’ve tried works other than shutting down the unit.
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- Post #9
- Apr 15, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII
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- Post #8
- Apr 15, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Bug? Lockup+high-pitched whining sound on AF3mkII

Yup…. This has only happened to me twice but it just happened again, this time on the newest firmware.
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- Post #6
- Apr 15, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Axe-Fx III Firmware 25.00 Release

This update sounds great. I’ll leave the descriptions to someone smarter than me.. but it sounds better. I recorded some tracks before and after updating so I could A/B them. Somehow smoother yet also more aggressive?? Thanks Fractal 🫡
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- Post #178
- Apr 10, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Input 1 gate vs using a Decimator.

Good all around advice. Using multiple compressors definitely makes the effect more transparent, less “pumping”. I’ve never found a scenario where multiple gates benefited me, but I’d be curious to try it with some advice. Save for the old method of gating at the input and having another in the...
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- Post #44
- Apr 3, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Input 1 gate vs using a Decimator.

If anyone cares these are my gate settings for tight chugs in a studio setting. Again this is the Modern Expander. For my Lead scene I still use the Classic Expander with the threshold at -60. For a great majority of us the gate in the Input is perfectly fine, but being able to place a gate...
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- Post #33
- Apr 2, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Input 1 gate vs using a Decimator.

My Name is Mud knows I’m on board with him. We were a few of the only ones saying the gate could be better, I think it’s a niche that involves being a modern metal chugga chugga player that previously used a decimator. Ever since the firmware that introduced the “modern” gate I’ve been more...
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- Post #26
- Apr 1, 2024
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Dino Cazares playing Fractal now?

NICE. Doc Coyle recently made the switch too, it seems. He was using Kemper when I saw God Forbid earlier this year.
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- Post #7
- Nov 20, 2023
- Forum: Axe-Fx III Discussion
Power Amps SS Vs Tube

I came across this message from Fryette support in another forum, basically pitching for the viability of tube power amps even with the current power amp modeling tech. Just wondering what you all (or Cliff 👀) have to say as a rebuttal, if anything. I wanna preface this by adding I’ve used solid...
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- Post #36
- Jul 23, 2023
- Forum: FM9 Discussion